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Most data breaches don’t happen because systems fail. They happen because people make routine errors. Attackers know this, which is why social engineering has become the dominant attack vector, exploiting everyday actions like emailing files or responding to messages. Today, 70–90% of successful cyber attacks involve social engineering, resulting in data exposure that technical safeguards can’t intercept.

Fake calendar invites have been a problem on Gmail for years. Even though they could appear on other calendar services, I hadn’t seen or read about a lot of it. Gmail had been taking the brunt of the fake calendar invites. However, I got a scam Microsoft Outlook calendar invite recently, and other Outlook users are complaining more as well. So, what was previously happening mostly in Gmail has now moved over to Outlook, too. I am a busy guy.

Email attacks have become one of the key ways for hackers to target organizations and individuals. The sheer number of tools available has made it easier than ever for non-technical cybercriminals to launch sophisticated cyber attacks. As a result, many resources are available for each stage of the kill chain – from reconnaissance to delivery to weaponization. This article focuses on the second stage of the cyber kill chain – weaponization.

Messaging platforms are now a major vector for phishing and other social engineering attacks, according to a new report from NCC Group’s Fox-IT. The researchers warn that legitimate messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Signal, LinkedIn, and Gmail-integrated messaging serve as avenues through which attackers can target users while evading email security filters.

Email-based threats are evolving faster than traditional solutions can keep up. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, the use of synthetically generated text in malicious emails has doubled over the past two years. That makes it far more difficult to spot social engineering attacks like phishing, which trick users with deceptive messages.

The U.S. public sector faces unique challenges as it is tasked with safeguarding the most sensitive data of citizens, all while maintaining the critical infrastructure that keeps society functioning. Unfortunately, government and educational institutions are no longer just peripheral targets, they are on the frontline of cyberattacks.

Spear phishing is on the rise in the US and is quickly becoming the biggest cybersecurity threat for businesses. With more sophisticated, human-like emails and a greater reliance on email communication in general, it can be difficult to spot a standard phishing attack, let alone a spear phishing one.

It is tax season in the United States and that means plenty of tax scams. I recently received these SMS messages. I am a TurboTax user, so hey, these might be legit, even though they look scammy. I first looked up the ttax.us domain using GoDaddy’s Whois service. The ttax.us domain is not valid. Fact is, scammers would not have sent out a scam message using a non-existent domain, so it probably means that it was taken down. Well, that’s good!

Phishing isn’t just increasing. It’s outpacing the way many organizations test for it. Attacks have surged 400% year over year, and corporate users are now more likely to be targeted by phishing than by malware. As social engineering becomes a primary entry point into enterprise environments, how you assess phishing risk matters just as much as how often you train for it.

Our increasing dependence on the internet and, specifically, email for business and personal communication has produced the perfect environment for cybercriminals to launch phishing attacks. As organization’s technical controls have advanced, cybercriminals have evolved their attacks, making them more difficult for traditional email security solutions that use signature-based detection (such as Microsoft and secure email gateways (SEGs) to detect.