Protecting People

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 30th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. International law enforcement takes down Hive ransomware U.S. officials issue warning about remote monitoring attacks A breach at JD Sports exposes data for 10 million customers And threat researcher Greg Lesnewich joins us to discuss North Korean state-sponsored threat actor TA444.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 23rd. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Microsoft blocks another route used by Excel attackers Ransomware profits are falling as victims refuse to pay Mailchimp employee falls prey to social engineering And threat research manager Daniel Blackford joins us to discuss a new campaign using clever salary-related lures. Check out the Threat Insight Twitter: @threatinsight

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 16th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Europol calls time on a chain of pig butchering call centers Norton Password Manager accounts targeted in credential stuffing attack LockBit affiliate takes aim at the U.K.’s Royal Mail delivery service And senior threat researcher Joshua Miller shares up-to-the-minute details on a campaign by advanced persistent threat actor, TA450.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of January 9th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. LastPass breach is the gift that keeps on giving—but all its delivering is bad news for users Phished credentials unlock Slack’s GitHub code repositories LockBit ransomware says sorry for attack on SickKids hospital in Toronto And senior threat intelligence analyst Crista Giering shares her headlines and highlights from the 2022 threat landscape.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of December 19th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Malware botnet taken down by Google last year back from the dead Another botnet targets Minecraft servers And an attacker infiltrates an FBI-run cybersecurity information-sharing program

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/   For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Protecting People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Proofpoint website, or anywhere you get podcasts.

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.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of October 10th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Pro-Russia attackers ground several U.S. airport websites 1.2 million credit cards given away in dark web marketing promotion Crypto thieves strike it big after a breach at Binance  And senior threat intelligence analyst Selena Larson shares key insights from a comprehensive review of pandemic-related social engineering.

How prepared are organizations to deal with a cyberattack? What's the board's relationship with their CISOs?  To find out the answers, Lucia Milica, Global Resident CISO at Proofpoint, joins us to discuss the Cybersecurity: 2022 Boards Perspective Report, where 600 board members from around the world were surveyed to share the boards-eye view of the threat landscape.  Resources: CISO Hub: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/ciso-hub  Cybersecurity: 2022 Boards Perspective Report: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/resources/white-papers/board-perspective-report  Voice of the CISO episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-of-the-ciso-insights-from-1-400-cisos-around-the-globe/id1492463146?i=1000561867551  For more episodes like this one, follow Protecting People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Proofpoint website, or anywhere you get podcasts.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of October 3rd. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. Exchange Servers at risk from two major zero-day vulnerabilities Ransomware gang publishes data stolen in school system attack Fake CISO profiles flood LinkedIn We’re joined by former Gartner analyst Jonathan Care, who explains what cybersecurity awareness months means for security professionals.

Five Minute Forecast for the week of September 26th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Proofpoint’s Protecting People podcast. London police arrest teen who may be connected to Uber, Rockstar attacks A highly advanced cyber-spying group found in telecom and university systems And malicious OAuth cloud apps turn Microsoft Exchange servers into spam networks  We’re joined by former Gartner analyst Jonathan Care, who explains how to identify and protect against insider and external threats.

In preparation for Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, we invited Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance, to join the show to discuss how to drive behavior change, and how to positively impact your cybersecurity culture.