Cisco have unveiled intent-based networking solutions that represent one of the most significant breakthroughs in enterprise networking. The introduction is the culmination of Cisco’s vision to create an intuitive system that anticipates actions, stops security threats in their tracks and continues to evolve and learn. It will help businesses to unlock new opportunities and solve […]

McAfee Inc. has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2017, which examines the origins and inner workings of the Fareit password stealer, provides a review of the 30-year history of evasion techniques used by malware authors, explains the nature of steganography as an evasion technique, assesses reported attacks across industries and reveals growth trends […]

Article by Mohammed Al-Moneer, Regional Director, MENA at A10 Networks. This month, researchers uncovered a malware strain believed to have infected more than 250 million computers globally. It is further believed that this malware is present on 20 per cent of corporate networks. Dubbed ‘Fireball’ the massive malware infection originated in China and has caused […]

NXN (formerly neXgen Group), a leading Smart Cities Digital Services organisation, has joined forces with McAfee to launch a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) practice in U.A.E. The MSSP practice will enable NXN to build on their Smart City Managed Service offering by assisting governments and enterprises in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC), particularly in […]

WannaCry might be the tip of the ransomware iceberg writes Rick Holland, Vice President, Strategy, for Digital Shadows: The attack on 200,000 plus computers across more than 120 countries around the world by WannaCry ransomware certainly got the attention of governments, media, consumers and law enforcement. But the actual impact could have been so much […]

Cisco and IBM Security have announced they are working together to address the growing global threat of cybercrime. In a new collaboration, Cisco and IBM Security will work closely together across products, services and threat intelligence for the benefit of customers. Cisco Security Solutions will integrate with IBM’s QRadar to protect organisations across networks, endpoints […]

The Internet Society and the African Union Commission have unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa during the African Internet Summit, taking place in Nairobi 30 May – 2 June. The guidelines will help Africa create a more secure Internet infrastructure and are set to change the way African Union States […]

A secure access solutions business has boosted the efficiency of IT operations at an UAE tourist company. Pulse Secure has improved the security of IT operations at the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), based in Abu Dhabi. TDIC was created in 2006 as the dedicated tourism asset management and development arm of the Abu […]

In a ceremony witnessed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and US President Donald Trump, Raytheon and the Saudi Arabia Military Industries Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on defense-related projects and technology development. The agreement will enable continued global growth for Raytheon in key […]

The number of denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattacks doubled from 3% to 6% in 2016, due to the lack of sufficient security controls of Internet-connected Internet of things (IoT) devices. Of all IoT attacks, 60% originated from Asia, 21% from EMEA and another 19% from the Americas. The most likely reason for the high […]