"Cloud account compromises and sensitive information loss can disrupt business, damage brand reputation, and cost organisations millions annually.”

Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre points to the ‘Conti’ ransomware variant, which caused the HSE's IT systems to shut down over the weekend.

In total, Australians lost $176 million to scams in 2020, 23% higher than the previous year, with phishing the most reported type.

Fraudsters are targeting last-minute Christmas shoppers via email and hackers are targeting electronic devices that feature on many wish lists.

“The integration with Proofpoint ensures that regulated firms are able to address compliance and empower employees in this new paradigm of work.”

“Our CyberArk partnership extension provides security teams with increased detection and enhanced adaptive controls to help prevent today’s most severe threats."

Available in Q4 2020, the platform will integrate more closely with Proofpoint’s best-in-class threat intelligence.

Proofpoint has launched security awareness training for small to medium businesses (SMBs) with the aim of reducing successful phishing attacks and malware infections to almost zero.

Okta, CrowdStrike, Netskope and Proofpoint have joined forces to develop and launch an integrated, zero trust security strategy, stating that this is crucial for today’s digital and remote working environments.

Attackers are commonly using false cash stimulus ‘promises’ as bait.

A report released recently by Proofpoint reveals the extent to which cyber attackers are capitalising on fear and paranoia surrounding the pandemic, with instances of coronavirus-themed attacks increasing every day.

Cybercriminals are now using fake HIV test results to spread their malicious phishing attacks, as they move quickly to cash in on healthcare scares in the wake of COVID-19 Coronavirus.

More than half (54%) of surveyed Australian Infosec professionals faced phishing-triggered ransomware infections in 2019, according to a new report titled ‘State of the Phish’ by Proofpoint.

Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million as part of a new arrangement to acquire insider threat management platform ObserveIT.

The partnership aims to bolster the security posture for organisations’ very attacked people (VAPs) by applying additional adaptive security controls.

In the first technology integration, Proofpoint will check potentially malicious attachments with CrowdStrike Falcon Intel and will add new hashes to the customer’s custom intelligence.

Proofpoint’s training modules are built with learning science principles and include self-service customisation, which improves efficacy and ensures longer-term retention of training.

The new features aim to protect organisations’ most attacked people from phishing attempts, malware, and data loss risk, while boosting online training effectiveness.

“Implementing ongoing and effective security awareness training is a necessary foundational pillar when building a strong culture of security."

Cybercriminals are cashing in on domain fraud for almost every possible reason – to impersonate businesses, events, and even trusted leaders and celebrities.

Email remains the preferred attack vector for cybercriminal activity, from low-level cybercriminals to nation states.

“The massive shift in Emotet’s prevalence and classification highlights just how quickly cybercriminals are adapting new tools and techniques across attack types.”

Proofpoint says commonly targeted accounts are not necessarily people who are known or actively tracked by the security team.

These attacks are socially engineered to target specific people within financial services organisations who can execute requests on the attacker’s behalf.