Report: Deepfake Fraud Causes Billions in Losses
Deepfake-driven fraud has caused $2.19 billion in losses globally, with $1.65 billion reported in 2025 alone, according to an analysis by Surfshark. More than half of these losses were ...
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Deepfake-driven fraud has caused $2.19 billion in losses globally, with $1.65 billion reported in 2025 alone, according to an analysis by Surfshark. More than half of these losses were ...
A phishing campaign is targeting senior executives with social engineering attacks conducted over Microsoft Teams, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. The researchers believe former ...
John N Just, Ed.D. - Chief Learning Officer What's New: Celebrating World Password Day and Beyond Happy May! This month, we are putting a major spotlight on World Password Day (May 7). ...
Microsoft warns that a new criminal threat actor dubbed “Storm-2755” is launching payroll-pirate attacks against Canadian users. These attacks use social engineering to compromise ...
The AI said: Apologies. I panicked.
The biggest challenge in email security today isn’t just detecting a threat; it’s the speed of response across a global landscape. As we head into the second half of 2026, the stakes with ...
Cyber-enabled crimes cost Americans nearly $21 billion in 2025, a 26% increase from the previous year, according to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report. Phishing, extortion, and ...
Threat actors are abusing agentic AI automation platforms to deliver malware and send phishing emails, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The researchers observed attackers using ...
Nobody wakes up on a Sunday, stretches, checks the weather, and accidentally clocks 26.2 miles before brunch. A marathon is built on lonely mornings, careful plans, lost toenails, and no ...
Scams are becoming more sophisticated over time, but this latest scam should be a wake-up call to all organizations and employees as to how far some scammers will go to damage your ...
A new phishing campaign is using WhatsApp messages to deliver malware, according to researchers at Microsoft. The attackers are attempting to trick users into installing malicious Visual ...
A new survey from LevelBlue has found that a majority of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) believe the human-related elements of their cybersecurity strategies are falling short. These ...
Each year, Identity Management Day (IMD) serves as a global reminder that managing digital identities is more than a technical requirement; it is a cornerstone of modern trust. Now in its ...
By Roger A. Grimes and Matthew Duren
The human layer is not impacted by Anthropic's Mythos Preview announcement. If anything, it is reinforced, and for reasons that deserve to be spelled out clearly.
A new commodity phishing kit called “Venom Stealer” allows threat actors to automate ClickFix attacks, according to researchers at BlackFog. ClickFix is a social engineering technique ...
A criminal threat actor called “Silver Fox” is launching tax-themed phishing attacks against Japanese companies during the country’s tax season, according to researchers at ESET.