A massive 13-day long Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a single online service has been launched by a Mirai-based botnet, according to Imperva. The botnet, which was observed coordinating 402,000 different IPs, most of which are apparently located in Brazil, was using Internet of Things (IoT) devices withRead More…
Fifteen children and youth, who are part of the ‘Cyber Safety Ambassadors’, an initiative by Sharjah’s Child Safety Department (CSD), participated in an interactive discussion to suggest innovative ideas and solutions for children’s online safety.Read More…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems, which spies on users, Called EvilGnome, the threat disguises as a Gnome extension and was found to include unfinished keylogging capabilities, as well as comments, symbol names and compilation metadataRead More…
Synology recently found that several users were under a ransomware attack, where admins’ credentials were stolen by brute-force login attacks, and their data was encrypted as a result. Synology investigated and found that the causes of these attacks were due to dictionary attacksRead More…
To empower Middle East businesses to mitigate the financial and reputational impact of cyber-attacks, Help AG, the region’s leading cybersecurity solutions, services and consultancy provider, today unveiled its new Critical Services Integrity Monitoring (CSIM) service. An ‘add-on’ to the company’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering, this new addition deliversRead More…
Spire Solutions has signed a distribution partnership with Titus to assist organizations in the Middle East with developing an effective data protection strategy that includes data identification, classification and categorization.Read More…
IBM Security has announced the results of its annual study examining the financial impact of data breaches on organisations. According to the report, the cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past 5 years and now costs $3.92 million on average globally.Read More…
A flaw in a Facebook app designed for children under 13 years old allows them to chat online with people unapproved by their parents. The messaging app is designed to give parents control over who their kids text and video chat with online, but a bug in the software letsRead More…
