Cyberattacks

2022 Social Engineering Report

Social engineering is the preeminent component of the overwhelming majority of cyberattacks today. Whether the goal of a threat actor is to directly perpetrate fraud, harvest credentials, or install malware, at some point a human being must be coerced into taking an action on the actors’ behalf. This fact is the basis for Proofpoint’s People-Centric […]

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The Ransomware Ecosystem

At the RSA Conference in 2020, Joel DeCapua, a supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), revealed that ransomware groups had collectively earned over $144 million from 2013 through 2019, which was considered a staggering number at the time. However, in 2020 alone, ransomware groups reportedly earned $692 million from their collective

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Cyber Security Analyst Program

Studies suggest a huge shortage in Cyber Security Analysts and a constant increase in demand for this profession. According to Deloitte, “A massive and growing talent shortfall is one of the most critical challenges facing the cyber security world today. In fact, nowhere in IT is the talent shortage more pronounced than in the cyber arena.”

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2022 Voice of the CISO

The Year Cybersecurity Went Prime Time As high-profile attacks disrupted supply chains, made headlines and prompted new cybersecurity legislation, 2021 proved to be another challenging time for CISOs around the world. DarkSide’s ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline shut down fuel supplies for much of the U.S. East Coast. The Conti group brought Ireland’s health service

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Perspectives On Cyber Risk 2022

Welcome to MinterEllison’s seventh annual Perspectives on Cyber Risk report. In light of recent global events, a concerted focus on cyber risk and cyber resilience is more pressing than ever for Australian organisations. With the COVID-19 pandemic now entering its third year, and countries and communities adjusting to the ‘new normal’ of hybrid work, education

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Cyber Security Digital Summit: Third Party Risk Management APAC 2022

Organizations of any size go through various vendors to keep operations running and without proper controls in place, leaves organizations vulnerable to third-party breaches that may result in loss of data, downtime as well as financial losses. While third-party risk management is not a new concept, the risk of cyberattacks today is even greater as

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2022 ThreatLabz Phishing Report

Phishing has long been one of the most pervasive cyberthreats, and it grows every year. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), phishing reported the most victims nationally in 2020, and according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 35% of all data breaches involved scams trying to steal people’s sensitive information

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