Protecting People

Five Minute Forecast for the week of April 24th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Attackers might not have passed the bar, but they know a little bit about ABA members Google-authored red team tool put to mis-use by Chinese attackers Have two e-crime giants joined forces to launch new malware? And senior threat research engineer discu...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of April 17th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Pots and kettles rattle as Russia accuses NATO of cyber attacks Attackers take Hyundai customer data out for a spin OpenAI launches new ChatGPT bug bounty program And senior threat intelligence analyst Selena Larson shares some thoughts on a recent cyber...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of April 10th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Malware found on an IRS-authorized tax filing portal Major credential marketplace seized by law enforcement Rorschach sets ransomware speed records And senior threat researcher Sarah Sabotka explains how commodity malware continues to evade detection and...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of April 3rd. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Midnight cyber crime group takes a shot in the dark with fake ransomware threats Cyber outlaws hit Western Digital with system breach and data theft Microsoft puts attackers on notice with OneNote security updates

Five Minute Forecast for the week of March 27th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. “Breached” hacking forum shuts down after being breached by the FBI Ferrari pours on the gas, saying it won’t pay ransom after data theft Fake ChatGPT extension steals Facebook credentials https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/fork-ice-new-er...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of March 20th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. FBI issues pig butchering warning as cryptocurrency scams soar NBA data breach could make fans mad this March Almost a thousand ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure in 2022 And threat research manager Daniel Blackford discusses a spate of a...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of March 13th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Microsoft moves to curtail OneNote phishing abuse Top jobs hide big threats in new LinkedIn campaign targeting infosec professionals Emotet is back after a three-month winter break And senior threat intelligence analyst Crista Giering discusses new activ...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of March 6th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. President Biden announces a new national cybersecurity strategy BidenCash card market gives away over two million stolen card numbers Royal ransomware takes aim at U.S. healthcare organizations And cybersecurity and awareness strategist, Sara Pan, explore...

Every year, threat actors look for new tactics to outwit victims and bypass defenses. And 2022 was no different. Here to discuss the Proofpoint ninth annual State of the Phish report findings is Sara Pan, Phishing and Security Awareness Expert. In this episode, we discuss the following: Critical findings around the 2022 threat landscape How security teams can improve their security awareness progr...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of February 27th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. The FTC reports the worst year yet for fraud, as losses reach almost $9 billion News Corp says state-aligned attacker had access to its systems for two years A ransomware attack leads to empty shelves in the fruit aisle And senior threat intelligence...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of February 20th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. It’s playtime for attackers as GoDaddy reveals multi-year cyber breach Coinbase employees targeted by successful SMS phishing expedition Another Russian hacker found guilty in a U.S. courtroom And senior engineering manager Adam Starr explores the imp...

Modern compliance is critical to protecting an organization's people, data and reputation. Compliance can also come with a significant financial burden. Michael McGrath, compliance and digital risk expert here at Proofpoint, joins the show to help us understand the components and drivers of compliance costs and what can be done to control them while staying competitive from an IT, legal and regula...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of February 13th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. U.S. victims are still falling hard for romance scams Reddit suffers data breach after successful phishing attack Sanctions imposed against TrickBot ring leaders And threat researcher Bryan Campbell discusses a campaign by TA866, a newly-identified th...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of February 6th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Ubiquiti employee pleads guilty to theft that cost investors billions Google Fi users suffer SIM swap attacks after data breach And users of a popular people-search service find their own data leaked online And threat researcher Joe Wise discusses a ne...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 30th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. International law enforcement takes down Hive ransomware U.S. officials issue warning about remote monitoring attacks A breach at JD Sports exposes data for 10 million customers And threat researcher Greg Lesnewich joins us to discuss North Korean stat...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 23rd. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Microsoft blocks another route used by Excel attackers Ransomware profits are falling as victims refuse to pay Mailchimp employee falls prey to social engineering And threat research manager Daniel Blackford joins us to discuss a new campaign using cle...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 16th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Europol calls time on a chain of pig butchering call centers Norton Password Manager accounts targeted in credential stuffing attack LockBit affiliate takes aim at the U.K.’s Royal Mail delivery service And senior threat researcher Joshua Miller shares...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 9th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. LastPass breach is the gift that keeps on giving—but all its delivering is bad news for users Phished credentials unlock Slack’s GitHub code repositories LockBit ransomware says sorry for attack on SickKids hospital in Toronto And senior threat intellig...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of December 19th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Malware botnet taken down by Google last year back from the dead Another botnet targets Minecraft servers And an attacker infiltrates an FBI-run cybersecurity information-sharing program

Five Minute Forecast for the week of December 12th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Patients moved after ransomware attack at a Paris hospital Looking for a last-minute gift? How about a stolen email address for $2? Microsoft says the holidays could deliver a new wave of Russian cyber attacks  And email threat researcher Timothy Krom...

2022 continued long-standing cybersecurity risks — aligning with our expectations — alongside new harrowing threats. What does that mean for the new year, and what can we do to best prepare for new tricks in 2023? In this episode, Ryan Kalember, EVP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint, joins us to shine a light on best practices for risk prevention, unpack present and potential threats, and mo...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of December 5th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Car app bugs could let attackers steal vehicles with just an email address LastPass confirms its second data breach in just four months And malware-as-a-service makes starting a life of cyber crime even easier

Five Minute Forecast for the week of November 28th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Massive data breach at Twitter exposes millions of phone numbers U.S. authorities seize pig butchering sites Pro-Russia “hacktivists” take down the European Parliament website And senior reverse engineer Pim Trouerbach shares the latest developments w...

Despite existing security solutions, organizations are continuing to see their user’s information compromised—whether it be business email compromise, ransomware attacks, phishing, or supply chain threats. The ways attackers are targeting people has evolved, but there's one constant in the ever-changing threat landscape; people are still the primary target. Over the last year, Proofpoint has relea...

Five Minute Forecast for the week of November 14th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Empty wallets see fingers pointed at FTX insiders Europol arrests a high-profile member of LockBit The FBI closes down multiple reshipping domains And senior threat research engineer Adam McNeil discusses seasonal mobile threats.