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 clever salary-related lures. Check out the Threat Insight Twitter: @threatinsight ..read more

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 intelligence analyst Crista Giering shares her headlines and highlights from the 2022 threat landscape ..read more

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 ..read more

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 Kromphardt shares his highlights from another busy year of cyber threats ..read more

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 more. Join us as we discuss: Potential pain points in cybersecurity for 2023 How security leaders should prepare for multiple challenges Top concerns for security leaders Register for our Power Series ..read more

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 ..read more

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 with Emotet ..read more

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 released several innovations for our overall threat protection platform. In this episode of Protecting People, we invited Neil Hammet, Technical Director at Proofpoint, to join the show to help us understa ..read more

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 ..read more

Five Minute Forecast for the week of November 7th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.   “Hackers for hire” target critics of World Cup host Qatar   Twitter turmoil inspires a phishing expedition   And Emotet returns with some old tricks   And senior threat research engineer Adam McNeil explains the conversational techniques being used by job fraudsters.  ..read more