Venafi, a leading provider of machine identity protection, has announced the results of a study comparing security controls for human and machine identities. The study evaluated responses from over 1,500 IT security professionals from the US, UK, France, Germany and Australia across a range of company sizes and industries. People rely on usernames and passwords […]

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity,  has published an investigative report, Snatch Ransomware Reboots PCs into Safe Mode to Bypass Protection, by SophosLabs and Sophos Managed Threat Response. The report details the changing attack methods of Snatch ransomware, first seen in December 2018, including rebooting PCs into safe mode mid-attack in an attempt to bypass behavioural protections that […]

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has released an infographic – produced by experts within SophosLabs – describes the infection process and subsequent behaviour commonly displayed by samples in the Emotet malware family. Emotet is routinely among the most problematic and widely distributed malware family that Sophos researchers encounter daily. If there were […]

As part of the European Horizon 2020 programme, Capgemini has been entrusted to coordinate Project Phoenix, a programme set up and funded by the European Commission (€8 million), to protect the electrical energy systems and networks in Europe. This three-year project began on September 1, 2019. To address the security challenges facing energy infrastructure across […]

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published How Ransomware Attacks, a playbook for defenders that explains how ransomware variants attack and impact victims. The playbook complements the 2020 Threat Report and features a detailed analysis of 11 of the most prevalent and persistent ransomware families, including Ryuk, BitPaymer and MegaCortex. The research by SophosLabs highlights how ransomware tries […]

Ongoing digitalisation has introduced new risks to historically ‘secure’ industrial networks. This convergence of IT and OT – and the potentially catastrophic consequences should a hacker gain access to critical national infrastructure – requires a fresh approach to cybersecurity. Here Marcus Josefsson, Director – Middle East, Africa and Russia at Nozomi Networks, tells us about […]

The Middle East has seen a recent uptick in the number of nation state attacks, in line with geopolitical tensions in the region. We caught up with Alister Shepherd – Director, Middle East and Africa, for Mandiant, the consulting arm of FireEye, to find out about the regional threat landscape and what it’s really like […]

Last month, we reported that Vectra, a leader in network threat detection and response (NDR), disclosed that cybercriminals’ most effective weapon in a ransomware attack is the network itself, which enables the malicious encryption of shared files on network servers, especially files stored in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud providers.  According to the Vectra 2019 Spotlight Report on […]

“We need to be right all the time, whereas a hacker only needs to be right once,” says Neeti Rodrigues, Regional Director of Enterprise Security, Micro Focus, Middle East and Africa. Intelligent CISO sat down with Rodrigues earlier this month to discuss Micro Focus’ fundamental philosophies that keep their customers safe in the ever-changing world […]

Mimecast, a leading email and data security company, has announced the availability of its latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA). The quarterly assessment is an aggregated report of tests that measure the efficacy of widely used email security systems. This quarter’s ESRA report found a significant increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, emails containing […]