Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity news, data protection updates, cloud security trends, and digital threat intelligence for businesses and organizations in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.
Employing Trouble? HR teams emerge as key targets for cyberattack
Some professions are more susceptible to cyberattacks than others. Regardless of the type of business and the security protocols in place, cyber-attackers will seek out a company’s weak spots. HR professionals have been thrown into the deep end due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff furloughs, remote working have become more frequent, and significant changes in […]
Cybercriminals narrow their focus on SMBs according to a mid-year Cyberthreats Report by Acronis
Average cost of data breach rose up to $3.56 million and phishing emails rising by 62% in Q2 over Q1. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES., August 10, 2021-(AETOSWire) – A Mid-year Cyberthreats Report 2021 by global cyber protection leader Acronis, warns that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are at particular risk based on the attack trends seen during the first six […]
Fake deliveries and WhatsApp spam: scammers get up to some new tricks in Q2 2021
In Q2 2021, amidst continued disruption in supply chains and mail services, scammers sought to use this fact to steal money and credit card details. Since last year, scammers have been taking advantage of disruption in deliveries to convince users to open malicious email attachments. This past quarter, not only has this trend continued, but the cybercriminals […]
Kaspersky and the Coalition Against Stalkerware launch new technical training
Fulfilling one of the Coalition’s founding missions, Kaspersky has co-led the work on the Coalition Against Stalkerware basic technical training on stalkerware aimed to help increase capacity building among non-profit organizations, working with survivors and victims, law enforcement agencies, and other relevant parties to tackle this form of online abuse. Stalkerware is a commercially available software […]
Kaspersky ranked ‘Champion’ in the Canalys Global Leadership Matrix for the second consecutive year
Kaspersky has achieved ‘Champion’ status, for the second consecutive year, in the 2021 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix by Canalys, a renowned global technology market analyst firm with a distinct channel focus. The global cybersecurity company attained the coveted ranking with an increase of 12.7% in the overall partner rating. Kaspersky was the highest-rated vendor by partners […]
Kaspersky identifies more than 5,000 pandemic-related phishing websites since the beginning of the pandemic
From March 2020 to July 2021, the global cybersecurity company prevented over a million user attempts to visit these sites*. To better understand how scammers exploit the epidemiological challenge, Kaspersky experts analyzed pandemic-related spam emails and phishing pages designed to steal users’ credentials. Various fake payment offers and discounted COVID-19 tests are among the most common schemes […]
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IBM Report: Cost of a Data Breach Hits Record High During Pandemic
The average cost per data breach incident in the UAE and Saudi Arabia stands at $6,93 Million Digital Transformation Initiatives and Adoption of Zero Trust Approach lowered data breach costs Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 02, 2021 – IBM Security today announced the results of a global study, based on an in-depth analysis of over […]
GhostEmperor: Chinese-speaking APT targets high-profile victims using unknown rootkit
Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are constantly seeking new, more sophisticated ways to perform their attacks. That is why Kaspersky researchers monitor how APT groups refresh and update their toolsets. According to Kaspersky’s quarterly report, the threat landscape saw an increase in attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers in Q2 2021. In the latest APT 2021 […]
Ready, set, scam: top-5 schemes cybercriminals are running amid the Olympic Games
After an unprecedented year-long delay, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics are set to start on July 23, 2021. This time, all the events will take place with no spectators, which reduces physical risks – in terms of health and from cybersecurity point of view (like such as data theft using the vulnerabilities of public Wi-Fi at the […]
Cybercriminals are weaponising your favourite brands
By Duane Nicol, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast If you’re a marketer or brand owner in 2021, it’s not enough to protect your brands and trademarks in real life. You have to build a fort around your online assets too. Brand marketers are increasingly losing leads, brand affinity and customer loyalty to cybercriminals who impersonate their […]
Help AG Launches Managed Advanced Web Application Firewall Service
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 26th, 2021: Help AG, the cybersecurity arm of Etisalat Digital and the region’s trusted security advisor, has launched a fully cloud-delivered Managed Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWAF) service that proactively improves the security posture for organisations relying on web-based applications. The service is in line with Help AG’s service centric evolution […]
