ESET researchers have participated in a global operation to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, which has since 2016, infected over a million computing devices. Along with partners Microsoft, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs Threat Research, NTT and others, the operation impacted Trickbot by tanking their command and control servers. ESET contributed to the effort with technical analysis, […]

As cybercriminals take advantage of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, it’s crucial that organisations ensure the software they build and operate is secure – despite reduced resources. Adam Brown, Associate Managing Security Consultant, Synopsys, talks us through the steps organisations can take to improve their application security programmes to protect organisational data and […]

Indian drugmaker, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, said it had isolated all its data centre services as a preventive measure following a cyberattack. Its plants in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, India and Russia were impacted.  “We are anticipating all services to be up within 24 hours and we do not foresee any major impact on our […]

Ivanti, a company that automates IT and Security Operations to discover, manage, secure and service from cloud to edge, has announced the release of Ivanti Neurons for Patch Intelligence and Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence. These solutions build on the Ivanti Neurons hyper-automation platform, first announced in July 2020, which empowers organisations to autonomously self-heal […]

Nick Taylor, Security Lead for Accenture UK and Ireland, explains how organisations can address the cybersecurity skills gap. We’ve recently witnessed a monumental shift to remote working, changing business priorities and the reconfiguration of supply chains. While businesses have had to overhaul how they operate, cyberthreat actors have been quick to take advantage of these […]

According to Kaspersky survey, more than half of users (53%) of people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) faced banking fraud at least once in the first half of 2020. In most of the cases (more than 85%) the banking fraud occurred via the phone, while the calls were received mainly during business hours from […]

Jason Whyte, MD Trustwave A/NZ explains how technology leaders can ensure the work practices of their colleagues do not put their company’s cybersecurity at risk. If you want to ensure work practices deliver on cybersecurity, you need to ensure you don’t build an environment of fear around it.  While the consequences of a breach can […]

Tyler Moffitt, Webroot’s Security Analyst, explains how technology leaders can ensure the work practices of their colleagues do not put their company’s cybersecurity at risk. Among numerous other life adjustments, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a flurry of fresh security risks as employees settle into more permanent work-from-home environments. Employees now assume the role of IT professional for […]

US bookseller, Barnes & Noble, has been victim to a cyberattack impacting Nook services. The Nook service is an ebook reader and storage platform and customers complained across social media of outages. Some customers were unable to access their Nook libraries while others were not able to log in to the firm’s online platform. On Twitter, […]

During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Jonathan Couch, SVP of Strategy at ThreatQuotient, gives his top tips on how to help friends and family become more cybersecurity savvy. This month marks the seventeenth year of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which focuses on helping provide individuals with resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. The COVID […]