Shut the Door, Before They Get In!

Stop social engineering attacks.

Social engineering is big business

98

% attacks employ social engineering1

68

% data breaches came from social engineering2

90

% successful attacks started with phishing3

442

% increase in vishing in 2H 20244

1600

% increase in deepfake vishing in Q1 20255

Impersonation attempts are on the rise

And A.I. is making it harder to tell what is fake

The weapon of choice in most cases is impersonation, with this strategy accounting for 89% of total business email compromise (BEC) attempts, with the most-impersonated individuals being: 5

  • CEOs and Executives (57%)

  • Directors, Managers, and Supervisors (26%)

  • IT Personnel (9%)

40% of BEC emails uncovered in Q2 2024 were
AI-generated.6

Sources: Vipre5, Vipre6

The new hunting ground: Vishing

Voice, once the  dominion of spammers and scam calls, has become rife with hackers through vishing attacks.

Vishing grew 440% in the latter half of 2024.7

Deepfake vishing grew by 1600% in Q1 2025.8

Sources: Crowdstrike7, Right-Hand Cybersecurity8

Why is vishing so popular?

  • Bypasses spam and phishing filters

  • Communicates emotion and urgency better

  • Builds better rapport and sympathy

  • Easier to convince the target to take action

  • Circumvents automated identity-verification tools

  • Generative AI makes creating realistic scripts easier.

  • Deepfake voice technology is significantly more sophisticated than a year ago

“What's more effective than a phishing email that looks like it came from your CEO?
A deepfake vishing phone call that sounds like him.”

Michael Courter, Black Door Solutions

The latest target: Technical Helpdesks

Hackers are targeting technology admins and helpdesk personnel at alarming rates.

66% of social engineering attacks targeted privileged accounts.9

Their favorite targets include:

  • IT helpdesks

  • Technology owners and admins

  • HR admins

  • Customer technical support

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Typical Customer Journey

Unknown Susceptibility

Organizations often don't realize how susceptible they are to social engineering attacks or which staff are most at risk

Identify At-Risk Staff & Assets

Using a Susceptibility Profile as a guide, we help leaders identify their most at-risk staff and digital assets.

Perform Testing

We prepare campaigns, scenarios, and scripts specifically targeting at-risk staff. We execute tests per rules of engagement.

Define Action Plan

We work with leaders to develop an action plan, which typically includes coaching and refining training and testing materials

Are you safe from social engineering? Let us put that to the test.

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