Explore in-depth articles about phishing attacks, including email phishing, spear phishing, smishing, and vishing. Learn how attackers craft deceptive messages, steal credentials, and compromise systems — and discover proven strategies to detect and block these threats.
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The Fake Mail That Drained $37 Million In 2024, Toyota Boshoku Corporation disclosed a business email compromise attack where a threat actor used fake mail to trick a finance executive into wiring approximately $37 million to a fraudulent bank account. The email looked legitimate. The sender address was nearly identical
A Single Fake Email Cost This Company $37 Million In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes — built entirely on fake emails — accounted for over $2.9 billion in adjusted losses across the United States. That figure only captures what
A Single Email Cost This Company $46.7 Million In 2015, Ubiquiti Networks disclosed that threat actors impersonated senior executives and tricked employees into wiring $46.7 million to overseas accounts. The attackers didn't exploit a software vulnerability. They didn't deploy ransomware. They sent emails — carefully
The Attack That Didn't Need a Single Line of Code In September 2022, an 18-year-old allegedly breached Uber's internal systems. The method wasn't a zero-day exploit or some sophisticated malware. It was a text message. The attacker bombarded an Uber contractor with multi-factor authentication
In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline paid a $4.4 million ransom to the DarkSide threat actor group after a single compromised password shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast. Gas stations ran dry. Panic buying erupted. And one of the most critical infrastructure networks in the country
A single phishing email brought down a regional hospital chain's entire electronic health records system for eleven days in January. The attackers demanded $14 million in cryptocurrency. The hospital paid. That's where we are right now — and if you're searching for ransomware examples 2026,
In May 2021, a single compromised VPN password shut down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States. The Colonial Pipeline attack didn't start with some exotic zero-day exploit. It started with a stolen credential. That's the reality of how ransomware spreads — and it's
The Breach That Nobody Reported — Until It Was Too Late In 2023, a mid-size healthcare provider in the Midwest discovered suspicious network activity on a Friday afternoon. The IT manager flagged it internally but didn't report it externally. By Monday morning, threat actors had exfiltrated 1.4 million
Why Threat Actors Treat Law Firms Like ATMs In 2023, the international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner disclosed a breach that exposed the personal data of over 51,000 individuals — including clients of major corporations like Mondelēz. That same year, an Am Law 100 firm paid a multimillion-dollar ransom
Your Employees' Passwords Are Probably Already There In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — and a significant share of that activity traces back to credentials and data traded on dark web marketplaces. If you&
