Researchers have created a zero-click, self-spreading worm that can steal personal data through applications that use chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence. Dubbed Morris II, the malware uses a prompt injection attack vector to trick AI-powered email assistant apps.
The cyber threat landscape is projected to undergo significant transformation in the coming year, characterized by the emergence of novel and refined threat vectors as well as a resurgence of traditional attack methods.
Advancements in technology have provided malicious actors with an extensive toolkit to exploit...
Email is a major entry point for threat actors, who have evolved their tactics to bypass traditional security solutions and now leverage AI to make attacks more scalable and harder to detect. In response, organizations are buying AI-enabled solutions to bolster their security posture. Download The Role of AI in Email...
The advent of generative AI has transformed the way modern organizations operate. While many business users are adopting tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard to enhance productivity, cybercriminals are also capitalizing on this technology—resulting in more attacks with increased sophistication.
To understand how...
In the past year, generative AI made groundbreaking strides in understanding and generating human-like text. User-friendly tools like ChatGPT quickly gained popularity, allowing modern businesses to streamline operations like never before. Unfortunately, access to generative AI has also empowered cybercriminals to...
Silicon Valley email security firm Proofpoint is laying off 280 positions two months into the tenure of Sumit Dhawan as its chief executive officer. A company spokesperson said Proofpoint anticipates moving half the eliminated positions to overseas units in Argentina and Ireland by midyear.
Proofpoint landed top VMware lieutenant Sumit Dhawan as its new chief executive just days after the cloud and virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom. The Silicon Valley-based email security firm said it liked Dhawan's track record of building security, cloud and end-user computing businesses.
Proofpoint has agreed to purchase a cloud email security provider founded by HSBC, RBS, Santander and UBS alumni to apply artificial intelligence to evolving threats. The proposed acquisition of Boston-based Tessian will help Proofpoint address common forms of data loss including data exfiltration.
Proofpoint will have its third CEO since March 2022 after tapping recently hired CFO Remi Thomas to become its interim top leader. The company selected Thomas to replace Ashan Willy, who started as Proofpoint's CEO just 19 months ago and is exiting to pursue an opportunity outside cybersecurity.
Business email compromise continues to be a significant threat and is one of the most financially damaging online crimes. Attackers continue to innovate and grow in sophistication, which means defenders need to leverage new technology, warned Mike Britton, CISO of Abnormal Security.
As the digital landscape evolves, security teams need skills and training platforms that can provide the right resources for an organization "by showing what someone has got in terms of skills, without necessarily fully relying on their CVs," said Jess Burn, senior analyst at Forrester.
The cyber insurance landscape has evolved significantly over the last 10 to 15 years. Initially, renewals were relatively straightforward, but with the rise of cyberthreats such as ransomware, the market has shifted dramatically to reduce risk exposure.
Belarus state-linked hackers are targeting government and military entities in both Ukraine and Poland with spear-phishing campaigns that deliver remote access Trojans. Ukrainian authorities say the adversary is focusing on information stealing and remote control of targeted systems.
Security experts say China-based hackers are "leading their peers in the deployment of zero-days" in the wake of another wide-ranging attack that abused a flaw in Microsoft Outlook and used forged authentication tokens to access email accounts of governments in the United States and Western Europe.
Over five dozen British academics joined a widening group of technology firms and privacy groups in criticizing a U.K. government bill aimed at protecting children from online harassments by weakening encryption. In an open letter, they said the bill is "doomed to fail."
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