Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in multiple countries around the world, including the UAE.
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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 3785
Fortinet secures two NSS rating recommendations
Fortinet has earned NSS recommendations for two of their sandboxing solutions; the FortiSandbox 3000D appliance, and the FortiSandbox Cloud service.
A10 Networks and Cylance join forces
A10 Networks and Cylance have announced a technical partnership to “enhance cybersecurity” for individual endpoints and users from the data centre to the cloud, by incorporating advanced threat protection for encrypted traffic.
BT, KPMG report outlines lack of cybercrime prevention
A new BT and KPMG report has revealed that the vast majority of companies feel constrained by regulation, available resources and a dependence on third parties when responding to cyber-attacks.
200 million Yahoo accounts sold on black market
A hacker claims to have stolen the login information for 200 million Yahoo accounts and is selling them on the black market.
Cybercrime infrastructure being ramped up ahead of Rio
Over the past few months, cybercriminals have set up thousands of malicious domains and servers in Brazil in anticipation of the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
McAfee Labs Report reveals new mobile app collusion threats
Intel Security has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2016, which explains the dynamics of mobile app collusion, where cybercriminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks.
Infoblox releases DNS Threat Index for Q1 2016
Infoblox has recently released the Infoblox DNS Threat Index for the first quarter of 2016, which highlighted a 35-fold increase in newly observed ransomware domains from the fourth quarter of 2015.
Symantec reveals big shift in UAE cybercrime
According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 21, cybercriminals are now adopting corporate best practices and establishing professional businesses in order to increase the efficiency of their attacks against enterprises and consumers.
Fighting cyberwarfare
Kasey Cross, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at A10 Networks, discusses how government entities can fend off state-sponsored cyber attacks.