Proofpoint

THREAT REPORT

The Human Factor:

Social Engineering


People remain the weakest link in cybersecurity. With attackers increasingly using advanced social engineering techniques, understanding their methods has never been more important.

The Human Factor: Social Engineering focuses on how psychological manipulation drives threats like business email compromise (BEC), phishing, and email fraud. This first installment of our report covers critical insights, including:

  • Social engineering in 25% of advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns
  • How APT actors use benign conversations for phishing
  • Why personalized security awareness training makes the biggest impact

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