BlackBerry has released its latest Quarterly Global Threat Intelligence Report, revealing a 70% increase in new malware encountered by BlackBerry’s AI-powered cybersecurity solutions. At 26 cyberattacks per minute, this highlights a diversification of tools and attacks by threat actors as they target high-stakes or financially lucrative industries. “Malicious actors are working harder than ever to […]

Rafi Brenner, Vice President, Information Security, Fortinet, tells us that for too long cybersecurity has been treated as a mere technology issue. “It’s not,” he says. “Cybersecurity must be seen as an enterprise risk-management imperative.” Cybercrime tactics such as phishing and social engineering, commonly used to infect critical systems with malware or ransomware, have reached […]

OpenText has released results of its annual 2023 OpenText Cybersecurity Global Ransomware Survey. Findings show a similarity in how small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises (with more than 1,000 employees) think about ransomware attacks, including a disconnect about who is a target and growing concern about the use of AI by threat actors.  While the […]

Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and VP of Global Threat Intelligence at FortiGuard Labs, discusses new threat trends to watch out for in 2024 and beyond.   With the growth of Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) operations and the advent of generative AI, threat actors have more ‘easy’ buttons at their fingertips to assist with carrying out attacks than […]

Oliver Paterson, Director of Product Management, VIPRE Security Group, discusses how AI can truly play a game-changing role in cybersecurity. Ensuring cybersecurity today requires limitless persistence. Losses from Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams are 78 times higher (US$2.7 billion) than ransomware (US$34.3 million). Criminals are leaving no stone unturned – macro-less Malspam attacks are a […]

With the customer at the heart of its operations, ArrowXL prioritises delivering a seamless and secure network with minimal disruptions. Rachel Hopkins, CIO at ArrowXL, discusses how the organisation’s partnership with Node4 means it can now provide a faster, more robust and secure IT network to its customers and maintain a leading position in the […]

Tom Gamali, Group CISO for a leading Middle East organisation operating across seven core business sectors, speaks to Intelligent CISO about the organisation’s ground-breaking partnership with Vectra AI and how this has enabled increased network visibility. He also outlines the company’s strategic priorities when operating with security top of mind.   As a leader in International […]

It has been discovered that 85% of cyber leaders believe AI will outpace cyber defences, according to new research from RiverSafe, a leading cybersecurity professional services provider. The findings were revealed in the AI Unleashed: Navigating Cyber Risks Report, a survey of 250 cybersecurity leaders conducted by independent polling agency, Censuswide, which detailed the rising […]

A wind farm operator has successfully implemented the Dragos Platform. Here we consider the specific challenges faced by renewable energies – specifically wind – and examine how the Dragos Platform provides visibility and facilitates triage, detection and response across the operator’s network. Dragos focuses on arming organisations with the resources required for comprehensive network security. […]