Saudi Arabia authorities have discovered an ‘advanced’ wave of cyber threats attacking the government’s computers. This follows the frequent cyber attacks that the Kingdom has suffered, the most recent being Shamoon which was a disc-wiping malware employed in attacks against Saudi energy sector in 2012. The National Cyber Security CentreRead More…
SANS Institute has opened registration for its upcoming cyber security training event in Saudi Arabia, taking place in Khobar from the 2nd to the 7th of December 2017. SANS Khobar 2017 will feature twoRead More…
Kaspersky Lab in its latest report claimed that Mamba, the ransomware which appeared last year in September on machines belonging to a energy company in Brazil with subsidiaries in the United States and India. Once the malware infects a Windows machine it overwrites the existing Master Boot Record, with a custom MBRRead More…
The growing importance of cyber security in Saudi Arabia was highlighted at the very start of this year when an estimated ten high-profile government and private sector enterprises were targeted by the destructive Shamoon 2 malware. SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, aims to arm organizations inRead More…
