Proofpoint phishing palaver plagues millions with ‘perfectly spoofed’ emails from IBM, Nike, Disney, others

July 30, 2024 at 02:35AM A large-scale phishing campaign exploited a security vulnerability in Proofpoint’s email filtering to send three million fake emails daily, appearing to be from major companies. The spammers manipulated Proofpoint’s system to send malicious emails, tricking recipients into revealing sensitive information. Guardio Security notified Proofpoint and assisted in mitigating the attack, … Read more