New research commissioned by Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, has found that the worlds’ leading financial firms are increasing their urgency to move towards the cloud in order to strengthen cybersecurity (50.5%), fraud detection (38.6%) and claims management (33.8%). Recent high-profile cyber attacks and financial crime, matched by increased mediaRead More…
Barracuda has announced a new platform called Barracuda SecureEdge, a SASE solution that helps make hybrid and remote work easier to secure. Barracuda SecureEdge integrates Barracuda’s Secure SD-WAN, Firewall-as-a-Service, Zero Trust Network Access, and Secure Web Gateway capabilities. Using a single-vendor solution enablesRead More…
Cloudflare has extended its single-vendor SASE platform, Cloudflare One, to generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. Cloudflare One for AI, a suite of Zero Trust security controls, will enable enterprises to safely and securely use the latest generative AI tools without putting intellectual property and customer data at risk. With every transformative stepRead More…
At the beginning of 2023 the share of users attacked with spyware in the Middle East increased by 11.8% from Q4 2022 to Q1 2023. Focusing on countries, during the same time period, Qatar (23.8%), Egypt (22.7%), UAE (10.1%), Kuwait (7.8%) and Saudi Arabia (4.5%) also reported an increase inRead More…
Check Point Software Technologies has announced the expansion of its Check Point Harmony Endpoint protections solution by incorporating vulnerability and automated patch managementRead More…
Zoho Corp has launched Ulaa, a privacy-centred browser built specifically to help users secure their personal data and activity by providing a browser solution that universally blocks tracking and website surveillance. According to Norton, 85% of global adults want to do more to protect their online privacy, with two-thirds ofRead More…
According to the findings of a report by cybersecurity company Trellix, organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia remain ill-equipped to face down the cyber-menace despite a continued increase in cybersecurity spending in the region. End-of-decade CAGRs for the GCC cybersecurity market have been revised upwards, fromRead More…
ESET researchers have discovered a new Lazarus Operation DreamJob campaign targeting Linux users. ESET Research was able to reconstruct the full chain, from the ZIP file that delivers a fake HSBC job offer as a decoy up until the final payload: the SimplexTea Linux backdoor distributed through an OpenDrive cloudRead More…
During the annual Cyber Security Weekend 2023 for the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa which was recently held in Almaty, Kazakhstan Kaspersky researchers announced the discovery of a series of attacks by a new malware supposedly developed by the infamous OilRig Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group that has been active in theRead More…
Beyon Cyber has been recognised as the fastest growing Cyber Security Company in the Middle East & Cyprus in the second edition of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50. The achievement also places Beyon Cyber among the top 14 fastest growing technology companies across all industry categories. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50Read More…
Kaspersky has announced its Training and Internship program in Saudi Arabia, further fueling its commitment to build national capabilities within the cybersecurity sector in the Kingdom. One of the many initiatives pioneered by Kaspersky, this program is open for all students and aims to increase cybersecurity awareness, while enabling skillsRead More…
During Kaspersky’s 8th annual Cyber Security Weekend – META 2023, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the company’s experts discussed the biggest cyberthreats specifically targeting governments, enterprises, businesses and industrial organizations, while forecasting the trends that will influence the cybersecurity landscape in the future. The impact of Artificial Intelligence, compromised corporate data onRead More…
