The authors of police-themed ransomware have started using the browsing histories from infected computers in order to make their scams …
Eye of the storm
Experts recently pointed towards security as the main obstacle for adoption of all cloud types and claimed that cloud security …
MiniDuke malware targets 23 governments
A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on …
Channels of profit
Times have never been better for security-focused channel partners. The fast changing threat landscape and the emergence of advanced threats …
It’s all about mid-market
The burgeoning mid-market is offers a plethora of opportunities for the channel willing to invest in services and solutions, and …
Adobe Reader exploit ‘part of cyber espionage operation’
The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that …
Flash Player vulnerabilities trigger emergency update
Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been …
Losing the battle
Security shot up the priority list of not just CIOs but also higher management in 2012 as the world witnessed …
‘Red October’ cyber espionage network discovered
A cyber espionage network has been allowed to flourish in Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics and Central Asian countries since …
Keeping secure? Virtually impossible
The last 12 months has seen an incredible transformation from traditional IT towards a new, digitalised world which has begun …
Iran struck by cyberattack similar to April’s oil hit
Iran’s national CERT has warned of a new type of data-wiping malware that bears some of the hallmarks of a cyberattack that severely …
Comguard to distribute FixMeStick
Comguard has entered into a distribution agreement with Canada based security vendor, FixMeStick. FixMeStick is a technology innovation that is …
Cyber criminals increasingly abusing .eu domains
Cyber criminals are increasingly using .eu domain names in their attack campaigns, according to data from multiple security companies. “Numerous …
Lack of cloud protection opens door for botnet attacks, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cyber criminals with an …
Cybercrime and punishment
Several high-profile security breaches around the world grabbed the attention of the Middle East IT industry, but it has taken …
Microsoft patches Word flaw, 20 other critical bugs
Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including …
Router flaw allowed DNS attack on 4.5 million DSL gateways
Details have emerged of an extraordinary attack in which millions of DSL broadband routers in Brazil were hit by a …
Mobile malware up 2,180% in security scare
Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach, and aggressive advertising are some of the threats facing vulnerable mobile devices, such as smartphones …
Middle East at war with ‘Flame’ malware and new-found siblings
A study has revealed that the Flame malware, developed to target Middle East-based companies, may be just one of four …
Clouded with uncertainty
The migration of enterprise applications to cloud infrastructure is becoming more and more of an inevitability. But whilst private cloud …