The Ultimate Guide to Phishing
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Phishing.
What to know about Phishing
Phishing, a pervasive form of cybercrime, continues to evolve in sophistication and scale, posing significant risks to individuals and organisations worldwide. This tag gathers extensive insights into phishing tactics, including traditional email scams, spear-phishing, SMS phishing (smishing), and emerging AI-assisted attacks that exploit human vulnerabilities and trusted brand impersonations.
Recent stories highlight the increasing frequency and complexity of phishing attacks, such as operations targeting specific sectors like finance, industrial engineering, and healthcare. Reports reveal how cybercriminal groups adapt by leveraging multi-factor authentication exploits, brandjacking, and sophisticated social engineering to compromise credentials and infiltrate networks.
Readers exploring this tag will gain valuable understanding of how phishing attacks are conducted, who the most vulnerable targets are—from individual contributors to C-suite executives—and what measures organisations and individuals can take to mitigate risks. The tag also delves into cybersecurity solutions, training programs, and industry collaborations designed to bolster phishing resistance, emphasizing the critical role of combining technology, awareness, and proactive defense to combat this ever-changing threat landscape.
Irish Phishing News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Irish business leaders wary of AI-driven cyber risks
Almost a third of Irish business leaders say weak cyber defences are souring their view of AI, as concerns over attacks rise.
CyberSentriq launches SentriqAI for MSP cyber defence
Small businesses could face more AI-enabled attacks, as the new platform gives MSPs a single system for email security, backup and compliance.
eir business backs .IE Digital Trust Mark for SMEs
Irish SMEs will get support to tackle weak website, email and domain settings as cyber risk erodes trust and productivity.
Ireland adults lose GBP £760 million to scam texts
Nearly every adult in Ireland was targeted by scam texts or phishing attempts last year, with more than one in five paying out and losing money.
Cyber risk is no longer an IT issue, it's a leadership issue
Almost half of Irish businesses faced at least one cyber attack last year, exposing hidden costs that can hit operations, cash flow and trust.
Irish tech leaders cite skills gaps as AI investment rises
Skills shortages are now holding back Ireland's tech chiefs as AI investment jumps, with most firms still unable to deploy it at speed.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Phishing
Financial firms face rising AI cyber risk, survey says
Financial services breach risk rises as AI adoption surges
KnowBe4 wins Frost & Sullivan email security award
Phishing costs rise to USD $51,948 per analyst yearly
Gartner says 40% of governments will create TrustOps
Featured News
Expert Columns
Cyber security now starts at the job interview
SOCtoberfest: The four habits that stop most attacks - passwords, MFA, phishing and patching
SOCtoberfest Kickoff: The 7 Deadly Sins of Cybersecurity Meet CISA's Core Steps
Why AI-Written Phishing Is Outpacing the Native Filters Built to Stop It
Why financial services now leads email deliverability
Cyber risk is no longer an IT issue, it's a leadership issue
AI does not invent cyber risk, it accelerates it
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
Cyber hygiene 101: The big fundamentals
While OT security is maturing, risk is not slowing down
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Phishing News
OXIL urges safeguarding shift as scam victims stay silent
Most suspected scam victims stay silent, leaving banks and police with little chance to intervene and recovery support often absent.
Web Hole attack targets AI agents via abandoned sites
AI agents could be tricked into harmful actions by search results pointing to expired domains that attackers can re-register and poison.
ExpressVPN adds browser web protection against scams
The browser add-on now blocks malicious and phishing pages in real time, even when subscribers are not connected to the VPN.
Lab 1 warns breach data now exposes thousands more firms
The findings show stolen files can reach far beyond the named victim, with the median breach now exposing data linked to 542 other organisations.
Candescent adds Memcyco to its banking marketplace
Banks and credit unions gain earlier warnings on phishing and account takeover as Candescent adds Memcyco to its marketplace.
Binance hack warns firms on compromised work laptops
Businesses should rethink laptop security after Binance said a work device may have opened the door to a USD $6.3 billion theft.
Acronis warns awareness gap leaves users open to hacks
Basic cyber hygiene is still patchy, with 35% of people not backing up data regularly as phishing and AI-driven attacks keep rising.
Scams overtake phishing as attacks grow shorter-lived
Scam detections nearly doubled to 6.4 million as criminals shifted to faster-moving fraud that can evade takedowns and hit consumers directly.
Akamai says online scams overtake phishing attacks
Scam detections roughly doubled to 6.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, signalling a shift that is widening fraud risk for businesses.
Google uncovers brief AOMEI supply chain malware attack
Systems that polled AOMEI's update servers at the wrong moment could have pulled malicious files in the brief April-to-July tampering window.
Hotejka scam network uses free hosting to target users
Researchers say the scheme has run since 2017, exposing users to fake Microsoft alerts and remote access theft through legitimate hosting tools.
CrowdStrike finds AI agents running autonomous cyberattacks
CrowdStrike found four threat actors using AI agents to automate cyberattacks, compromising healthcare, government and private-sector organisations.
Proofpoint joins Microsoft ICES in Defender portal
Microsoft 365 customers can now review Proofpoint email threat alerts inside Defender, cutting the need to switch between security tools.
Global cyber attacks jump 48% as phishing rises
Organisations faced 2,803 attacks a week on average in September as phishing and ransomware added to pressure on corporate and public sector systems.
Jev AI lookalike domains surge after launch, UpGuard warns
Users could have prompts, files and API keys stolen as 167 lookalike domains linked to Jev were registered within 13 days of launch.
ThreatDown ties criminal AI storefronts to OpenRouter
The discovery suggests takedowns may be fleeting, as criminals can quickly rebuild AI storefronts using the same rented routing layer and models.
Secure.com says ransomware budgets should fix basics first
Most attacks still start with weak credentials, unpatched systems or phishing, so the firm says budgets should shore up basics before AI fears.
Ledger launches Atom security device for AI & crypto
It is aimed at people approving payments, identities and AI tasks on mobiles, with hardware controls designed to block spyware and mistakes.
Identity-led intrusions drive cyber extortion tactics
Attackers are exploiting trusted identities and collaboration tools to steal data and extort victims, leaving defenders with only brief windows to react.
Memcyco updates PoSA to spot attacker devices earlier
Fraud teams can now flag suspicious devices before login, as PoSA v1.11 adds real-time risk scores to help stop account takeovers earlier.