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Omar Hofman, Malware analyst at Check Point elaborates on how remote access trojan exploits Telegram communications to steal data from victims and update itself to perform additional malicious activities. Telegram, the cloud-based IM platform has enjoyed a surge in popularity this year because of controversial changes to its rival, WhatsApp’sRead More…

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Renee Tarun, Deputy CISO and VP Information Security at Fortinet gives insights into the key fundamentals to take into regard while creating an effective security design. As organizations continue to accelerate their digital innovation initiatives with an effective security design, new network edges are also introduced to their security infrastructureRead More…

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In this Security MEA exclusive article, Matt Kraning, CTO, Cortex at Palo Alto Networks, elaborates on Microsoft Exchange Server attacks. As the world learned about the four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server and the attacks that exploited them, many people wondered how widespread the effects would be. How manyRead More…

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Ashkan Hosseini and Ashutosh Chitwadgi elaborate on the increase in malicious pdf files and phishing trends in 2020. From 2019-20, we noticed a dramatic 1,160% increase in malicious PDF files – from 411,800 malicious files to 5,224,056. PDF files are an enticing phishing vector as they are cross-platform and allowRead More…