Proofpoint today released its seventh annual State of the Phish report, which explores enterprise phishing experiences and provides an in-depth look at user awareness, vulnerability, and resilience. More than 75% of surveyed infosec professionals said their organizations faced broad-based phishing attacks—both successful and unsuccessful—in 2020, and ransomwareRead More…
Infoblox has published its Quarterly Cyberthreat Intelligence Report for Q4 2020, that includes data on threat activity publicly released from October 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.Read More…
ESET researchers discovered Kobalos, a malware that has been attacking supercomputers – high performance computer (HPC) clusters. ESET has worked with the CERN Computer Security Team and other organizations involved in mitigating attacks on these scientific research networks. Among other targets was a large Asian ISP, a North American endpointRead More…
Proofpoint today released research identifying that only 25 (50%) of the top 50 Oil & Gas companies that have operations in the Middle East have a Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) record in place, meaning that half of them are leaving customers at heightened risk of email fraud.Read More…
Sophos today published its latest findings into real-world attacks investigated by its Rapid Response team. The article, “Nefilim Ransomware Attack Uses ‘Ghost’ Credentials,” details how a failure to keep close tabs on “ghost” account credentials facilitated two recent cyberattacks, one of which involved Nefilim ransomware.Read More…
Acronis today issued a warning that, based on their research of recent cyberattack trends and existing business practices, organizations around the world currently face a global threat to data privacy and security. The company announced its findings on international Data Privacy Day to alert organizations that immediate action is neededRead More…
Infoblox today has unveiled findings of its new research into the foundational infrastructure challenges faced by networking and security decision-makers in the US government. The report reveals a disruptive year of workforce transformation forced by the COVID-19 shutdowns during which respondents also handled expensive fallouts from network outages and dataRead More…
Overall spending on ICT in Saudi Arabia is set to reach $32.9 billion this year, up 1.5% on 2020. That’s according to the latest predictions revealed by IDC as it hosted the region’s most influential ICT industry figures online for the virtual edition of IDC Directions Middle East, Turkey &Read More…
