Proofpoint has released its annual Human Factor report, revealing that after two years of pandemic-induced disruption, 2022 was a return to business as usual for the world’s cyber criminals. 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, commoditizing once-sophisticated attack techniques, and creatively searching for new opportunities in unexpected places. From scaling brute-force and targeted attacks on cloud tenants to the surge […]