U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the Stuxnet cyber attacks on Iran in an effort to slow the country’s development of …
Middle East engulfed by 'Flame'
A new, highly sophisticated malware threat that was predominantly used in cyberespionage attacks against targets in the Middle East has …
Former IBM director joins Blue Coat as senior VP of R&D
Blue Coat Systems has announced that IBM veteran Venkat Raghavan has joined as senior VP of research and development. The …
Windows Vista infection rates climb, says Microsoft
A skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system’s …
Desktop-as-a-Service
Desktop-as-a-Service is an interesting way for IT execs to provide cloud-based Windows desktop sessions, as well as shared resources such as storage.
CIO BYOD challenge: Don't fall down the rabbit hole
When Alice fell down the rabbit hole, she emerged into a Wonderland of oddities: trapped in a shrinking body with …
End to end: The security story
The security landscape is rapidly evolving. We speak to distributors and vendors in the region to learn how they are …
Norton gets VeriSign checkmark
Symantec has announced that it is combining the power of the VeriSign checkmark with Norton brand, to create the most …
Fortinet rolls out new channel initiatives
Fortinet has announced a series of channel initiatives that support the company’s ongoing objective of creating value for, and getting …
Virtually secure
Difficulties have arisen this year in the area of intrusion prevention systems (IPS). Vendors have struggled to recast their appliances …
Optimus signs up Bitdefender
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications has signed a distribution agreement with Bitdefender for the Middle East and North Africa region including …
Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy
Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, has described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way …
'Hyperspeed signalling' could prevent cyber attacks, claim researchers
Security engineers at the University of Tulsa have found a way to identify cyber attacks before they reach their target, …
Blue Coat signs Westcon Middle East as distributor for MENA Region
Westcon Middle East, a value-add distributor of convergence, security, networking and mobility products and services, announced that it has been …
Symantec: Small-company security problems can threaten large corporate nets
Attackers used smaller businesses with less stringent security as gateways to their ultimate targets – large corporations or governments that hold valuable …
Targeted attacks increased, became more diverse in 2011
The number of security vulnerabilities declined in 2011 but malicious attacks skyrocketed 81 percent from 2010, according a new Internet …
Facebook teams up with security vendors, offers free antivirus software
Facebook has teamed up with five security vendors to offer a range of free and subscription-based antivirus packages. Microsoft, McAfee, …
Russia cyber crime market doubles in 2011, says report
Russian-speaking criminals grabbed more than a third of the entire global cybercrime market in 2011 as a growth in online …
Sophos partners with Facebook for user protection
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced a partnership with Facebook to help protect users from links that …
Conficker worm still the top corporate network threat: Microsoft
Companies are still plagued by the Conficker worm, used to create botnets and spread other forms of malware, according to the …