Find practical strategies for defending against social engineering attacks at both the individual and organizational level. Content covers awareness training techniques, verification protocols, policy development, and building a security-first culture that resists manipulation attempts.
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In 2024, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered a help desk employee with a ten-minute phone call. The attacker didn't write a single line of malicious code. They just talked their way in. That incident alone should end every debate about whether
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
One Click Cost This Company $47 Million In 2023, a finance employee at Clorox received what looked like a routine vendor email. One click later, threat actors had a foothold inside the network. The resulting cyberattack disrupted operations for months and cost the company an estimated $356 million in damages
In 2023, a single compromised employee phone at MGM Resorts led to a social engineering attack that cost the company over $100 million. The threat actor didn't hack a firewall or exploit a zero-day. They called the help desk from information scraped off LinkedIn and a mobile device.
The Breach That Started With a Single Phone In 2022, Uber suffered a devastating breach after a threat actor targeted an employee's mobile device with repeated multi-factor authentication push requests. The attacker combined social engineering with MFA fatigue, and one tap on a phone screen gave them access
The Click That Cost One Company $47 Million In 2023, MGM Resorts was brought to its knees — not by a sophisticated zero-day exploit, but by a single social engineering phone call that led to credential theft. The resulting breach caused an estimated $100 million in damages. And it started with
A 45-Minute Quiz Stopped a $3 Million Wire Fraud In 2023, a mid-size logistics company in Ohio avoided a devastating business email compromise attack — not because of their firewall, not because of their SOC team, but because an accounts payable clerk recognized a spoofed domain. She'd seen the
Your Board Doesn't Care About Completion Rates I sat in a meeting last year where a CISO proudly reported a 97% training completion rate. The board nodded politely. Two months later, a single phishing email led to a credential theft incident that cost the organization $2.3 million
In 2024, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to the help desk. The threat actor didn't exploit a zero-day vulnerability or deploy some exotic malware. They impersonated an employee. That's it. And it
In 2024, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a social engineering attack that started with a single phone call to a help desk employee. The threat actor impersonated an employee, convinced IT staff to reset credentials, and within hours had access to critical systems. One conversation. No malware.
