Cyber Security Articles & News

by Mitnick Security | 05.09.2025 | 7 min

2025 Top Cyber Threats to Financial Services and How To Mitigate Them

In 2025, financial services firms aren’t asking if an attack will happen but how to stop it or minimize the fallout when it does. Phishing, ransomware, and insider threats are exposing gaps in outdate...

by Mitnick Security | 02.06.2025 | 5 min

AI Voice Cloning: What It Is, and How to Detect Threats

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reshaped our lives, speeding up learning, content creation, and communication. But with innovation comes a new risk: AI voice cloning.

by Mitnick Security | 01.27.2025 | 9 min

3 Types of Hacking Seen In 2024 and Predictions For 2025

Threat actors are typically after two things from your business: data or money. Usually, they’re motivated by both, as data can help them cash in at the expense of your business. In fact, in 2023, cyb...

by Mitnick Security | 11.07.2024 | 10 min

6 Types of Social Engineering Attacks and How to Prevent Them

Social engineering attacks account for a massive portion of all cyber-attacks.

by Mitnick Security | 11.04.2024 | 6 min

What You Get When You Invest in Social Engineering Testing with Mitnick Security

When testing your employees' social engineering readiness, your teams need simulated attacks that feel as if they’re coming from a nefarious engineer. This means testing that directly simulates a thre...

by Mitnick Security | 07.19.2023 | 7 min

User Deception: The Biggest Cyber Threat CISOs are Forgetting

As a CISO, you're always looking for the next big breakthrough to increase your organization's overall security posture.

by Mitnick Security | 02.22.2023 | 7 min

5 Examples of Top Social Engineering Attacks

There’s something both humbling and terrifying about watching industry giants like Twitter and Uber fall victim to cyber attacks.

by Mitnick Security | 12.27.2022 | 8 min

Recognizing and Preventing Social Engineering on Social Media

To connect with friends, family, and coworkers, it’s likely that we have all overshared our personal information on social platforms more than once. Unfortunately, the ease of access to an individual ...

by Mitnick Security | 10.03.2022 | 6 min

Uber Data Breach: What To Know About the 2022 Cybersecurity Attack

No matter how robust network security is, even the biggest companies fall victim to cyber attacks. These malicious attacks can be costly — to the tune of 4.3 million on average — but they also disrupt...

by Mitnick Security | 09.29.2022 | 6 min

How Bots Can Be Used in Social Engineering Attacks

People are social and want to help others whenever possible but doing so in a digital work environment can allow bad actors to deceive unsuspecting individuals into providing access to sensitive infor...

by Mitnick Security | 09.12.2022 | 7 min

What Is a Social Engineering Attack — The Basics

Social engineering is one of the most popular techniques used in cybercrime today. In fact, Firewall Times reports that, “98% of cyber attacks involve some form of social engineering.” Why is social e...

by Mitnick Security | 07.21.2022 | 6 min

The Most Common Social Engineering Techniques We’re Seeing This Year

With today’s available technology, threat actors have become masterminds at exploiting vulnerabilities to steal private data, and sometimes, even gain system control of organizations. Not surprisingly...