Clear market trend for software providers to help with AI: Proofpoint CEO
2026-04-27T20:51:38Z•ebe3f5c538a042721214a5aac3ae91710c40d91d8b15bd4a9f1ed45c6f537677
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What happened
Proofpoint published multiple April 2026 advisories and news items covering AI security trends and innovations (RSAC coverage), reports of sophisticated cargo-theft actors running remote access campaigns and abusing code‑signing services to evade defenses, Microsoft 365 mailbox rules being abused for exfiltration and persistence, widespread email-fraud exposure among FIFA World Cup 2026 partners, and reporting on suspected iPhone spyware linked to Russian actors. The feed highlights phishing and supply-chain evasion techniques, persistence/exfiltration methods, and growing market/defensive piv
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