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When the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast in May 2021, millions of people suddenly needed to understand words like "ransomware," "threat actor," and "critical infrastructure." But most glossaries online read like they were written by
The Vocabulary Gap That Costs Millions In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a phone call to the help desk. The attacker didn't exploit a software flaw. They exploited a human who didn't fully understand what
A 20-Year-Old Vulnerability Still Dominating Breach Reports In 2023, the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability (CVE-2023-34362) compromised over 2,600 organizations and exposed data on more than 77 million individuals. At its core, the exploit was a SQL injection. The Cl0p ransomware gang used it to steal data from federal agencies, major
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO. It was a deepfake. The attack started with a single phishing email. If your phishing definition still
In January 2024, a finance employee at Arup — a multinational engineering firm — joined a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The employee transferred $25 million to accounts controlled by threat actors. The attack
In March 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after joining a video call that turned out to be entirely deepfake — triggered by a single phishing link in an email. That link didn't contain a virus. It didn&
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25.6 million to criminals after attending a deepfake video call where every other "participant" — including the CFO — was an AI-generated impersonation. That single incident redefines what phishing looks like today. If you still
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — a 22% increase in losses from the year before. That's not a theoretical number. Those are real businesses shuttered, real retirement accounts emptied, and real hospitals
In March 2024, a Change Healthcare breach exposed the protected health information of tens of millions of Americans and disrupted pharmacy operations nationwide. A single set of stolen credentials — no multi-factor authentication in place — gave a threat actor the keys to one of the largest healthcare payment processors in the
In March 2024, a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the U.S. — disrupted claims processing for pharmacies and hospitals nationwide. Patients couldn't fill prescriptions. Providers couldn't get paid. A single breach paralyzed a massive chunk of American healthcare
