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Learn how phishing simulation exercises help organizations test employee readiness against real-world email attacks. This tag covers simulation design, campaign metrics, benchmarking results, and using simulated phishing to continuously improve organizational resilience to social engineering threats.

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How to Recognize a Phishing Email Before You Click

One Click Cost This Company $100 Million In 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees — not by a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but by a phone call and a phishing email. Threat actors from the Scattered Spider group used social engineering to gain access, eventually deploying ransomware that disrupted operations

Carl B. Johnson Jan 23, 2020 7 min read
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Phishing Attack Anatomy: How Breaches Actually Start

A Single Click That Cost $100 Million In 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees — not by a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but by a phishing attack that started with a phone call to an IT help desk. Threat actors from the Scattered Spider group used social engineering to impersonate

Carl B. Johnson Mar 20, 2019 7 min read