Cybersecurity Threats on the Rise in Asia Pacific Cybersecurity incidents in Asia Pacific have increased by 29 percent this year and 134 percent in the last four years, according to Aon’s 2025 Cyber Risk Report. The rise in AI-driven deepfake attacks resulted in a 233 percent increase in incidents involving social engineering and fraud. Kazakhstan […]
Careless employees are the main root cause of data loss in organizations. According to the cybersecurity and compliance company Proofpoint, almost three-quarters (74 percent) of CISOs believe human error is their biggest cyber vulnerability. This is up from 60 percent in 2023 and 56 percent in 2022. Even more (80 percent) believe human risk and employee negligence will be the key cybersecurity concerns for the next two years.
“Our research shows that CISOs generally believe their people are aware of their critical role in defending the business from cyber threats. That CISOs still see their people as the primary risk factor suggests a disconnect between employees’ understanding of cyber threats and their ability to keep them at bay,” says Proofpoint.
A federal court in California earlier this week released documents that revealed Facebook’s 2016 “Project Ghostbusters” campaign. The campaign was designed to mine Snapchat user data to understand their behavior better.
The project was a part of Facebook’s In-App Action Panel (IAPP) program, which used techniques to intercept and decrypt encrypted app traffic from Snapchat and, later, from YouTube and Amazon.
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