This spike reflects a similar trend in the Middle East region, which projected a two-fold hike (103%) in Rootkit detections, as compared to the first five months of last year.
83% of successful cyberattacks in the Middle East had a targeted nature
Attacks on Middle Eastern government agencies are mainly carried out by APT groups (56%), covertly establishing themselves in the victim’s infrastructure for the purpose of cyberespionage.
Indicator of Attack – What comes before a good old indicator?
Behavioural correlation of events from multiple sources helps to act faster, get more attack context and start looking for previously unseen activities.
AI Appreciation Day: Celebrating the Power of AI
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Automotive Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Challenges
As the automotive industry moves towards a future of connected and autonomous vehicles, ensuring robust cybersecurity is of paramount importance. …
Finesse partners with Jetpatch to provide digital transformation solutions
With Finesse and JetPatch working together, businesses can confidently navigate their digital journeys while safeguarding their digital infrastructure.
SMBs are still a lucrative niche for cybercriminals
Kaspersky unveils a comprehensive report highlighting the increasing peril faced by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the current cyberthreat landscape.
Tenable integrates identity security into exposure management platform
Unified view of identity and entitlement risks across Active Directory and Azure AD helps reduce the risk of identities being used in cyber attacks.
Tenable joins Cloud Security Alliance
As an executive level member, Tenable will champion preventive security approaches, helping organisations understand and reduce cybersecurity risk across their entire attack surface—from the cloud, IT, OT, identity systems and beyond.
“Commercial data centres are under siege by cyber criminals” – Adrian Taylor, A10 Networks
Adrian Taylor, VP EMEA at A10 Networks, has penned an exclusive op-ed that highlights the issues facing commercial data centre …
Kaspersky names top factors driving APT attacks
Proper configurations of a security solution are crucial to prevent it from disabling or even abusing it – a tactic often seen to be employed by APT groups/actors.
Why advanced NDR is a must-have for protecting against rising cyber attacks
Gaurav Mohan, VP, SAARC & Middle East, NETSCOUT explains how depending solely on endpoint detection is not enough to protect …
The Security Analyst Summit makes a triumphant return
Cybersecurity specialists are invited to join the global event to discuss the evolving landscape of IT security and share their expertise on the latest and most sophisticated cyber threats.
Exclusive Interview: Aloysius Cheang, Chief Security Officer, Huawei Middle East and Central Asia
Anita Joseph caught up with Aloysius Cheang, Chief Security Officer at Huawei Middle East and Central Asia, to find out …
Opinion: It’s time to say ‘hello’ to external attack surface management
OPINION: Tarek Naja, Solutions Architect, at Qualys, believes that in order to overcome the complexities that come with moving workloads …
“Full-Stack Observability is critical in today’s digital-first business environment,” Liz Centoni, Cisco
Cisco has announced the launch of a new Full-Stack Observability platform—a vendor-agnostic solution that harnesses the power of the company’s …
“We urge the cybersecurity community to unite forces to build a safer digital world.” – Kaspersky
Following the report on the Operation Triangulation campaign targeting iOS devices, Kaspersky researchers have released a special ‘trianglecheck’ utility that …
Cisco report shows web shells attacks surpass ransomware in Q1
Cisco Talos has released its cybersecurity report for the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets and …
New smartphone Trojan has reached more than 620 000 downloads
The new Trojan family, Fleckpe, is Kaspersky’s latest discovery that spreads via Google Play under the guise of photo editors, wallpaper packs and other apps. In fact, it subscribes the unwitting user to paid services.
Spyware attacks on organizations in the Middle East increase by 11.8% at the beginning of 2023: Kaspersky
At the beginning of 2023 the share of users attacked with spyware in the Middle East increased by 11.8% from …