ESET Research recently observed the sudden demise of one of the most prolific Internet of Things (IoT) botnets, named Mozi, infamous for exploiting vulnerabilities in hundreds of thousands of IoT devices each year. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) observed an unanticipated drop in activity that began in IndiaRead More…
Palo Alto Networks has reimagined how enterprises approach cloud security with the industry’s first integrated Code to Cloud intelligence introduced as part of the Prisma Cloud Darwin release. The introduction marks a “Darwin moment” for cloud security as Prisma Cloud pushes organizations to evolve beyond single point solutions In theRead More…
AmiViz today announced a partnership with a leading API security solution provider, Cequence Security, for the GCC countries. Cequence has been onboarded to the AmiViz B2B Platform and now its Unified API Protection platform can be accessed by resellers through the AmiViz mobile app.Read More…
Sophos has shared its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023,” which revealed that, among those organizations surveyed, cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks.Read More…
A new campaign by the infamous Lazarus group targeting organizations worldwide has been uncovered by Kaspersky’s Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). The research presented at Security Analyst Summit (SAS) revealed a sophisticated APT campaign distributed via malware and spread through legitimate software. The GReAT team identified a series of cyberRead More…
Exposure Management company Tenable has expanded its partnership with Siemens Energy to further secure operational technology (OT) environments in the energy sector. Building on years of collaboration, Siemens Energy will integrate Tenable OT Security into their Omnivise T3000 control system as a network intrusion detection system (NIDS), in addition toRead More…
Commvault has announced that Melissa Hathaway will join Commvault as a strategic advisor and serve as the chairperson for Commvault’s newly formed Cyber Resilience Council. Under Hathaway’s leadership, the council will advise on emerging security trendsRead More…
F5 is set to expand its global network presence with a new point of presence (PoP) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Scheduled to launch in early 2024, the PoP is part of a purpose-built cloud-native platform that connects and secures distributed applications in multi-cloud and edge environments. “Apps deployedRead More…
Crypto wallet company Backpack has announced the launch of a regulated cryptocurrency exchange. Trek Labs, which will launch under the name Backpack Exchange, has officially been issued the Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license for Exchange Services from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), which supervises and regulates all virtual assetRead More…
Proofpoint has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tessian, a leader in the use of advanced AI to automatically detect and guard against both accidental data loss and evolving email threats. The acquisition is expected to close in late 2023 to early 2024. With the acquisition ofRead More…
ESET researchers, during their regular monitoring of the cyberespionage operations of Winter Vivern, discovered that the group recently began exploiting a zero-day XSS vulnerability in the Roundcube Webmail server. In an XSS attack, malicious scripts are injected into otherwise trusted websites.Read More…
Bilal Baig, Technical Director, MMEA, Trend Micro, talked about new solutions at GITEX this year and said the show’s highlight is its unique technology platform, Trend Micro Vision One. Baig explains how the company engage and enables its channel partners in the region.Read More…
