Cyberattackers target people. They exploit people. Ultimately, they are people. That’s why the Human Factor 2025 report focuses on how technology and psychology combine to make people so susceptible to modern cyber threats.
Historically, the Human Factor report has been a comprehensive look at the human-centric threats that Proofpoint has detected, mitigated and resolved in the previous 12 months. This year, we are breaking up our insights into a multipart series.
In this first edition, we take a closer look at attacks that rely on social engineering, including business email compromise (BEC) threats, email fraud and phishing. Download now to learn:
- Why social engineering is featured in 25% of all advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns
- How APT threat actors rely on benign conversation techniques for their phishing campaigns
- How personalized security awareness training has the biggest impact
