Akamai Technologies, one of the world’s largest and most trusted cloud delivery platforms, and MUFG, a leading financial group, have announced plans to offer a new blockchain-based online payment network enabling next-generation payment transaction scale and responsiveness. This hyper-scale payment network, powered by an innovative and newly-developed blockchain architecture, is designed to be capable of […]

Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has appointed Jeff Ogden as general manager for the Middle East. In his new role, Jeff will oversee the company’s UAE operations and growth in the region, and will be responsible for educating organisations about evolving cyberattacks and how to build a cyber-resilience strategy for email. […]

Industry experts have spoken about the implications of a new sophisticated malware system reported to have affected at least 500,000 networking devices worldwide, according to research by Cisco Talos. Cisco Talos – one of the largest commercial threat intelligence teams in the world – posted on the company’s blog about the discovery of the malware […]

Europol and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a mutual framework of cooperation to foster a safer cyberenvironment for citizens, organisations and businesses. The aim of this collaboration is to develop a more robust and resilient global cybersecurity approach by promoting private-public partnerships. The WEF has recently […]

RSA Security has released its Q1 2018 Fraud Report, providing analysis of consumer fraud data from the RSA Fraud and Risk Intelligence team. The report offers a snapshot of the cyberfraud environment from behind enemy lines, showing that the number of fraudulent transactions originating from a mobile app during the quarter has increased by 200% […]

Exploits – software that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability – for Microsoft Office in-the-wild hit the list of cyberheadaches in the first quarter of 2018. Overall, the number of users attacked with malicious Office documents rose more than four times compared with the first quarter of 2017. In just three months, its share […]

As enterprises continue the process of digital transformation, they are facing the challenge of staying on top of an increasing number of cyberthreats. John Madisson, Senior Vice President – Products and Solutions at Fortinet, discusses why the new generation of security solutions should be able to leverage machine learning and AI for better visibility and greater automation in […]

Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced its new Fabric Connectors, which automate operational capabilities in multi-vendor environments through open API (Application Programming Interfaces) integration with Fabric-Ready alliance partner technologies. Fabric Connectors provide one-click connectivity of Fortinet Security Fabric solutions with customers’ existing security ecosystem and provide automation of […]

Ring, a leader in home security, has launched a new product to provide peace of mind and smart security at every corner of the home. The firm has launched Spotlight Cam Battery, which comes with 1080HD video, LED spotlights and a 110-decibel siren; and the Spotlight Cam Solar Panel which has a HD camera with […]

Akamai Technologies, one of the world’s largest and trusted cloud delivery platforms, has announced the release of the new Akamai Connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Commerce Cloud enables brands to provide personalised experiences for shoppers that span web, mobile, social and in-store. And now, as part of the world’s number one CRM platform – Salesforce […]