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, Microsoft disclosed that a Russian-linked threat actor — Midnight Blizzard — breached corporate email accounts by exploiting a legacy test tenant that lacked multi-factor authentication. No zero-day. No sophisticated exploit chain. Just a password spray against an old account that trusted the network it sat on. That's
The Breach That Started With a Single Click In 2023, MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million after a threat actor called Scattered Spider social-engineered a help desk employee. One phone call. One manipulated employee. That's all it took to bring a multi-billion-dollar company to its knees. The
One Reused Password Cost This Company $4.6 Billion In 2017, a single set of reused credentials let threat actors walk into Equifax's systems and expose 147 million records. The total cost exceeded $4.6 billion when you factor in the FTC settlement, lawsuits, and remediation. One password.
The Trojan Horse You Already Installed In March 2024, a lone developer named Andres Freund noticed something odd: SSH connections were taking 500 milliseconds too long. That curiosity uncovered the XZ Utils backdoor — a sophisticated supply chain attack where a threat actor had spent two years building trust as a
The Virus That Cost a Hospital Chain $100 Million In 2017, the NotPetya wiper malware tore through networks worldwide in under 24 hours. Heritage Valley Health System lost access to its entire network — radiology, cardiology, even surgical systems went dark. Across the globe, Maersk lost nearly $300 million. Merck reported
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cybersecurity In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacy operations, delayed patient care, and exposed the protected health information of roughly 100 million individuals. UnitedHealth
The Breach That Changed How I Think About Cyber Security In February 2024, Change Healthcare — one of the largest health payment processors in the United States — was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted pharmacies, hospitals, and insurance claims across the country for weeks. UnitedHealth Group, its parent company, later
A $3.1 Billion Problem Nobody Wants to Own In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $12.5 billion in cybercrime losses — up from $10.3 billion the year before. Investment fraud alone accounted for $4.57 billion. These aren't abstract numbers. They
A $4.88 Million Question Nobody Asks Until It's Too Late In May 2023, the city of Dallas, Texas got hit with Royal ransomware. Emergency services disrupted. Court systems offline. Weeks of recovery. The estimated cost ran into tens of millions. And the entry point? A service account
In March 2025, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that cybercrime losses in the United States exceeded $16.6 billion in 2024 — a 33% increase over the prior year. That number didn't come from sophisticated nation-state attacks alone. It came from basic IT security failures:
