A new report reveals both good and bad news about emerging cybersecurity trends. Mohammed Abukhater, Vice President – MEA at FireEye, gives us the lowdown on decreasing detection times, evolving threats from nation-states and increased attacks during M&A activity. FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has released the Mandiant M-Trends 2019 Report. The report shares statistics and […]
FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has identified cyberespionage efforts by two Russian cyberthreat groups targeting European governments ahead of the upcoming European elections. The observed targeting is focused on NATO member states and is ongoing following a significant increase since mid-2018. FireEye believes the two groups behind this activity, APT28 and Sandworm Team, are both […]
Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released its Cloud Application Attack Snapshot: Q1 2019 research, which examined over 100, 000 cloud application attacks aimed at global organisations between September 2018 and February 2019. Overall, targeting attempts increased by 65% during that time period with 40% originating in Nigeria. Cloud application attacks use intelligence driven brute-force techniques (to crack passwords) and sophisticated phishing methods to lure victims into clicking and revealing […]
NETSCOUT Arbor, which specialises in advanced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection solutions, has shared intelligence released by its security research and analysis team – Arbor’s Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT). Bryan Hamman, Territory Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at NETSCOUT Arbor, said: “Earlier this year, we released news of the trends we foresaw happening […]
With the complexity of IT business infrastructure on the rise and the continuously evolving threat landscape, IT decision makers find it increasingly challenging to safeguard their organisations from cyberattacks – more than half of European businesses (54%) have faced at least one cyberattack in the last 24 months which resulted in some sort of disruption […]
New analysis from Darktrace has shed light on the evolving cyberthreat landscape, providing insights into the changing behaviour of cybercriminals in 2018. The research unveils that hackers are seeking profits by using more stealthy tactics, including banking trojans and cryptojacking over traditional methods such as ransomware. The data reveals that the incidence of banking trojans, […]
A new report SANS EMEA Survey: the iGen and Cybersecurity finds that cybersecurity awareness and preference as a career choice is vastly different across a sample of European and Middle East countries. The latest research from global IT security training company SANS Institute demonstrates that among 14 to 18-year-olds across seven countries in the Middle […]
In 2018, 889,452 users of Kaspersky Lab solutions were attacked by banking Trojans, an increase of 15.9% compared to 2017, when over 767,000 users were hit. The growth partially occurred due increased activities of only one banker, according to an analysis of the financial threat landscape. Attacks with banking Trojans or ‘bankers’ are among the […]
Tripwire, a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, has announced results of a survey conducted by Dimensional Research that examines how organisations are addressing the cybersecurity skills gap. The survey was administered to 336 IT security professionals in February. A total of 80% of survey respondents believe it’s […]
A10 Networks has announced the findings of a new report into the state of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack weapons and targets, showcasing the growing use of IoT devices in synchronised attacks on targets globally. The report describes the significant potential for attackers to use an IoT-related protocol, the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), deployed on […]
