Lookout, a leader in endpoint and cloud security solutions, has announced it has been named a “Strong Performer” in the Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” for Security Service Edge (SSE). Gartner Peer Insights is a reviews and ratings platform for technology end users to provide candid customer feedbackRead More…
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Barracuda Networks, a leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, have announced that KKR’s investment funds have completed an acquisition of Barracuda from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Barracuda is a cloud-first provider ofRead More…
The Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF), a leading platform driving the global cybersecurity agenda founded and hosted by the Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), announces its return between 9-10 November this year. The patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is an extensionRead More…
stc pay — Saudi Arabia’s leading mobile wallet — has launched a money fraud awareness campaign to safeguard people across the Kingdom and protect their finances. The campaign, entitled “Scam the Scammer” that shines a light on the all-important steps consumers can take to make their financial transactions as safe andRead More…
Kaspersky researchers have been tracking attack campaigns from the DeathStalker hack-for-hire group since 2018. Recent analysis shows that the threat actor updated its evasive “VileRat” toolset to attack cryptocurrency and foreign currency exchange companies in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, the Grenadines, Kuwait, Malta, the United Arab Emirates and Russia in 2022.Read More…
Sophos has announced in the Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, “Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger,” that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network. The first two attacks took place within two hours, and the third attack took place two weeks later. EachRead More…
Tenable Research has discovered that the Jumpstart environments for Microsoft’s Azure Arc do not properly use logging utilities common amongst other Azure services. This leads to potentially sensitive information, such as service principal credentials and Arc database credentials, being logged in plaintext. The log files that these credentials are storedRead More…
VMware has introduced VMware CarbonBlack Workload for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver advanced protection purpose-built for securing both traditional and modern workloads. Using a single unified console that integrates into existing infrastructure, security and information technology (IT) teams can reduce attack surface and strengthen security postures, while achieving consistentRead More…
