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The FBI Didn't Issue a Joint Advisory for Nothing In March 2025, CISA, the FBI, and MS-ISAC released a joint cybersecurity advisory (#StopRansomware) specifically about the Medusa ransomware variant. By that point, Medusa had already hit over 300 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors — healthcare, education, legal, insurance, technology,
3389: The Port That Keeps Giving — to Attackers In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center flagged Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) as the single most common initial access vector in ransomware incidents reported to law enforcement. Not phishing. Not USB drives. RDP. And yet, in 2026, I still
In March 2025, CISA and the FBI issued a joint advisory warning that the Medusa ransomware gang had compromised over 300 organizations across critical infrastructure sectors — healthcare, education, legal, insurance, and manufacturing. The attack vector in the vast majority of cases? Phishing emails and credential theft. If you think your
The Phishing Email That Cost One Company $37 Million In 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong joined a video call with people who looked and sounded exactly like the company's CFO and other executives. Every face on that call was a deepfake. The
One Click Cost This Company $47 Million In 2023, Clorox disclosed a cybersecurity incident that disrupted operations for months and cost the company an estimated $49 million in recovery expenses. The attack reportedly began with social engineering — a threat actor tricking someone into giving up access. That's not
160 Billion Reasons to Care About Spam Email Roughly 160 billion spam emails hit inboxes every single day. That's not a typo. According to data tracked by cybersecurity researchers, nearly half of all email traffic worldwide is spam. And while most of it is garden-variety junk — fake diet
In 2024, Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report found that email was the initial attack vector in roughly 25% of all confirmed data breaches. Not novel zero-days. Not sophisticated nation-state implants. Spam email — the oldest trick in the book — still opens the door for threat actors more than any
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported over $12.5 billion in losses from cybercrime — and a staggering percentage of those incidents started with a single piece of software pretending to be something it wasn't. Trojan horse malware remains one of the most effective
In January 2024, researchers discovered a file called "Naz.API" circulating on dark web forums. It contained over 70 million unique email addresses and their associated passwords — harvested from credential-stealing malware installed on everyday computers. Most of the victims had no idea their login information was for sale.
A Billion Records Exposed Because Someone Skipped the Basics In 2024, the National Public Data breach exposed an estimated 2.9 billion records — Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers — all because basic security controls failed. Not a sophisticated zero-day exploit. Not a nation-state attack. Just poor fundamentals. That's
