“After careful investigations, the United states is publicly attributing the massive WannaCry cyber-attack to North Korea,” said White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert.
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Trend Micro instrumental in Scan4You conviction
Trend Micro has announced details of its close cooperation with the FBI to identify, arrest and bring to trial the individuals linked to the infamous Counter Antivirus (CAV) service Scan4You.0 4528
Malware samples at an all-time high in Q3: McAfee report
McAfee Labs saw malware reach an all-time high of 57.6 million new samples – which equates to four new samples per second.
US official says North Korea is ‘directly responsible’ for WannaCry attacks
“The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible,” wrote Homeland Security adviser to President Donald Trump Tom Bossert.
TRA launches ‘Don’t Be Deceived’ digital safety campaign
The campaign aims to educate customers – in particular the youth – on how to stay aware of deceptive and fraudulent activities on smart devices.
The cyber kill chain: Understanding the stages of a targeted cyber-attack
Lockheed Martin’s cyber kill chain approach breaks down each stage of a malware attack where you can identify and stop it.
Fortinet protects operational technologies in industrial firms
Fortinet has announced the availability of its Operational Technology (OT) Security solution for critical infrastructure and industrial organisations.
Worldwide security spending to hit $96.3bn in 2018: Gartner
Organisations are spending more on security as a result of regulations, awareness of emerging threats and the evolution to a digital business strategy.
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.
Using IoT devices to launch attacks from within
The number of IP-enabled IoT devices has increased dramatically in the last several years and according to Gartner, it is predicted …
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.