Guest written by: Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet Online retailers are gearing up for the biggest shopping day of the year. With more consumers doing their holiday shopping online, additional compute resources and warehouses bulging with inventory ensure that shoppers won’t experience any delays in findingRead More…
Sophos today announced its SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast, a report that recaps ransomware and other cybersecurity trends based on data collected from Sophos customer computers worldwide during April 1 to Oct. 3, 2017. One key finding shows that while ransomware predominately attacked Windows systems in the last six months, Android, Linux andRead More…
Microsoft is extending Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) across even more platforms. As part of a partnership with Bitdefender, Lookout, and Ziften, Windows Defender ATP will soon be able to detect threats across macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. For businesses that employ a number of different devices, this willRead More…
StarLink has today announced that it has expanded its distribution agreement with ForeScout Technologies, into Turkey. As a leading IT security distributor in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa with strong on-the-ground presence across the region, StarLink will now sell ForeScout’s technology through its extensive network of channel partners to enterprise andRead More…
Guest written by: Mohamad Rizk, Manager System Engineers, Middle East at Veeam Software Data protection is essential — but what good is it if it prevents you from getting full business value from your data? Today, total data Availability is the aim, and it’s what your business needs if youRead More…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new malware which steals cryptocurrencies from a user’s wallet by replacing their address with its own in the device’s clipboard. Criminals are targeting popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Dash, Monero and others. Indeed, criminals have already succeeded with bitcoin wallets, earning almostRead More…
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a range of vulnerabilities contained in popular dating apps which have the potential to result in various negative consequences for users: from simply identifying a particular person, to unsecured data transmissions and the leaking of personal information. After analyzing popular global services, we found thatRead More…
Security MEA speaks to James Lyne, Instructor and Head of R&D at SANS about the high-profile security attacks that have happened globally in the past Why does it take such a long time (4 years in the case of the Yahoo breach) to identify such a massive data breach? For thoseRead More…
