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Which employees receive the most highly targeted email-borne threats?

Workers in R&D/Engineering are the most heavily targeted group of employees within organizations, a new Proofpoint report says, and lower-level employees are at a higher …

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Attackers are exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA on Office 365, G Suite accounts

Where possible, and especially for important accounts such as Office 365 and G Suite accounts, the prevailing advice for users is to enable two-factor authentication. …

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Human behavior can be your biggest cybersecurity risk

Changes in user behavior are increasingly blurring the lines between personal and business. Trends like Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and flexible working often mean that …

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Healthcare email fraud: Attack attempts jump 473% over two years

Proofpoint found that healthcare organisations were targeted in 96 email fraud attacks on average in Q4 2018 – a 473 percent jump from Q1 2017. More than half of these …

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BEC-style attacks exploded in Q4 2018

Email remains the top vector for malware distribution and phishing, while BEC fraud continues to grow rapidly, Proofpoint warns in its Q4 2018 Threat Report. “The number …

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How today’s workforce stays secure and what apps it prefers

User-focused security apps KnowBe4, LastPass, and Proofpoint dominate the list of fastest growing apps within enterprises, according to Okta. “KnowBe4 in particular is …

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83% of global respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018

Proofpoint analyzed data from tens of millions of simulated phishing attacks sent over a one-year period, along with nearly 15,000 cybersecurity professional survey responses, …

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Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine

On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the …

Proofpoint launches TAP Isolation, threat detection, and Threat Response python scripting

Proofpoint announced three people-centric security innovations, including Targeted Attack Protection (TAP) Isolation for personal webmail and browsing defense, threat …

Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense detects compromised Microsoft Office 365 accounts

Proofpoint announced the availability of Proofpoint Cloud Account Defense (CAD) to detect and protect Microsoft Office 365 accounts, preventing attackers from causing …

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Security researchers sinkholed EITest infection chain

Security researchers have managed to neutralize “EITest,” one of the oldest infection chains and thus preventing as many as two million potential malicious …

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Understanding email fraud: Do you have visibility into email threats?

82% of boards are concerned with email fraud, and 59% consider it a top security risk – no longer just an IT issue. Yet 30% of respondents to a survey conducted by …

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