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More than three quarters of ASX 200 companies are subjecting customers, partners and employees to higher risks of email fraud.

Splunk has named Gary Steele as the company’s new chief executive officer, and as a member of the company’s board of directors, effective April.

Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate.

Investment scams increased a mild 8% on the previous month but the amount of money lost almost doubled.

Two-thirds of Australian CISOs see cloud account compromise as the most significant risk to their organisation in the next year.

Proofpoint has observed high volumes of COVID-19 themed threats distributing malware and credential theft campaigns.

Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute have released the results of a new study on the cost of phishing. 

"In addition to troubling growth in volume and sophistication of ransomware and BEC attacks, we discovered massive spikes in lesser-known methods like CAPTCHA techniques and steganography.”

Proofpoint cybersecurity company has released research finding a 161% increase in threat actors using the threat emulation tool Cobalt Strike.

“Teams compliance is a must-have for regulated and highly litigious industries, while Teams DLP is essential as users collaborate with sensitive information."

"Cloud account compromises and sensitive information loss can disrupt business, damage brand reputation, and cost organisations millions annually.”

Ireland’s National Cyber Security Centre points to the ‘Conti’ ransomware variant, which caused the HSE's IT systems to shut down over the weekend.

In total, Australians lost $176 million to scams in 2020, 23% higher than the previous year, with phishing the most reported type.

Fraudsters are targeting last-minute Christmas shoppers via email and hackers are targeting electronic devices that feature on many wish lists.

“The integration with Proofpoint ensures that regulated firms are able to address compliance and empower employees in this new paradigm of work.”

“Our CyberArk partnership extension provides security teams with increased detection and enhanced adaptive controls to help prevent today’s most severe threats."

Available in Q4 2020, the platform will integrate more closely with Proofpoint’s best-in-class threat intelligence.

Proofpoint has launched security awareness training for small to medium businesses (SMBs) with the aim of reducing successful phishing attacks and malware infections to almost zero.

Okta, CrowdStrike, Netskope and Proofpoint have joined forces to develop and launch an integrated, zero trust security strategy, stating that this is crucial for today’s digital and remote working environments.

Attackers are commonly using false cash stimulus ‘promises’ as bait.

A report released recently by Proofpoint reveals the extent to which cyber attackers are capitalising on fear and paranoia surrounding the pandemic, with instances of coronavirus-themed attacks increasing every day.

Cybercriminals are now using fake HIV test results to spread their malicious phishing attacks, as they move quickly to cash in on healthcare scares in the wake of COVID-19 Coronavirus.

More than half (54%) of surveyed Australian Infosec professionals faced phishing-triggered ransomware infections in 2019, according to a new report titled ‘State of the Phish’ by Proofpoint.

Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million as part of a new arrangement to acquire insider threat management platform ObserveIT.