Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released its fourth-annual threat research report on ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2021 and July 2022. For the 106 highly publicised attacks Barracuda researchers analysed, the dominant targets are still five key industries: education (15%), […]

The Columbia and Montour Counties 9-1-1 Center, operating as the East Central Emergency Network (ECEN), has announced its cutover to the Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet), the commonwealth’s state-of-the-art Project 25 (P25) radio network for public safety and emergency response communications. The network was built and is maintained by Motorola Solutions, which operates over 1,100 […]

We take a look at the findings of a report published by the EU Agency for Cybersecurity which delve into the cybersecurity of Open RAN. We hear how to mitigate risks associated with this and how to leverage potential opportunities of Open RAN.   EU Member States, with the support of the European Commission and ENISA, […]

TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and consulting firm, has revealed that 35% of WAN managers implemented one or more elements of Zero Trust security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) on at least some of their company’s networks in 2021. This is up from 8% in 2019, according to TeleGeography’s latest WAN Manager Survey. […]

A worldwide crackdown on social engineering fraud has seen scammers identified globally, substantial criminal assets seized and new investigative leads triggered in every continent. The two-month (March 8– May 8 2022) operation, codenamed First Light 2022, saw 76 countries take part in an international clampdown on the organised crime groups behind telecommunications and social engineering […]

SentinelLabs has uncovered a cluster of activity by threat actor, Aoqin Dragon, dating at least as far back as 2013. Aoqin Dragon’s primary focus is assessed to be espionage, targeting government, education and telecommunication organisations in south-east Asia and Australia. The threat actor has a history of using document lures with pornographic themes to infect […]

The telecommunications industry is one of the most targeted for cyberattacks and telco providers must therefore be on top of their game when it comes to security. Telefónica, one of the world’s leading telco companies, has developed innovative solutions – reliant upon 5G technology – to better manage security maintenance tasks and ensure the company […]

Businesses should be taking preventative measures towards cyberthreats instead of reactive ones. Andrzej Kawalec, Head of Cybersecurity at Vodafone Business, discusses the benefits of using AI and ML technology for IT innovation and why these tools are crucial for detecting and protecting against potential cyber-attacks. It’s a human tendency to disproportionately focus on the possible […]

AT&T Cybersecurity Managed Services provides comprehensive mobile endpoint management and support. AT&T has announced that the City of Las Vegas has implemented AT&T managed services for Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) to streamline its field communications. AT&T Cybersecurity Managed Services help to provide on-going administration, support and protection of thousands of mobile endpoints, allowing the city […]

Cybereason, a leader in operation-centric attack protection, has published a new threat intelligence report that unmasks a cyber-espionage operation targeting global aerospace and telecommunications companies. The report identifies a newly discovered Iranian threat actor behind the attacks dubbed MalKamak that has been operating since at least 2018 and remained unknown until recently. In addition, the still-active campaign […]