Towards synchronized security
2017-10-03
Channel Post speaks with Harish Chib, Vice President MEA at Sophos on their participation at GITEX.Read More…
How Backup Can Help Businesses Never be Held Hostage by Ransomware
2017-08-08
Guest written by: Richard Agnew, VP NW EMEA at Veeam Software Paying ransom fees to regain access to data in the vague hope that criminals will release files from hostage is a known phenomenon that continues to demand regular column inches. But currently, with ransomware on the rise, no companyRead More…
BT and KPMG Warn Businesses Against Cyber Security Traps
2017-07-11
In the wake of high-profile global ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and Petya, BT and KPMG have publishedRead More…
Petya is Technologically More Sophisticated Than WannaCry: Help AG
2017-07-02
Channel Post speaks to Majid Khan, the MSS Architect and CSOC Manager at Help AG, about Petya ransomware’s extent of damage, local and regional update, and the precautions and remediations companies need to take immediatelyRead More…
GoldenEye demonstrates importance of eliminating network blind spots
2017-07-02
Mohammed Al-Moneer, Regional Director, MENA at A10 Networks speaks about a new a new variant of the Petrwrap/Petya ransomware.Read More…
Petya had ‘far less reach’ than expected, says Microsoft
2017-07-02
The Petya ransomware was designed to lock files on the infected computer and demand payment from victims to get their files unlocked. Following the launch of the Petya ransomware attack around the world last week, Microsoft’s telemetry data has now shed some light on the scale of the worm-able ransomwareRead More…
Petya Ransomware: There is No Guarantee That Paying Ransom Will Unlock Files
2017-06-28
The rapid pace of the new Petya ransomware attack points at another worm that can spread from computer to computer by itself, Mimecast has said. In an advisory, Steven Malone, director of security product management at Mimecast, commented, “Many commentators think WannaCry came from hackers in Russia, perhaps as an experiment thatRead More…
WannaCry might be the tip of the iceberg
2017-06-13
Guest written by Rick Holland, Vice President, Strategy, Digital Shadows.Read More…
Mimecast, PhishMe unite to improve cyber resilience
2017-06-06
Mimecast has collaborated with PhishMe to integrate their expansive security educational content to help organizations improve employee awareness of common email-borne attacks.Read More…
Mobile Ransomware More Than Tripled in Q1 2017
2017-05-29
The global nightmare of ransomware shows no sign of slowing down, with the volume of mobile ransomware rising over three-fold (3.5 times) during the first few months of the year, according to Kaspersky Lab’s Malware Report for Q1, 2017. The number of mobile ransomware files detected reached 218,625 during theRead More…
Ransomware Remains a Major Threat to All Regions
2017-05-18
Channel Post speaks to Becky Pinkard, the Vice President for Service Delivery and Intelligence Operations at Digital Shadows, about the effect of WannaCry cyber threat in the regionRead More…
How to Mitigate Ransomware Without Tears
2017-05-16
Guest written by: Vinod Vasudevan, Co-Founder and CTO at PaladionRead More…
