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Individual contributors and lower level management account for nearly two thirds (60%) of highly targeted attacks within an organisation.

Proofpoint debuts CLEAR solution to swiftly analyse and remediate phishing emails, leveraging Wombat Security's expertise to enhance threat response times.

Businesses can be more susceptible to phishing attacks and business email compromises (BEC) than they realise.

Australian businesses and organisations’ widespread use of social media puts them at high risk of being hacked.

Email fraud attacks surged 55% last quarter as criminals focus on targeted strikes, with real estate firms among the hardest hit, reports Proofpoint.

Cyber attackers are increasingly preying on human vulnerabilities and less on technical system flaws to create mayhem.

IT decision makers indicate that 82% of boards are concerned about email fraud but only 40% of organisations have full visibility into them.

Only three of the 105 domains were legitimate (although unofficial) domains, which are being used for Olympic medal tracking purposes.

Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million (AU$284 million) as part of a deal that will help the company continue its journey into phishing prevention.

The Ursnif Banking Trojan seems to love Australia and New Zealand, based on findings that show its ‘disproportionate prevalence' in the two countries.

Security firm Proofpoint recently discovered a vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of Google Apps Script.

Proofpoint research has found Google Apps Script and normal document sharing capabilities built into Google Apps supports automatic malware downloads.

Proofpoint has released the findings from its massive Quarterly Threat Report – some of which are astonishing.

Chrome users beware: A crafty 'HoeflerText' scam deploys a NetSupport Manager RAT, broadening the arsenal of the notorious EITest campaign.

Participants in this year’s G20 Summit in Germany are being targeted in a new wave of malware droppers, suspected to be from APT group Turla.

Researchers from Proofpoint have discovered evidence of hacked extensions on the Google Chrome browser that were used to steal account credentials.

Google has been the focus of two major security warnings this week, one of which exposes a major hole in Google Groups.

The Petya ransomware uses the EternalBlue exploit to not only infect files, but an entire system's drive. We get the latest from the experts.

Be especially wary of the dangers lurking in your inbox on Thursdays - because that's when malicious email attachments are likely to spike.

In exchange for more ‘likes’ and comments on their own timelines, users are enticed to provide the app’s access token to a third-party website.