Positive Technologies recently forged partnerships with cybersecurity service and solution providers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and India, at GITEX GLOBAL 2024, the largest information technology and consumer electronics show in the Middle East. The primary goal of the cooperation is to share expertise in result-driven cybersecurity and promoteRead More…
Positive Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with Amity University Dubai, one of the largest private university in the United Arab Emirates. Collaboration will be focused on improving the skills of cybersecurity specialists in the Middle East. The parties agreed to help university students and teachers participate in internships, cybersecurity events, and joint research projects.Read More…
On September 16–19, Positive Technologies experts conducted hands-on cybersecurity workshops for the financial sector in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. The workshops were designed for cybersecurity department managers in banks and financial institutions, as well as other information security managers, analysts, and architects. Participants gained deeperRead More…
Positive Technologies experts have unveiled comprehensive research on the shadow market of cybercriminal services targeting the Gulf countries . The UAE and Saudi Arabian organizations remain in the crosshairs of cybercriminals, and over half of all posts on darknet forums are about selling data and access to local companies’ infrastructures.Read More…
In 2024, cybercriminals have shifted focus from personal data to stealing company credentials and trade secrets. One in six listings (16%) on the dark web featuring stolen government data involves organizations in the Middle East. This insight comes from Positive Technologies’ first study on data breaches in Russia, the Middle East, and globally. Their experts reviewed over 1,000 darkRead More…
According to a study by Positive Technologies, vulnerability exploitation has ranked among the top three most popular attack methods on organizations for five years running. In 2022–2023, attackers stole confidential data from over 2,700 companies worldwide, exploiting just one vulnerability.Read More…
Positive Technologies discovered four vulnerabilities in Pandora FMS, a Information Technology and Monitoring solutions provider. Over 50,000 companies across five continents rely on Pandora FMS to monitor their corporate networks, applications, servers, and other data sources. The vendor was notified of the vulnerabilities in line with the responsible disclosure policyRead More…
Positive Technologies launches its new corporate email security service, PT Knockin, which reveals corporate email security issues in just two minutes. PT Knockin is provided in both free and paid versions, making it a perfect fit for large corporations seeking cutting-edge protectionRead More…
Positive Technologies will join one of the largest information security exhibitions in the Middle East — GISEC Global 2024 — on April 23–25 in Dubai. Representatives from the company will focus on their experience automating security operations centres (SOCs) and how the MaxPatrol O2 metaproduct can automatically detect and stopRead More…
Positive Technologies Expert Security Center (PT ESC) discovered a new cybergroup called Lazy Koala. Experts confirm that the criminals use simple but effective attack techniques. Victims of the group include organizations from Russia and six CIS countries, with approximately 867 employee accounts compromised to date. As part of the threatRead More…
Positive Technologies has conducted comprehensive research into the activities of the APT groups targeting organisations in the Middle East. The experts say that 88% of the groups under review were attacking Saudi Arabia, and the five most attacked sectors were government agencies, manufacturing, telecommunications, the military-industrial complex, and energy. To gain initialRead More…
The vulnerability was found in the NPort W2150a and W2250a converters. These devices allow industrial controllers, meters, and sensors to connect to a local Wi-Fi network. Wireless access is necessary to control equipment located, for example, on moving objects (containers, elevators, robots) or in aggressive environments (chemical and metallurgical plants). The vendorRead More…
