Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has bolstered its Middle East leadership team with a new managing director for Saudi Arabia and a new head of sales operations in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to support surging demand for cybersecurity, with research showing that the region’sRead More…
DarkMatter Group, the region’s first and only fully integrated digital and cyber transformation firm, released the first semi-annual Cyber Security Report for 2019 revealing that critical infrastructure sectors, including Oil & Gas, Financial, Utilities and Transportation, are in the firing line from a growing incidence of cyberattacks across the UAERead More…
Raffael Marty, Vice President of Research and Intelligence, Forcepoint, says cybersecurity AI in the purest sense is nonexistent, and predicts it will not develop in 2019. In addition to the myriad of constantly evolving threats in today’s landscape, organizations are hampered by an ongoing skills shortage— analysts predict a shortfall ofRead More…
Cybersecurity experts have alerted online users to a new phishing campaign that asks them to log in to a fake OneDrive site in order to read an encrypted message. This phishing campaign sends an alert from email service providers stating that users have received an encrypted message. These emails have subjectRead More…
People remain the greatest threat to industrial control systems (ICS) and associated networks, according to a new SANS survey focused on better understanding cybersecurity risks to operational technology (OT) systems. More than half of respondentsRead More…
A report titled, MEA Cybersecurity Market forecast to 2023, has predicted that Saudi Arabia’s cybersecurity market will grow to $5.5 billion by 2023. This year alone will witness the rise of the cybersecurity market value to $3 Billion as more investments are being made in the sector.Read More…
Kaspersky Lab has launched a new initiative, the Kaspersky Open Innovations Program to foster collaboration with innovative tech-based startups, to help accelerate development and generate new business opportunities together.Read More…
A zero-day vulnerability has been found that affects Windows systems with active Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions. Called CVE-2019-9510, the vulnerability lies in Windows RDP Network Level Authentication(NLA) that allows attackers to bypass Windows lock screen and permit unauthorized access to the system. Those systems with Windows 10 (version 1803Read More…
