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Earliest post: 2024-01-31

Latest post: 2026-08-04

Threat intelligence, email security insights, phishing and business-email-compromise research, and practical defence strategies from the Proofpoint security team — with a focus on real-world attack trends and mitigation guidance.

01/01/2020
08/10/2026
Title Date Published Describes IncidentAuthorVisible
Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers2026-07-30TrueTrue
New warnings that Russian operatives are targeting the emails of US nuclear scientists and defense contractors2026-07-23TrueTrue
Russian Espionage Group Exploited Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Mail and 2FA Codes2026-07-23TrueTrue
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more2026-07-22TrueTrue
Proofpoint Research Finds 65% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Say AI Made Attacks More Effective 2026-07-22TrueTrue
OAuth Client ID Spoofing Lets Attackers Validate Stolen Microsoft Entra Credentials2026-07-14TrueTrue
Hackers find a new trick to collect Microsoft Entra user data without raising red flags2026-07-13TrueTrue
Suspected Chinese snoops caught breaking into universities' Roundcube mailservers2026-07-08TrueTrue
New Cargo Theft Surge: From Lobster Heists To Bourbon Warehouse Scams2026-07-01TrueTrue
Defending the Authentication Flow: Device Code Phishing with Selena Larson2026-06-30TrueTrue
Suspected North Korean actors use fake ‘coding assignments’ to steal crypto2026-06-09TrueTrue
China-Linked TA4922 Expands Phishing Attacks to U.K., Germany, Italy, and South Africa2026-06-04TrueTrue
Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks2026-05-22TrueTrue
The spy who logged me in.2026-05-09TrueTrue
Claude Mythos Fears Startle Japan's Financial Services Sector2026-04-29TrueTrue
Cargo thieving hackers running sophisticated remote access campaigns, researchers find2026-04-16TrueTrue
Freight Hacker Wields Code-Signing Service to Evade Defenses2026-04-16TrueTrue
Microsoft 365 mailbox rules abused for exfiltration, persistence2026-04-13TrueTrue
Axios Future of Cybersecurity: Russians suspected of using iPhone spyware2026-03-31TrueTrue
Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company, a first since the war started2026-03-11TrueTrue
Pro-Iran hackers claim cyberattack on major US medical device maker2026-03-11TrueTrue
Tycoon 2FA Goes Boom as Europol, Vendors Bust Phishing Platform2026-03-05TrueTrue
Global coalition dismantles Tycoon 2FA phishing kit2026-03-04TrueTrue
Life Mirrors Art: Ransomware Hits Hospitals on TV & IRL2026-02-27TrueTrue
Don’t trust TrustConnect: This fake remote support tool only helps hackers2026-02-20TrueTrue
TA584 threat actor leverages Tsundere Bot and XWorm for network access2026-01-29TrueTrue
How Hackers And Cargo Thieves Orchestrated The Great Massachusetts Lobster Heist2026-01-01TrueTrue
State-linked and criminal hackers use device code phishing against M365 users2025-12-19TrueTrue
Microsoft 365 accounts targeted in wave of OAuth phishing attacks2025-12-19TrueTrue
State-linked and criminal hackers use device code phishing against M365 users2025-12-19TrueTrue
Three ways teams can tackle Iran’s tangled web of state-sponsored espionage2025-12-17TrueTrue
Operation Endgame targets malware networks in global crackdown2025-11-13TrueTrue
Iran's Elusive "SmudgedSerpent' APT Phishes Influential US Policy Wonks2025-11-05TrueTrue
AI website builder Lovable fuels rise in phishing & scams 2025-08-26TrueTrue
Hackers Are Vibe Coding Phishing Websites To Steal Credentials2025-08-22TrueTrue
FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users - Do Not Use These Codes2025-08-21TrueTrue
Illicit activity powered by Lovable website builder abuse on the rise2025-08-21TrueTrue
Cybercriminals Abuse Vibe Coding Service to Create Malicious Sites 2025-08-20TrueTrue
Cybercriminals Use Go Resty and Node Fetch in 13 Million Password Spraying Attempts2025-02-05TrueTrue
Phishing tax scams increase as tax deadlines approach2025-02-03TrueTrue
Bitter APT Targets Turkish Defense Sector with WmRAT and MiyaRAT Malware2024-12-17TrueTrue
Rising ClickFix malware distribution trick puts PowerShell IT policies on notice2024-11-21TrueTrue
Why that Google Meet error might be a sneaky hacker trick2024-11-14TrueTrue
Normalyze to be purchased by Proofpoint2024-10-30TrueTrue
Transportation Companies Hit by Cyberattacks Using Lumma Stealer and NetSupport Malware2024-09-25TrueTrue
Watch out for weird phishing promises like free transit to Elon Musk’s off-world colonies2024-02-20TrueTrue
Security News This Week: How to Not Get Scammed Out of $50,0002024-02-17TrueTrue
Bumblebee malware wakes from hibernation, forgets what year it is, attacks with macros2024-02-14TrueTrue
Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs’ Azure accounts, locks them using MFA2024-02-12TrueTrue
Tax Season is Upon Us, and So Are the Scammers2024-01-31TrueTrue

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