The 2023 Human Factor report from Proofpoint takes a detailed look at new developments in the threat landscape, focusing on the combination of technology and psychology that makes modern cyber attacks so dangerous.

Brian Reed, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint, talks to senior threat researcher Andrew Northern about the highlights from the latest report, including:

• Emotet coming back in a big way, topping the attack campaign charts again with more than 25 million messages
• How novel distribution pushed SocGholish into the top-five malware by message volume
• Telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD) messages, which peaked at more than 13 million per month
• Conversational attacks via mobile devices growing twelvefold
• Office macro use collapsing after Microsoft rolled out controls to block them

You can download the 2023 Human Factor report here: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/threat-reports/human-factor

Five Minute Forecast for the week of June 19th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• U.S. government agencies hit by Clop zero-day attack
• But the State Department hits back with a $10 million bounty
• BlackCat pounces on Reddit turmoil to make big demands

And senior threat researcher Andrew Northern discusses findings from this year’s Human Factor report.

Resources:
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/threat-reports/human-factor

Five Minute Forecast for the week of June 12th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• MOVEit or lose it—Clop ransomware linked to recent zero-day attacks
• Heatmap privacy issue puts Strava in hot water
• Prominent crypto accounts drained by fake journalists

And staff threat researcher Selena Larson discusses new activity by threat actor TA2722.

The post-pandemic calm appears to be ending as CISOs see the global threat landscape heat up once again.

To find out how cybersecurity leaders are managing, Proofpoint surveyed 1,600 CISOs from around the world. They share their experiences of the past 12 months and offer their insights for the years ahead. In this episode, Proofpoint’s Global Resident CISO Team Leader Lucia Malika Stacy,JD discusses the findings.

In the 2023 Voice of the CISO report you’ll learn:

• Why CISOs are returning to a familiar state of elevated concern
• Where they see the biggest threats to people and data
• How they are addressing human error, ransomware and supply chain risk
• What reduced cybersecurity budgets, personal liability worries, and demands from the C-suite mean for resilience and burnout

Resources:
Report link: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/white-papers/voice-of-the-ciso-report
CISO Hub: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/ciso-hub

Five Minute Forecast for the week of June 5th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• Atomic Wallet blows up with multi-million-dollar crypto theft
• North Korean attackers go spear phishing for media and political targets
• Putin deepfake broadcast sparks panic in Russia

And staff threat researcher Michael Raggi discusses a new blog post looking at state-sponsored attackers targeting small and medium businesses.

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/small-and-medium-business-APT-phishing-landscape-in-2023

Five Minute Forecast for the week of May 29th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast

• IT worker breaks bad in scheme to steal ransomware funds from employer’s attacker
• A new U.S. cybersecurity chief begins Senate confirmation process
• Seemingly benign Android app begins spying on users a year after being published

And threat researcher Eilon Bendet explains how attackers can abuse features in Microsoft Teams.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of May 15th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• A decade-long data breach exposes location data for millions of Toyota vehicles
• Strife at Discord as user support data is exposed
• Google offers free dark web monitoring to Gmail users

And senior threat researcher Selena Larson gives us an update on how the threat landscape is adapting to last year’s Microsoft Office macro updates.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of May 15th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• A decade-long data breach exposes location data for millions of Toyota vehicles
• Strife at Discord as user support data is exposed
• Google offers free dark web monitoring to Gmail users

And senior threat researcher Selena Larson gives us an update on how the threat landscape is adapting to last year’s Microsoft Office macro updates.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of May 8th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• FBI cracks down on crypto exchanges aiding cybercriminals
• Russian attackers turn a trusty archiving tool into a cyber weapon
• Western Digital customers caught up in drive-by data theft

And threat research manager Daniel Blackford lifts the lid on TA581, a new threat actor recently unveiled by our researchers.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of May 1st. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast.

• AT&T mail keys used to unlock customer crypto wallets
• Britain takes aim at hackers-for-hire in new cybersecurity report
• Yellow Pages gets a black eye from Black Basta ransomware

And senior threat researcher Sarah Sabotka gives an update on the threat landscape in the first months of 2023.