Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year of all sectors surveyed after the media, leisure, and entertainment industry. Globally, 77% of retail organisations surveyed were hit—a 75% increaseRead More…
In attempts to download new games from untrustworthy resources for free, players got malicious software instead, losing their gaming accounts and even funds In the first half of 2022, Kaspersky researchers detected increased activity of cybercriminals abusing gamers. Globally, the number of users attacked by malicious software, which gathers sensitiveRead More…
Veeam Software has announced the appointment of Mohamad Rizk as Regional Director for the Middle East and CIS region. In this new role, which plays to his strengths as a leader with a strong business acumen, Rizk will support Veeam’s continued investment and strong presence in the region and willRead More…
RDP is a popular protocol used by employees to connect to corporate resources, servers and networks remotely. According to Kaspersky telemetry, the number of brute force attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in the Middle East has significantly decreased in Q2 2022 by 52% compared to the previous quarter. ThisRead More…
Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has announced the acquisition of Coordinates Middle East majority shares, a regional Managed Detection & Response firm headquartered in Dubai. With this investment, GBM will enhance its suite of cybersecurity offerings to include Cor., Coordinates’ innovative technology-agnostic platform that enables integration, automation, and orchestration across detection,Read More…
94% of women in the Middle East interested in pursuing a cybersecurity degree A new global report from The Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF), has found that 94% of women in the Middle East would be interested in pursuing a degree in cybersecurity. “The Empowering Women to Work in Cybersecurity isRead More…
Secure Logiq will make its debut at Intersec Saudi Arabia, taking a presence on the Seagate booth 1-B26. The fourth edition of the show will take place at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center (RICEC) 13- 15th September, 2022. “The technology partnership we have with Seagate is helping toRead More…
VMware, has released its eighth annual Global Incident Response Threat Report, which takes a deep dive into the challenges faced by security teams amid pandemic disruptions, burnout, and geopolitically motivated cyberattacks.Read More…
