Phishing Powers 80% of Attacks on US Companies: How SOCs Can Detect It Early

Phishing remains one of the most effective ways for attackers to gain access to corporate environments. From 2013-2023, the FBI recorded 158,436 US victims of Business Email Compromise (BEC), with over $20 billion in reported losses.

The FBI specifically warns that phishing is used to obtain corporate credentials and gain access to business networks.

While security teams have invested heavily in email gateways, endpoint protection, and security awareness training, attackers continue to find ways around these measures.

Modern phishing uses compromised infrastructure, legitimate services, redirect chains, dynamic pages, and sophisticated social engineering to evade traditional defenses.

For SOC leads and CISOs, this creates a difficult operational question: How can you detect phishing early enough to stop it before it causes an incident?