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
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
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
Expert Columns
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
Why service desks are emerging as a critical security weakness
Stolen credentials don't have to mean a breach
One click can trigger a breach, but security can stop it
Saving the weekend: How SonicWall's SonicSentry SOC stopped a Saturday night cyberattack
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Phishing News
Two-thirds of US telecoms in elevated cyber risk band
Smaller operators are carrying much of the danger as a new study finds 66% of assessed US telecoms fall into an elevated risk band.
AI security incidents expose new criminal tradeoffs
Criminals are increasingly using AI for ransomware and credential theft, while flaws in test models are exposing production systems and data.
Hiscox: cyber attacks cost small firms USD $52,000
Smaller companies are facing cyber losses almost equal to their resilience spending, as attacks cost an average USD $52,000 a year.
Whitepaper links water hacks to telecom cyber risk
With most operators exposed to basic flaws, the paper warns telecom networks could face the same low-effort intrusions seen in US water systems.
Caller ID spoofing warning as phone security evolves
Businesses risk being misled into revealing information unless phone systems can verify caller identity across increasingly complex cloud-linked networks.
Microsoft & Google use shared exchange to hit RedVDS
Criminal access to thousands of Microsoft accounts was cut off after the companies shared threat data through the Global Signal Exchange.
IT pros say password sharing is top security lapse
User behaviour remains IT's biggest vulnerability, with 65% of professionals saying password sharing is the worst security lapse.
Check Point warns of rising cyber attacks & AI risk
Organisations faced 2,422 cyber attacks a week in August as ransomware and phishing intensified, while AI use created fresh data exposure risks.
Check Point warns of rising attacks & AI data leak risk
Rising phishing, ransomware and AI misuse are leaving organisations exposed, with weekly attacks up 22% from a year earlier.
Google warns of AI-powered cyberattacks in live ops
Defenders now have minutes, not hours, as attackers use agentic AI to automate credential theft, scanning and extortion across live operations.
eSentire teams up with CMS Distribution on MDR push
UK and Ireland resellers gain access to 24/7 threat hunting and incident response as eSentire widens its channel reach through CMS Distribution.
Zscaler launches Agentic SOC to fight AI-driven attacks
Security teams under pressure from faster intrusions can now use Zscaler's new platform to spot and contain AI-driven attacks at machine speed.
Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI
Attackers are compressing intrusions into hours, leaving defenders less time to spot and stop credential-harvesting campaigns.
MrBeast tops impersonation scams, Malwarebytes says
Fraudsters are timing texts for lunch and Fridays, as MrBeast led impersonation scams in Malwarebytes' three-month global study.
Young Britons far more likely to be scammed online
Britons aged 25 to 34 are three times as likely as over-65s to fall victim, with social media and AI worsening scams.
AI-generated cyber attacks to hit firms soon, warn experts
Many firms lack the capacity to fix existing flaws fast enough, leaving them exposed as AI-generated attacks scale up, experts warn.
KnowBe4 launches Google Workspace email security Defend
For Google Workspace users, the new Defend release adds phishing detection, AI verdicts and employee coaching against business email compromise.
Abnormal AI adds email controls & phishing training
Businesses face broader email risk as Abnormal adds outbound data-loss controls and adaptive phishing training to its security platform.
Ransomware attacks hit 894 as AI boosts cyber crime
North America and Europe bore most of the 894 July ransomware incidents as NCC Group warned AI tools are accelerating attacks.