Zero trust security content examines the principle of never trusting and always verifying every user, device, and connection. Articles explore micro-segmentation, least-privilege access, continuous monitoring, and how organizations transition from perimeter-based defenses to zero trust models.
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In January 2024, a finance employee at a multinational firm in Hong Kong transferred $25 million to threat actors after a deepfake video call convinced him his CFO had authorized the payment. No malware. No zero-day exploit. Just a well-trained employee who wasn't trained well enough. That incident
In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 880,000 complaints with potential losses exceeding $12.5 billion — a nearly 22% increase in losses over the previous year. A staggering share of those complaints came from small and midsize businesses. I've spent years helping
In January 2024, Fulton County, Georgia — home to Atlanta — was crippled by a ransomware attack that knocked court systems offline, disrupted tax processing, and left residents unable to access basic government services for weeks. It wasn't an isolated event. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
The $1.1 Billion Year That Changed Everything In 2023, ransomware payments topped $1.1 billion globally, according to Chainalysis research. That's more than double the previous year. If you're reading this wondering how to prevent ransomware, understand this first: threat actors aren't slowing
In January 2024, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard had breached executive email accounts — not through some exotic zero-day exploit, but through a simple password spray attack on a legacy test account that lacked multi-factor authentication. If Microsoft can get caught flat-footed, your organization
The Cost of a Data Breach Is Already Staggering — 2026 Will Be Worse In 2023, IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report pegged the global average at $4.45 million per incident. By the time the 2024 numbers settle, every indicator suggests that figure will climb again. If
The Breach That Started With a Single Reused Password In September 2023, MGM Resorts International lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor social-engineered their way into systems — and weak credential hygiene played a central role. That incident didn't start with a sophisticated zero-day exploit. It started
The Breach That Started With "Company123!" In September 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor used social engineering to compromise employee credentials. The attack didn't require some sophisticated zero-day exploit. It started with identity — with passwords and people. And it'
In September 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor bypassed their security by socially engineering a helpdesk employee into resetting MFA credentials. Let that sink in. The company had multi-factor authentication. It still wasn't enough — because the multi-factor authentication setup and the processes
The 23andMe Breach Started With Recycled Passwords In October 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe confirmed that attackers accessed roughly 6.9 million user profiles. The method wasn't some exotic zero-day exploit. It was credential stuffing — threat actors took username and password combinations leaked from other breaches and simply
