Petya first appeared this morning and has been spreading around the world, mainly infecting businesses and government agencies and departments in the Ukraine and Russia, but there have been increasing reports of businesses in other countries also being compromised, with reports filtering in from the US, UK, Germany, Switzerland andRead More…
A new massive attack allegedly based on Petwrap ransomware, ‘Petya’ which started in Ukraine is now affecting countries across the world. The extent of the attack’s severity and its cause are still unknown. Once again it is a ransomware that is infecting computers worldwide making chaos, and reports have come inRead More…
The WannaCry ransomware is not dead yet and another large scale ransomware attack is making chaos worldwide. The attack is shutting down computers at corporate houses, power supplies, and banks across Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France, UK, India, and Europe and demanding $300 in bitcoins. According to multiple sources, a newRead More…
LogRhythm, announced that it has won the prestigious Gold Award winner in the first ever Gartner’s Peer Insights Customer Choice Awards for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). The Customer Choice Awards are a ranking of vendors by verified end-user professionals, taking into account both the number of end-user reviews,Read More…
Arbor Networks announced the appointment of its new vice president and general manager for Europe, Middle East & Africa, James Cater. Cater who shall lead the charge of the company in EMEA region. According to the company, EMEA region contributes over half of its revenue from international markets and thatRead More…
Automated security testing and vulnerability management solution provider, Beyond Security today announced the availability of their Automated Vulnerability Detection System (AVDS) in AWS Marketplace to scan, audit, monitor and manage software vulnerabilities on all their Amazon Machine Images (AMI). The work between AWS and Beyond Security will provide added securityRead More…
Credence Security signed an distribution agreement with Rsam, an enterprise software provider for risk and compliance solutions to distribute it’s complete suite of solutions, with a particular focus on vendor risk management (VRM), security incident response and corporate risk and compliance assessments, across the Middle East and Africa. The company willRead More…
Johannesburg based Intact Software Distribution, Security Distributor from South Africa expanding its reach in Africa with the opening up an office in Nairobi, Kenya to serve the East African market. Leading names in information security business such as Avira, Bitdefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky Lab, Avast, Iron Tree, Group IB, and Cybonet areRead More…
