ISSUE # 88
Security Advisor ME October 2024
MERIAM EL OUAZZANI, SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST, TURKEY AND AFRICA AT SENTINELONE, SPEAKS TO ANITA JOSEPH ABOUT PURPLE AI …
Positive Technologies
Alexey Potapov, Attack Detection Department Expert, PT Expert Security Center at Positive Technologies, on how behavioral analytics are changing the rules of the game.
D-Link
Sakkeer Hussain, Director - Sales & Marketing at D-Link Middle East & Africa, on how the company is committed to a safer, more secure network ecosystem with its cutting-edge security tools and solutions.
AHAD
Rohan Daniel Nair, Founder & Chief Operating Officer at AHAD, on how the company combines innovation & technology to offer proactive defence solutions against the most sophisticated threats.
What’s Inside
Security Operations Centres to face greater challenges in the coming year
0 24697SOCs to face greater challenges from cybercriminals targeting governments and media.
Learn how Qlik Answers is empowering industries
0 11Enterprise adoption accelerates across complex industries as Qlik Answers proves its value in operational workflows and frontline decision-making.
Google seeks Play Store compliance with EU rules
0 16Google updates Play Store app policies in an effort to meet EU regulations.
Meta restructures AI teams in pursuit of personal superintelligence
0 17Meta reworks its AI group in an effort to pursue superintelligence.
PS5 sees U.S. price hike, citing ‘challenging economic environment’
0 19Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices in the USA as concerns over tariffs continue.
TikTok employees concerned about app’s mental health impact
0 33TikTok employees raise concerns about the app’s impact on teens in newly released video.
Precision meets presence with Logitech’s powerful Ultra HD MX Brio 4K Webcam
0 34Designed for creators and power users, the MX Brio combines AI-enhanced imaging and manual fine-tuning for professional-grade streaming and video …
Cybercriminals abuse AI website creation app for phishing
0 56Threat actors are increasingly using an AI website generation platform to create fraudulent websites for credential phishing and malware delivery.
Microsoft head concerned by the condition of AI psychosis
0 52"AI psychosis": a non-clinical term describing incidents where people increasingly rely on AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Grok and then become convinced that something imaginary has become real.
Whish Money and Mastercard Move to bring smooth cross-border payments to Lebanon
0 54Users in Lebanon can send money abroad to over 50 countries, while Lebanese living overseas can send money home. Whish …
Power in your pocket: HMD launches earbuds that charge your phone
0 111HMD redefines mobility with Amped Buds — the world’s first wireless earbuds to double as a smartphone power bank. Human …
GSMA MWC25 Doha unveils expanded agenda featuring smart city expo and digital leaders programme
0 78GSMA MWC25 Doha unveils expanded agenda featuring smart city expo and digital leaders programme.
ASUS offers up to AED 1,000 off for Back-to-School 2025
0 66Smarter Learning, Bigger Savings: ASUS Offers Up to AED 1,000 Off for Back-to-School 2025.
Building resilient cloud security frameworks for Middle East enterprises
0 76CyberArk’s Laurence Elbana shares tips on how to overcome six critical cloud security audit challenges.
Apple aims to boost iPhone production in India
0 78Apple increases Indian manufacturing push ahead of the iPhone 17 launch.
Nvidia starts work on upgraded chip offering for China
0 84Nvidia is working on China AI chip to upgrade the current H20 chip.
Kaspersky uncovers new trojan targeting financial institutions via Skype
0 78Kaspersky detected a new remote access trojan targeting financial institutions through Skype messenger.
“Agentic AI is on every organisation’s roadmap, but most companies are stuck in prototype purgatory.” – Shaun Clowes, Confluent
0 107Confluent, Inc. has announced Streaming Agents, a new capability in Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink® that makes it easy to …
NVIDIA’s stock stumble on Wall Street shows that investors need to broaden AI investments
0 107Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, has said that the sudden decline in NVIDIA’s stock shows that Wall Street has an …
Omnix strengthens digitisation in manufacturing solutions
0 141The move comes at a time when increasing global challenges such as supply chains, rising energy and operational costs, skilled labour shortages are accelerating the shift for manufacturers to transition from traditional operations to agile, data-driven environments.
SoftBank announces $2bn investment in troubled US chipmaker Intel
0 125Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has announced that they have agreed to purchase $2bn in Intel stock, in a bid to alleviate …
South Korea looks to address legal uncertainties posed by GenAI
0 200A South Korean watchdog reveals a prospective set of genAI guidelines.
AST SpaceMobile outlines 2026 satellite deployment plans
0 164AST SpaceMobile sets out a deployment plan for 2026.
Cisco President outlines the biggest AI adoption mistake
0 141Cisco executive outlines the ‘stupidest thing’ companies adopting AI can do.
Google invests in nuclear power for its data centres
0 150Google looks to invest in nuclear energy to power data centre growth.
Kaspersky & BI.ZONE reveal new cybercrime activity in GCC and Latin America
0 149Kaspersky and BI.ZONE report new PipeMagic activity in the GCC and Latin America.
AI player Anthropic teams up with U.S. Government branches
0 151Anthropic emulates OpenAI's $1 U.S. government AI offer.
Can U.S. power grids keep up with the data centre boom?
0 153The data centre boom is straining the U.S. electricity grid.
Trump Administration considers a stake in Intel
0 167Trump administration holds talks over potential Intel stake.