Cybercriminals return to business as usual in a post-pandemic world

After two years of pandemic-induced disruption, 2022 was a return to business as usual for the world’s cybercriminals, according to Proofpoint. As COVID-19 medical and economic programs began to wind down, attackers had to find new ways to make a living by honing their social engineering skills, commoditising once-sophisticated attack techniques, and creatively searching for new opportunities in unexpected places. Creativity among threat actors From scaling brute-force and targeted attacks on cloud tenants to the … More →

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