Sophos today announced the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which reveals that paying cybercriminals to restore data encrypted during a ransomware attack is not an easy and inexpensive path to recovery. In fact, the total cost of recovery almost doubles when organizations pay aRead More…
Riverbed announced today the results of its ‘Middle East Network Transformation Survey’, which assessed the state of cloud and network technology advancement for enterprises in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The Report, which was commissioned by Riverbed and conducted by IDC earlier this year,Read More…
According to a new Mimecast report – entitled 100 Days of Coronavirus – that tracks cybercrime activity since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the volume of malicious and opportunistic cyber crime across all types of cybercrime has increased significantly by 33% in the period January to March 2020. TheRead More…
FireEye, Inc. today released the Mandiant® Security Effectiveness Report 2020 which reveals data about how well organizations are protecting themselves against cyber threats and the overall effectiveness of their security infrastructure.Read More…
SophosLabs published an article, Following the Money in a Massive “Sextortion” Spam Scheme, that shows how the funds extracted from victims led to an underbelly of cybercriminal activity. Researchers traced the origin of millions of sextortion spam emails launched between September 2019Read More…
Mimecast Limited today released the latest report from the Cyber Resilience Think Tank (CR Think Tank) highlighting four trends for building and operating a Security Operating Center (SOC). In the report titled, Transforming the SOC: Building Tomorrow’s Security Operations, Today, CR Think TankRead More…
Since March 27, 2020, Proofpoint researchers have observed an increase in video conferencing company-themed attacks seeking to steal credentials and distribute malware. These lures capitalize on the global workforce’s shift to remote work and consequential increased demand for video conferencingRead More…
Nearly three-quarters of business decision-makers (71 per cent) believe that the shift to 100 per cent remote working during the COVID-19 crisis has increased the likelihood of a cyber breach, according to new data released by cybersecurity company Centrify.Read More…
