Phishing is, in its simplest definition, the process of attempting to bait a victim with fake email, text, social media, or ...

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Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (now X), and LinkedIn have become central to our personal and professional lives. However, this massive user base has also attracted ...

Nearly every security incident begins with some kind of social engineering or phishing attack. What’s even more worrisome is that phishing volume itself is growing year over year. Adversaries are ...

Phishing attacks are everywhere, and most of us can spot the obvious ones. Even if someone falls for one and hands over their password, two-factor authentication (2FA) usually adds a crucial layer of ...

A phishing attack that previously hit Windows users has now switched its target to the Mac. In a report published Wednesday, security provider LayerX Labs explains how and why the attackers are now ...

In 2024 and 2025, fake airdrop scams targeting Hamster Kombat, Wall Street Pepe and others led to millions in user losses, contributing to over $9.9 billion in global crypto scam damages. Fake ...

When Ed Mondello’s 83-year-old wife received a text message about an unpaid toll, it seemed legitimate. “They said she didn’t pay the toll and had to pay $6.99 by a certain time,” the Tampa Bay ...

Phishing training exercises are a staple of enterprise security strategy, but research shows current approaches aren’t all that effective. Phishing is a tried-and-true attack vector. These attacks ...