A new threat actor SentinelLabs tracked as Agrius was observed operating in Israel starting in 2020. Initially engaged in espionage activity, Agrius deployed a set of destructive wiper attacks against Israeli targets, masquerading the activity as ransomware attacks. The attacks were carried out using DEADWOOD (aka Detbosit), a wiper with unconfirmed links to an Iranian threat group.
Remote Work: Can IT up its Game in Digital Infrastructure?
Barracuda expands its scalable IoT connectivity solution with support for powerful analytics capabilities from Crosser.
Kalle Bjorn, Sr Director, Systems Engineering – Middle East at Fortinet talks to Anita Joseph, Editor, Security Advisor Middle East, …
Adversaries Spend More than 250 Hours Undetected in Target Networks on Average, According to Sophos.
Ransomware operators and where to find them: Kaspersky sheds light on the ransomware ecosystem.
Bilal Agha, B2B Marketing Director at FastTelco, Kuwait, explained to CNME Editor Mark Forker, the role his company has played in addressing the needs of end-users seeking to achieve digital transformation – and how the training needs of the channel community has been exacerbated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to Dr Eng. Fadi Nasser, Chief Commercial Officer at MEEZA, to find out how they helped customers evolve their IT infrastructure during the COVID-19 crisis, its partnership with Cisco – and the ongoing new trends emerging in cloud utilisation.
Cisco has announced its strategy to help communication service providers and web scale companies around the world connect, secure and automate their networks to deliver a stronger, more accessible internet to everyone, everywhere, regardless of geographic limitations.
In an exclusive interview with Anita Joseph, Editor, Security Advisor Middle East, Mika Lauhde, Vice President of Cybersecurity & Privacy …
Attacks against remote access protocols continue to rise over the past year, reaching 15.8 million in the UAE.
McAfee Announces New Additions to its Security Innovation Alliance Program for Zero-Trust Network Access. ZTNA partners to integrate with McAfee Endpoint Security and Unified Cloud Edge to Secure Access to Private Apps.
CNME Editor Mark Forker secured an exclusive interview with Hanaa Al-Nashwan, Vice-President, Computer Data Networks, Kuwait, to learn how the IT leader has helped its customer become more resilient in the face of new threats that have emerged as a direct consequence of the global COVID-19 crisis.
For the first time in history, we observed the annual number of DDoS attacks cross the 10 million threshold, with NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) observing 10,089,687 attacks over the course of the year.
CNME Editor Mark Forker managed to secure an exclusive interview with Abdul Rehman Tariq Butt, Regional Sales Director at Pulse Secure at GITEX Technology Week 2020, to find out about its recent acquisition by Ivanti, the capabilities of its end-to-end Zero Trust framework – and what ultimately differentiates the company from its market rivals.
SCOPE Middle East, a regional value-added distributor, has signed a distribution partnership with WALLIX, a European Leader in Privileged Access Management, publisher of cybersecurity software and expert in Identity and Access solutions.
CNME Editor Mark Forker spoke to V Meikandmurthy, Senior Manager, Network & Cyber Security, Bahwan IT, to find out more about its key partnership with global technology giant Cisco.
Dubai, UAE, 30 December 2020: Businesses around the world experienced unprecedented long-term disruption to their operations almost overnight due to …
Qualys offers free 60-day integrated Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response service to help organisations quickly assess devices impacted by SolarWinds Orion vulnerabilities, SUNBURST Trojan detections, and FireEye Red Team tools, and to remediate and track results via dynamic dashboards
In 2020, organisations were challenged to accommodate mass remote workforces, while stopping pandemic-related threats and maintaining business continuity. As security teams plan for 2021, their strategies have to evolve in a shifting threat landscape. Below are our top security trends and predictions for the year ahead.
