Russia hit with 25m cyber-attacks during World Cup: Putin
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Oman thwarted over 800M cyber-attacks: ITA
Oman has reportedly warded off over 880 million cyber-attacks on government networks in 2017, three times more than 2016 when the country recorded 279 million such attacks.
Russia blocked 25M cyber-attacks during the World Cup: Putin
Russia became the target of nearly 25 million cyber-attacks during the FIFA World Cup tournament, according to President Vladimir Putin.
Simulated cyber-attacks prepare regional firms for the real deal
Help AG has announced it will leverage this platform to deliver its new ‘Red Team/Blue Team Simulation’ service, which provides a custom-built cyber-attack and defence simulation environment to train its ethical hacking and security analytics teams.
GCC nations among most vulnerable to cyber-attacks globally
The UAE and Kuwait were found to be among the most vulnerable in a Trend Micro report analysing worldwide threats.
UAE, Kuwait among most attractive targets of cyber-attacks
The UAE accounted for 2.4 million of the 1.7 billion ransomware attacks detected globally in Q1 of 2018, according to a recent report by cybersecurity solutions firm Trend Micro.
Cyber-attacks in UAE down, says TRA
The cases of cyber-attacks in the UAE are down by 48 percent during the first four months of 2018, WAM reported.
Four billion people will be at risk to cyber-attacks by 2020
The annual cost of damages caused by cybercrimes is expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021, according to a recent industry report.
“Middle East firms must prepare for cyber-attacks,” former UK security chief
The former head of the United Kingdom’s security and intelligence agency has called for urgency in the way that Middle …
UAE TRA prevents 34 cyberattacks in January
A total of 34 cyberattacks against government and private sector entities in the UAE were foiled by the Telecommunications Regulations …
Cyber-attacks that made headlines in 2017
As the year comes to a close we take a look back at some of the most prominent cyber-attacks over …
TRA foiled 615 cyber-attacks in first ten months of 2017
The largest number of cyber-attacks were recorded in January which witnessed 136 offensives, 133 of which targeted government sites.
Cybercriminals bypass email security through impersonation attacks
The study found approximately two-thirds of IT executives surveyed had dealt with an email security incident originating from a deceptive messages.
Trend Micro: 2018 cyber-attacks will rely on vulnerabilities
Trend Micro, a global player in cybersecurity solutions, predicts the trend of known vulnerabilities being used in major attacks will …
Submarine cables susceptible to cyber-attacks: report
Sabotage of undersea cable infrastructure by threat actors is an existential threat that could damage commerce and disrupt government-to-government communications, …
Businesses unprepared for cyberattacks, warns study
More than 60 percent of information security professionals in the Middle East are not confident in their company’s preparedness to …
Fortinet: Self-learning “Swarm” cyber-attacks to be expected in 2018
Fortinet has unveiled predictions from the Fortinet FortiGuard Labs global research team about the threat landscape for 2018.
Poor cybersecurity hygiene, risky apps enable destructive attacks
Fortinet has announced the findings of its latest Global Threat Landscape Report, which revealed that poor cybersecurity hygiene and risky application usage enables destructive worm-like attacks to take advantage of hot exploits at record speed.
TRA foils 289 cyber-attacks in Q1 2017
The cyber-attacks, which aeCERT successfully prevented from January to the end of March, represent 27.4 percent of the number of cyber-attacks that it dealt with in 2016, which reached 1,054.
NYU demos how to protect power grids from cyber-attacks
The NYU team revealed vulnerabilities in a component that combined with publicly available information provide sufficient information to model an advanced, persistent threat to the electrical grid.