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Social Engineering
Social engineering is involved in the vast majority of cyberattacks, but a new report from Proofpoint has revealed five common…
Threat actors exhibited “ceaseless creativity” last year when attacking the Achilles heel of every organization—its human capital—according to Proofpoint’s annual…
Computer vision cybersecurity startup PIXM has expanded its line of antiphishing products with the launch of PIXM Mobile, a solution…
Researchers at cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint have analyzed a new remote access Trojan (RAT) malware campaign using sophisticated evasion techniques and…
Well, that was fast. In a week’s time we went from rumors that Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk was…
A cyberespionage group whose targeting has historically been aligned with China’s geopolitical interests has been targeting European and Russian entities…
Phishing continues to be one of the primary attack mechanisms for bad actors with a variety of endgames in mind,…
Phishing definitionPhishing is a type of cyberattack that uses disguised email as a weapon. These attacks use social engineering techniques…
A recent Bloomberg piece highlighted how Meta Platforms, Inc., (parent company of Facebook) and Apple, Inc., had been successfully socially…
Spear phishing definitionSpear phishing is a targeted email attack purporting to be from a trusted sender.In spear phishing attacks, attackers…