Credit card details of many UAE residents have been stolen and the central bank has asked financial institutions to inform …
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Egypt’s parliament approves cybercrime bill
A plenary session of the Egyptian parliament, chaired by Speaker Ali Abdel Aal, has reportedly approved the cybercrimes law.0 3356
Canadian citizen charged in Yahoo breach to ‘plead guilty’: reports
A Canadian citizen accused by the US government of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts is expected to plead guilty, according to reports.
Course of action: Key considerations for an effective security awareness programme
Morey Haber, vice president of technology, BeyondTrust, lays out a set of critical factors that Middle East organisations should consider when building security awareness training programmes.
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.
Fashion retailer Forever 21 reports security breach
Fashion retailer Forever 21 said on Tuesday there had been unauthorised access to data from payment cards used at certain …
Dimension Data’s top cybersecurity predictions for 2018
Trend 1: ‘Zero trust’ security makes a comeback In 2018, we can expect to see significant disruption in the cybersecurity …
Hackers claim to break iPhone X’s Face ID
When Apple released the iPhone X on November 3, it touched off an immediate race among hackers around the world to be the …
Kaspersky Lab, Council of Europe promote secure and safe Internet
The Council of Europe has signed an agreement with Kaspersky Lab and a number of the world’s leading technology companies, to jointly pledge to promote an open and safe Internet.
Cybercriminals target cryptocurrency, says report
Group-IB, which specialises in preventing and investigating high-tech crimes and online fraud, recently announced the key findings from its annual ‘Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017’ report.
Gaza Cybergang targets UAE and Saudi Arabia
Kaspersky Lab experts are registering important changes in the operations of the infamous Gaza Cybergang, which is actively targeting multiple …