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