According to latest Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR), malware sophistication is increasing as adversaries begin to weaponize cloud services and evade detection through encryption, used as a tool to conceal command-and-control activity. As per the report, security professionals said to reduce adversaries’ time to operate they will increasingly leverageRead More…
Cisco announced its intent to acquire Skyport Systems, a privately-held company providing cloud-managed, hyper-converged systems that run and protect business-critical applications. The terms and purchase price of the acquisition are confidential.Read More…
The Vice President for Middle East & Africa at Cisco, David Meads discusses the game-changing trends that are going to transform us digitally this yearRead More…
Cisco introduced the City Infrastructure Financing Acceleration Program, a $1 billion fund aimed at financing smart cities around the world that are struggling for resources to adopt technologies that will transform their communities.Read More…
The Middle East and Africa did remain relatively unscathed in the recent ransomware attacks, with only a few isolated cases reported across the region. But that doesn’t mean the region is invulnerable to such attacks. The recent wave of ransomware is just another example of attackers upping their ante to targetRead More…
The endpoint security market is expected to witness substantial growth, especially due to rising security risks across several applications including BFSI, IT and telecom, and retail.Read More…
Ransomware initially targeted individuals through phishing or other infection techniques that required user interaction. While profitable to the cybercriminals, such campaigns took time to reach a big scale. The WannaCry attack that happened in May, took ransomware to the next level by introducing worm-based compromise of machines. This Tuesday’s attacks,Read More…
