DUBAI, UAE, March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mimecast, an advanced email and collaboration security company, today announced the publication of its annual “The State of Email Security 2023” (SOES)...
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Think ransomware gangs won’t thrive this year? Think again, experts say
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Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine
Enlarge / Locked out. Threat actors aligned with Russia and Belarus are targeting elected US officials supporting Ukraine, using attacks that attempt to compromise their email...
New IcedID variants shift from bank fraud to malware delivery
New IcedID variants have been found without the usual online banking fraud functionality and instead focus on installing further malware on compromised systems. According to Proofpoint, these...
Is ChatGPT A Silver Bullet For Cybercriminals?
Executive Vice President at Proofpoint, overseeing global cybersecurity strategy. getty By now, you’ve heard of ChatGPT—or more likely, you’ve heard that it’s coming to take your...
Security Awareness Training Needs to Change. Here’s Why.
Despite repeated urges from IT professionals to be wary of clicking on links in emails and opening attachments from strange messages, phishing is still wildly successful...
Police pounce on ‘pompompurin’ – alleged mastermind of BreachForums
In Brief A man accused of being the head of one of the biggest criminal online souks, BreachForums, has been arrested in Peekskill, New York. Conor...
Build resilience in a world of weaponized trust
Cybercrime, Identity and access Lucia Milică Stacy March 16, 2023 Today’s columnist, Lucia Milică Stacy of Proofpoint, writes that the SolarWinds, Kaseya, and Log4J attacks illustrate...
Analysts Spot a Wave of SVB-Related Cyber Fraud Striking the Business Sector
Right now, hackers are developing phishing campaigns that capitalize on the news of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure. SVB was the 16th-largest bank in the United States,...
Russia Calling? Scammers Target High-level Western Officials
An image of Alexei Stolyarov or Lexus (L) impersonating Leonid Volkov next to a picture of the real Volkov (R) for comparison Handout Text size A...