The World Wide Web, more commonly known as the Internet, is the widest digital network ever created and the primary platform of communication for over 64% of the world’s population, currently surpassing 5.16 billion connected users according to the DIGITAL 2023: GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT by WeAreSocial. This percentage becomes evenRead More…
In Kaspersky’s latest report on Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) trends for the second quarter of 2023, researchers analyzed the development of new and existing campaigns. The report highlights APT activity during this period including the updating of toolsets, the creation of new malware variants, and the adoption of fresh techniquesRead More…
KnowBe4 has released Q2 2023 global phishing report that found HR related email subjects are being utilized as a phishing strategy and make up 50% of top email subjects. Phishing emails continue to be one of the most common methods to effectively perpetuate malicious attacks on organizations around the globe.Read More…
The latest Codebreakers competition organized by Kaspersky among cybersecurity specialists from more than 35 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and South Africa has revealed that reverse engineering is the most complex task performed by InfoSec practitioners. Reverse engineering implies detailed examination of a software product or web applicationRead More…
As artificial intelligence (AI) amplifies the sophistication and reach of phishing, vishing, and smishing attacks, understanding and managing human cyber risks has become increasingly vital. Addressing this, SANS Institute, the global leader in cybersecurity training, is proud to announce the release of the SANS 2023 Security Awareness Report®, ‘Managing HumanRead More…
Malware attacks are becoming more sophisticated, and as business increasingly moves to the cloud, companies need to up their defenses to protect against them. With SentinelOne, they can. The global leader in autonomous cybersecurity today announced the launch of its Cloud Data Security product line and the general availability of the first two productsRead More…
Ransomware remains one of the main threats to information security globally and in the META region. In 2022, the average cost of a ransomware attack was US$4.54 million (according to IBM’s data breach report), and Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M attempted ransomware attacks (20% increase to 2021). While the beginningRead More…
Netskope has unveiled new research showing that for every 10,000 enterprise users, an enterprise organization is experiencing approximately 183 incidents of sensitive data being posted to the app per month. Source code accounts for the largest share of sensitive data being exposed. The findings are part of Cloud & Threat Report:Read More…
