Protecting People

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.

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: https://go.proofpoint.com/powerseries#tab3

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 with Emotet.

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 understand what these recent innovations mean for our customers. Neil dives deeper into the machine learning technology that is used on the back end to ultimately deliver these capabilities and help our customers.
Join us as we discuss:
Three different types of threats the extortion micro-classifier identifies
The new Inline+API deployment and the philosophical shifts that came with that transition
Proofpoint’s new PX bundle and who the ideal customer for that bundle would be 


Check out these resources mentioned:
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/solutions/bundles 
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/learn-more/email-rapid-risk-assessment 
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/email-and-cloud-threats/inline-api-new-era-email-security 
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/email-and-cloud-threats/behavioral-analysis-and-aiml-threat-detection-going-behind-scenes 
https://it-harvest.com/shop/security-yearbook-2022/  


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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.

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.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of October 31st. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.
Former-U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss targeted by Russian attackers
Credit card thieves enjoy a two-year spree on See Tickets
Hinge targets scammers with profile verification


And email threat researcher Timothy Kromphardt breaks down all the details on romance scams.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of October 24th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.
US authorities warn of a new ransomware campaign targeting healthcare
Attackers use hundreds of mis-spelled domains to distribute malware
And a research update on a new kind of conversational social engineering threat


And email threat researcher Timothy Kromphardt explains the connection between pig butchering and cryptocurrency fraud.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of October 17th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.
CISA launches open-source tool for Red Teams
Developer error leaves Toyota customer data exposed
And keyless entry car thieves face being locked up


And threat research manager Daniel Blackford reflects on themes and insights from the recent Virus Bulletin 2022 conference.