The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has warned consumers to be on their guard against scam messages being sent out via Whatsapp. Fraudulent messages claiming to be from the CBUAE or banks operating in the country are being sent out. A statement from the central bank said: “CBUAE advisesRead More…
DarkMatter Group, the region’s first and only fully integrated digital and cyber transformation firm, released the first semi-annual Cyber Security Report for 2019 revealing that critical infrastructure sectors, including Oil & Gas, Financial, Utilities and Transportation, are in the firing line from a growing incidence of cyberattacks across the UAERead More…
Kaspersky Internet Security for Android has been strengthened with a new feature for combating the evolving malware landscape – Cloud ML for Android. The new feature, based on machine learning technology, ensures immediate proactive detection of advanced and previously unknown malware, to minimize the risks of mobile devices being exposedRead More…
Raffael Marty, Vice President of Research and Intelligence, Forcepoint, says cybersecurity AI in the purest sense is nonexistent, and predicts it will not develop in 2019. In addition to the myriad of constantly evolving threats in today’s landscape, organizations are hampered by an ongoing skills shortage— analysts predict a shortfall ofRead More…
In an attempt to create a safe and resilient cyber infrastructure in the UAE, the The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced the launch of the UAE National Cybersecurity Strategy. The new strategy enables citizens to fulfil their aspirations and empowers businesses to thrive. The UAE National Cybersecurity Strategy aims to deliverRead More…
Researchers have identified a critical security vulnerability in Microsoft Office’s Excel spreadsheet program, that allows an attacker to trigger a malware attack on remote systems. A Microsoft Excel feature called Power Query can be exploited to plant malware on remote systems. Researchers at Mimecast Threat Center say they have developed aRead More…
Researchers have spotted a variant of the Dridex banking trojan with stronger capabilities that help it skirt anti-virus detection. While Dridex has been around since 2011, researchers have said that they recently spotted phishing emails distributing a never-before-seen variant of the malware. This variant uses file signatures that are difficultRead More…
FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, today released the results of its Q1’19 Email Threat Report. After analyzing a sample set of 1.3 billion emails, FireEye found increase in attacks in three main areas: spoofed phishing attempts, HTTPS encryption in URL-based attacks, and cloud-based attacks focused on publicly hosted, trusted file-sharingRead More…