Mimecast launches AI-enabled solution designed to help organizations protect against the most evasive and hard-to-detect email threats
The Mimecast CyberGraph™ solution uses AI to help improve detection and reduce risk Dubai, UAE – July 26, 2021 – Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), leading email security and cyber resilience company, today announced the Mimecast CyberGraph™ solution, a new add-on for Mimecast Secure Email Gateway (SEG) that is engineered to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help detect sophisticated phishing and […]
UAE Leads MENA region in crowdsourcing industry
Dubai, UAE, 25 July 2021: According to Stefan Toubia, Founder and CEO of Raayi, the region’s first cross-industry crowdsourcing review platform, the UAE is leading the MENA region in the crowdsourcing industry where public participation in issues of national importance, including health and education, is highly encouraged. “Crowdsourcing, or the practice of enlisting the recommendations or contributions […]
Cofense Delivers Industry’s First Cloud-Native Email Security for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace – Deployable in Less than a Minute
Cofense Protect MSP delivers a unified offering that entails cloud-native, AI-based email attack protection and employee training via PhishMe threat simulations LEESBURG, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– Cofense®, the leading provider of phishing detection and response (PDR) solutions, today launched Cofense Protect MSP, a phishing protection solution that’s designed for managed services providers (MSPs) tasked with protecting small and medium […]
USBs are back: rare, mass advanced threat campaign targets more than a thousand users with an old but good attack method
Kaspersky experts have uncovered a rare, wide-scale advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign against users that was first detected in Southeast Asia. Kaspersky identified approximately 1,500 victims, some of which were government entities. Initial infection occurs via spear-phishing emails containing a malicious Word document; once downloaded on one system, the malware can then spread to other […]
Qrator Labs DDoS attacks mitigation service available in HUAWEI CLOUD Marketplace
Middle East, 14 July 2021: Qrator Labs, a DDoS mitigation and continuous availability service provider, partners with HUAWEI CLOUD Marketplace to provide top-notch DDoS attacks mitigation service for wide range of customers within the Huawei ecosystem. HUAWEI CLOUD is the world’s fastest-growing major cloud service provider, launching 220+ cloud services and 210+ solutions. News agencies, […]
VeritasT Rewards Channel for Solving Ransomware and Multi-cloud Challenges
Revamped channel program doubles down on Platinum solution providers, increasing incentives for new business and delivering deeper insights Dubai, UAE – July 14, 2021 – Veritas Technologies, the global leader in enterprise data protection, has launched its2022 Veritas Partner Force Program, designed to foster increased and more predictable earnings for its channel community as they solve the big challenges […]
Phishing in messenger apps – what’s new?
Anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android users, has shown which messenger apps are the most popular among phishing scammers. The biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May 2021 was sent via WhatsApp (84.9%), followed by Telegram (5.7%). Viber is in third place with a share of 4.9% and Hangouts […]
Kaspersky calls for a greater focus on protecting space infrastructure from cyber threats
The cybersecurity aspects of space travel and the threat that compromised infrastructure could pose to human exploration of space are looked at in detail in a new Kaspersky and Zayed University report, ‘Cyber threat profile of space infrastructure’. Publication of the report comes as more and more countries are entering space, most recently the United […]
EXPO 2020 DUBAI CYBER-SECURITY MEASURES ENHANCED VIA CANON PRINTED ACCREDITATION ‘PASSPORTS’
Up to 200 thousand accreditations, acting like personal “passport” will determine areas and levels of access Canon has deployed globally recognized protocols, secure data-management software and hardware to help ensure maximum cyber security for all partners and participants Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 11th July 2021: Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, has […]
Scamming activities intensify ahead of the premiere of long-awaited superhero movie
After a few release date changes due to the pandemic, the world is finally set to experience the long awaited Black Widow movie. With all the restrictions driven by coronavirus, the organizers decided to take an important step – the premiere of Black Widow will take place simultaneously in movie theaters and on streaming services. […]
Team play: Kaspersky and Fnatic announce global partnership
Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, and Fnatic, the high-performance esports brand, announce a global partnership. The two leaders in their fields will develop multiple joint initiatives including multi-channel digital content campaigns and a digital event series. In addition, the Kaspersky brand name will appear on the jerseys of the Fnatic Rising League […]