While DNS infrastructure is inherently a vulnerable component for organisations, effective internal DNS security solutions can turn it into a great asset for securing an organisation’s networks and data.
Unify to demo solutions offerings at GITEX
Unify has announced that during GITEX Technology Week 2016, it will showcase ways in which technology can humanise the on-demand working world to strengthen connections and better meet accelerating business demands.
How to use Big Data for a proactive cyber threat prevention
Conventional detection mechanisms have failed due to the increase in the number of ‘unknown’ attacks. Let us look at some examples to understand how Big Data combined with analytical models can help solve this challenge.
Why CIOs should care about click fraud
Click fraud is more than just a marketing problem. It presents a real security risk to your organisation, experts say. CIOs need to know their enemy.
Huawei, Dubai Police partner for safe city initiatives
Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Police that will see both parties collaborating on a long-term initiative to support the vision of Dubai in creating a smarter and safer city.
Huawei: ICT innovations to drive Safe City success
Huawei has recently held its global Safe City Summit 2016 in Dubai, where the company revealed how new ICT innovation including Big Data, The Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing are driving successful Safe City deployments around the world.
Offensive security
Carolyn Crandall, CMO, Attivo Networks, discusses how security teams can gain the upper hand by going on the offense and creating an environment that provides continuous real-time detection against an ever-changing landscape of cyber threats.
Identifying the security pitfalls in SDN
While a software-defined network can improve application performance and help ease administrative tasks, it can also create new vulnerabilities. Experts offer advice for security teams.
CriticalArc to take part at Intersec 2016
CriticalArc announces its participation at Intersec in Dubai where it will demonstrate its pioneering SafeZone safety solution.
Cisco Executive Chairman to deliver keynote at IoTWF 2015
Cisco has announced that its Executive Chariman John Chambers will be attending the third Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF) which will be held in Dubai on 6th to 8th December 2015, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Kaspersky Lab reveals cyberattack on its corporate network
Earlier in 2015 during a test, a prototype of an anti-APT solution developed by Kaspersky Lab detected signs of a complex targeted attack on its corporate network.
Palo Alto uncovers new source of cyberthreats
Palo Alto Networks has revealed that cyber criminals in Nigeria have evolved common malware campaigns to infiltrate businesses that have …
Molerats, here for spring
Between 29th April and 27th May, FireEye Labs identified several new Molerats attacks targeting at least one major U.S. financial institution and multiple European government organisations.
Dell SecureWorks: Cryptolocker ransom Trojan infected 250,000 PCs
The feared Cryptolocker ransom Trojan has infected at least a quarter of a million PCs worldwide, a success rate probably generating somewhere in the low millions of dollars in ransom payments, a new analysis by Dell SecureWorks has estimated.
FireEye: Syria-themed emails infiltrated European ministries before G20
Hackers infiltrated computers belonging to the foreign affairs ministries of five unnamed European countries ahead of the G20 Summit in September, according to security researchers at FireEye.
Microsoft declares war on cybercrime with new investigative facility
Microsoft is opening a landmark 16,800-square foot (1,560m sq) Cybercrime Centre on its Redmond campus to act as an HQ and anchor point for a network of satellite offices that will collect evidence on malware from every continent, the firm has announced.
Employees easily tricked on social media prime phishing attacks
Spear phishing is one of the most effective ways to break into a corporate network – and recent studies show that employees can be easily tricked on social media to provide the information needed to launch attacks.
Symantec seizes part of massive peer-to-peer botnet ZeroAccess
The cyber-criminals behind ZeroAccess, one of the largest botnets in existence, have lost access to more than a quarter of the infected machines they controlled.
Microsoft: Almost 90 percent of Citadel botnets in the world disrupted in June
Malware removed from forty percent of computers in those botnets, according to the vendor.
Signed Macintosh malware uses right-to-left override
Researchers at F-Secure have discovered malware targeting OS X, which leverages a technique called right-to-left override (RLO) in order to spoof its malicious nature.