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During a commodity campaign, organisations experience a 2,700% increase in phishing attacks compared to their normal baseline. These attacks are primarily image-based, with 51.1% featuring a single graphic, often include hyperlinks (72.3%), and are highly polymorphic, randomising elements like links and display names. This flood of unsophisticated threats creates white noise, potentially masking more sophisticated and targeted phishing attempts, making detection even harder for cybersecurity admins. New employees with a tenure of two to seven weeks were the most targeted individuals for phishing emails impersonating VIPs, typically as part of CEO fraud attacks. Outside of employer-related attacks, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were among the most impersonated celebrities. “One of the most troubling findings is
the rapid commoditisation of AI in phishing toolkits, which is putting advanced threats into the hands of less sophisticated cybercriminals,” Jack Chapman, SVP of Threat Intelligence at Egress, a KnowBe4 company. “Organisations must respond by adopting advanced AI defenses that effectively counter these evolving threats while ensuring they aren’t introducing new vulnerabilities by using AI for AI’s sake. “As the old saying goes, 'the only constant is change,' and this is especially true in cybersecurity. As cybercriminals pivot away from one tactic that is no longer reaping the same rewards, a new one pops up to take its place. However, the report highlights one enduring reality: modern phishing threats are increasingly driven by impersonation tactics, which have become the backbone of many advanced and targeted attacks against organisations.”
Jack Chapman SVP, Threat Intelligence
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Medallia announces new technology partner programme
Medallia has launched a new technology partner programme to enable organisations to innovate, build and increase revenue growth. The new technology partner programme is aimed at independent software vendors and global service integrators who wish to build applications and develop integrations with Medallia’s enterprise experience platform. With this new programme, Medallia technology partners will be empowered to deliver exceptional value to joint customers and unlock significant revenue potential. Medallia’s partner portal will provide partners with a single source for marketing, sales, development and training resources needed to go to market easily and achieve rapid success. In addition to the new technology partner programme, Medallia is extending its marketplace, Medallia XChange, to partners. The Medallia Xchange will provide organisations access to an extensive library of curated partner
apps and integrations for Medallia customers seeking to unlock new capabilities that transform their customer experiences. “As the leader in the experience industry, our customers trust us to connect them with industry leading partners. We are proud that Medallia XChange will empower our customers to better deliver on their promises with access to an extensive library of curated apps and integrations,” said Ben Brewer, chief revenue officer at Medallia. “With our personalised approach and commitment to partner experience, we enable Medallia
Ben Brewer chief revenue officer
partners to deliver exceptional value to our joint customers faster and Medallia customers with top-tier partners to enhance every step of their experience.”
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