Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET highlights that cybercriminals may target the popular event with ransomware, phishing, or DDoS attacks in a bid to increase their notoriety or make money.Read More…
At-Bay, a cyber insurance company, has received $185 million at a $1.35 billion valuation to expand its business, as many in the cyber industry continue to suffer losses as a result of ransomware attacks. According to the firm, it just reached $160 million in annual recurring income, with premium growthRead More…
With an increased number of ransomware attacks, Dave Russell, VP, Enterprise Strategy, Veeam talks on how businesses can fight back. Ransomware attacks have bitten a gaping hole in the pockets of businesses who are having to pay extortionate ransoms in response to highly targeted attacks by sophisticated criminal organisations. TheRead More…
Sophos today announced that it has acquired Braintrace, further enhancing Sophos’ Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace’s proprietary Network Detection and Response (NDR) technology.Read More…
Although Africa is not necessarily considered a focus area for the more sophisticated types of cybercriminal activity such as targeted attacks or advanced persistent threats (APTs), the continent is certainly not immune to these or other types of cyber risks, warn Kaspersky researchers.Read More…
Fady Younes, Cybersecurity Director, Middle East and Africa at Cisco elaborates on what to do while under a ransomware attack.Read More…
Bill Conner, President and CEO at SonicWall elaborates on the record-breaking year for ransomware. We live in a nation preoccupied with the setting of new records. But while many records are newsworthy, not all of this news is good news. Two examples that have recently made headlines: the mid-June heatwaveRead More…
Hackers were demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services to someRead More…
