Kaspersky Lab researchers have revealed that the group behind the Prilex point-of-sale malware can now turn stolen credit card data into functional plastic cards. The evolved threat, which currently operates in Latin America, is notable for its supportive, user-friendly business model that makes it worryingly easy for attackers to launch attacks. The use of ‘smart’ […]

Oculeus, a leading provider of innovative OSS/BSS solutions for telecommunications service providers and network operators, has announced that the company has won the Fortress Cybersecurity Award for improving threat detection on telecommunications networks with its Oculeus Anti-Fraud System. The Fortress Cybersecurity Award programme identifies the world’s leading cybersecurity companies and products that are keeping electronic […]

By Brian Chappell, Senior Director, Enterprise and Solution Architecture, BeyondTrust Let’s be clear: General Data Protection Regulation is going to require at least some attention to access controls. Still, a recent survey by the UK government has revealed that not many are aware of that fact. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, released by the […]

Akamai Technologies, a leading cloud delivery platform, announced the availability of the State of the Internet/Security: Carrier Insights Report for Spring 2018, which shows that sharing information is an important factor in helping to defend against cyberthreats. The report analyses data from more than 14 trillion DNS queries collected by Akamai between September 2017 and […]

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered ZooPark, a sophisticated cyberespionage campaign, which has been targeting users of Android devices based in a number of Middle Eastern countries for several years. Using legitimate websites as sources of infection, the campaign appears to be a nation-state backed operation aimed at political organisations, activists and other targets based in […]

A10 Networks, a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced A10 One-DDoS Protection, featuring software enhancements to its high-performance appliances to enable unmatched defence against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The solution utilises machine learning to automate the challenges of protected service discovery, peacetime traffic learning, detection threshold setting and fast mitigation […]

A new study by voice security services company Aeriandi has revealed that many UK contact centres still have significant preparation to complete ahead of May 25 – the ‘go-live’ date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The study, carried out at the Call and Contact Centre Expo in London in March, shows surprisingly […]

The UK government has announced plans to strengthen the National Health Service’s (NHS) cybersecurity. A new multi-million-pound Microsoft package will ensure NHS systems are using the latest Windows 10 software with up-to-date security settings to help prevent cyberattacks. The government said that, since 2017, it had invested £60 million to address cybersecurity weaknesses. There are […]

ExtraHop, a leader in analytics for security and performance management, has announced the global availability of ExtraHop Reveal(x). This new network security analytics product harnesses real-time wire data analytics and machine learning to analyse all network interactions for abnormal behaviour and identify critical assets in the environment. With a three-in-one workflow optimised for discovery, correlation […]

A car-booking app which operates in the Middle East and North Africa has issued an apology after announcing it was subject to a cyberattack earlier this year. Careem – a car-booking app which operates in 13 countries – published a statement online about the cyberbreach. It said that on January 14 the firm had identified […]