United States Reported Less Data Breaches in 2020 but with much more Expensive Successful Hacker Attacks
According to the annual report of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), 1,108 cyber incidents were reported in 2020 and the number casualties from these incidents was close to 301 million people, a drop of 66% over the previous year.
The social engineering technique of impersonation also helped attackers reap massive profits:
The volume of business fraud and hacking by corporate e-mail systems (BECs) reported to the FBI in 2020 was US$ 1.8 Billion – a figure that reflects half of all cyber damage in monetary terms.
“The trend away from mass data breaches and toward more precise and sophisticated cyberattacks doesn’t mean businesses can relax. Just the opposite. They need to learn whole new ways of protecting their data.”
– James E. Lee, ITRC COO
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Machines Inside the Enterprise – The Silent Cybersecurity Threat Few Are Talking About
⚠️ Machines Are the Silent Cybersecurity Risk in 2025
🤯 Did you know machine identities now outnumber human users by as much as 20 to 1?
🖨️ Printers, IoT devices, HVAC systems, and even forgotten accounts all operate with permanent trust inside enterprises – and attackers are quietly exploiting them.
🔐 Unlike humans, these machines often bypass authentication checks. A single compromised device can act as an invisible backdoor into critical systems.
🤖 The real danger: social engineering is now blending with machine manipulation. From fake printer updates to hijacked chatbots, attackers are using machines to trick employees into authorizing breaches.
💡 This is why resilience requires more than phishing awareness – it demands training that teaches employees to question machine requests just as critically as human ones.
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AI-Powered Social Engineering Is Moving Faster Than Business Defenses
🤖 AI Scams Are Outrunning Business Defenses
⚡ Attackers now use AI to mimic executives with frightening accuracy.
⚡ Fake emails, cloned voices, and even video deepfakes are slipping past filters.
⚡ Every online footprint – from LinkedIn posts to vendor chats – can become an attack vector.
The shocking truth: most organizations are reacting after the fact, only discovering these threats once damage is already done. And AI-driven social engineering isn’t slowing down – it’s accelerating.
🛡️ The old playbook of spam filters and endpoint tools is not enough. Human awareness is the last line of defense, but it must be trained and tested continuously.
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Social Engineering in 2025 Is Smarter, Faster and More Dangerous – Here’s How to Stay Ahead
🚨 Social Engineering in 2025 Has Become Almost Invisible
🤖 Attackers are using AI to mimic executives’ voices, craft perfect emails, and even deploy chatbots that impersonate IT staff.
📈 These manipulations aren’t random – they’re precision attacks tailored to your workflows, relationships, and business culture.
⚡ The result: employees feel pressured into quick decisions that open the door for attackers without a single firewall being touched.
🛡️ Traditional defenses stop code, but not trust. That’s why human resilience is now the frontline of cybersecurity.
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