Learn how attackers use psychological manipulation to trick people into revealing sensitive information or performing unsafe actions. Topics include pretexting, baiting, tailgating, vishing, and real-world social engineering case studies that expose common human vulnerabilities.
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In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25 million after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The whole operation started with a single phishing email.
In December 2017, AOL officially shut down AIM — AOL Instant Messenger — after two decades of dominance. But here's what most people don't realize: millions of old AIM email addresses and their associated credentials are still circulating on dark web marketplaces in 2024. I've personally
The Email That Cost One Company $37 Million In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that business email compromise — a sophisticated cousin of phishing — accounted for over $2.9 billion in adjusted losses in 2023 alone. That's not a typo. And those are just
In May 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center released data showing that phishing was still the number one reported cybercrime — for the fifth year running. Over 298,000 complaints in 2023 alone. Despite billions spent on email filters and endpoint protection, threat actors keep winning because the
In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to criminals after a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO. Every person on that call was a deepfake. It started, like almost every attack of its kind, with
In June 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million to threat actors after receiving what appeared to be legitimate emails and even joining a deepfake video call with someone impersonating the company's CFO. The attack started with fake emails. Every single
That Email From Your CEO? It Was a FakeEmail. In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong wired $25 million after attending a video call with what appeared to be the company's CFO and several colleagues. Every person on that call was a
In January 2023, PayPal disclosed that threat actors had compromised nearly 35,000 user accounts through credential stuffing — not by breaking PayPal's systems, but by exploiting reused passwords harvested from other breaches. That incident made headlines, but it's the quieter, daily grind of PayPal phishing attacks
3.4 Billion Spam Emails Hit Inboxes Every Single Day That number comes straight from cybersecurity researchers tracking global email traffic, and it should stop you cold. Spam email isn't the mild nuisance it was in 2005 — today it's the primary delivery vehicle for ransomware, credential
In March 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost over $10 billion to cybercrime in 2023 — and a staggering portion of those losses started with a single phone call from a number the victim trusted. A spoofing caller doesn't need to hack
