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Proofpoint partners with CrowdStrike to enhance endpoint protection, integrating advanced email threat intelligence with Falcon's cloud-based security.

Gartner recognises Proofpoint as a leader in security training for the sixth year, highlighting the company's top-notch solutions in cybersecurity awareness.

Proofpoint launches adaptive security controls to dynamically isolate URLs and personalised training features, boosting protection and user education efficacy.

Phishing attacks remain a significant threat, with one in four cybersecurity questions answered incorrectly, a new report from Proofpoint reveals.

Cybercriminals are cashing in on domain fraud for almost every possible reason – to impersonate businesses, events, and even trusted leaders and celebrities.

Email remains the preferred attack vector for cybercriminal activity, from low-level cybercriminals to nation states.

In Q1 2019, 61% of malicious payloads were driven by Emotet, according to Proofpoint's latest report, highlighting a major cyber threat shift.

Proofpoint says commonly targeted accounts are not necessarily people who are known or actively tracked by the security team.

These attacks are socially engineered to target specific people within financial services organisations who can execute requests on the attacker’s behalf.

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.

The report analyses more than 160 billion emails sent across 150 countries in both 2017 and 2018 to identify email fraud attack trends.

As these threats continue to grow in volume and sophistication, it is imperative that organisations implement a people-centric security approach.

Proofpoint's 2018 report reveals a surge in social engineering attacks, with phishing incidents up 9% and credential compromises rising 70% since 2017.

Google fined EUR €50 million by France's CNIL for GDPR breaches, marking the first major enforcement under the EU's stringent data privacy law.

Australia’s healthcare sector is the continent’s biggest cybercrime target, according to a July report from the Australian Information Commissioner.

Proofpoint researchers have looked ahead at the trends and events likely to shape the threat landscape in the year to come.

Proofpoint unveils TAP's Attack Index, offering security teams a people-centric view to identify and better protect their most targeted users.

Gartner has positioned Proofpoint as a Leader in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving, marking its seventh consecutive year.

DanaBot is a Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions.

Integrations will keep customer content protected and secure with tools for controlling identity access, governing data, and managing devices.