Email security researchers from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre have found attackers to be leveraging FIFA and football-based campaigns to target organisations in Arab countries and consequently, the volume of malicious emails in Arab Countries was observed to have increased by 100 per cent in the month of October.Read More…
Cybereason has published results from a global study of organisations that had suffered a ransomware attack on a holiday or weekend. The study highlights an ongoing disconnect between the increased risk organisations face from ransomware attacks that occur on holidays and weekends and their readiness to handle them, as year-over-year,Read More…
Genetec has shared best practices for protecting access control systems from cyberattacks With the ever-increasing rise in cybercrime, Genetec is cautioning organizations of all sizes to be vigilant about the cybersecurity risk posed by legacy access control systems. “Many organizations are operating with access control systems that date back 10Read More…
F5 has announced that AWS customers now have access to F5’s high-efficacy, AI-driven bot protection through an easy to deploy connector. Malicious bots are everywhere. Many of consumers’ favorite sites, logins, and applications are crawling with them at this very moment. They wreak havoc on customers and organizations, and imposeRead More…
Cyber threats continue to increase in volume and complexity with threat actors developing new ways to avoid detection — including highly evasive malware. To help organizations outpace these evolving threats, Palo Alto Networks has announced PAN-OS® 11.0 Nova, the latest version of its industry leading PAN-OS software, unleashing 50+ productRead More…
Fortinet has unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the cyberthreat landscape for the next 12 months and beyond. From quickly evolving Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS)-fueled attacks to new exploits on nontraditional targets like edge devices or online worlds, the volume, variety, and scale of cyberthreatsRead More…
Cyberthreats and IT governance are top risk areas for internal auditors to address in their audit plans for 2023, according to Gartner. The Gartner 2023 Audit Plan Hot Spots Report identifies the top 12 risk focus areas for Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) to help them identify risks to their organizationsRead More…
Vectra AI has announced Vectra MDR global managed detection and response (MDR) services. Vectra MDR delivers the 24/7/365 cybersecurity skills needed to detect, investigate, and respond to threats where Vectra MDR analysts and customer security analysts work together inside the Vectra Threat Detection and Response platform to hunt, detect, prioritize,Read More…
Nozomi Networks has announced that Jared Waterman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company. In addition to leading Nozomi Networks’ global finance organization, Waterman will be responsible for support functions including overseeing the finance, legal and IT teams. “I’m excited to welcome Jared to Nozomi Networks,” saidRead More…
Cohesity has announced that it is partnering with the ‘who’s who’ of cybersecurity to give customers more ways to win the war against cyberattacks. The Data Security Alliance combines best-in-class solutions from industry leading cybersecurity and services companies with exceptional data security and management expertise from Cohesity. Partners in theRead More…
Huawei took part in the Arab Regional Cybersecurity Week 2022 in Muscat, Oman, from November 6 – 9, where it advocated for sustained collaboration to secure the digital world. Huawei called upon Arab nations under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to implement the OIC-CERT 5G Security Framework where theRead More…
Ranking and comparing cyber threats can be very complicated, especially given the shifting landscape of cybersecurity from day to day. Therefore, having a robust, quantifiable, and repeatable process for scoring large amounts of data can be invaluable as defenders prioritize their limited resources for securing systems and analyzing their trafficRead More…
