Positive Technologies has published its ‘5G standalone core security assessment’. The report discusses vulnerabilities and threats for subscribers and mobile network operators, which stem from the use of new standalone 5G network cores. The vulnerabilities in protocols HTTP/2 and PFCP, used by standalone 5G networks, include the theft of subscriber profile data, impersonation attacks and […]

Digital Shadows, a leader in digital risk protection, has launched new capabilities to alert its customers to potential document exposure. Misconfigured file stores containing companies’ sensitive documents are highly sought after by cybercriminals, due to the high value of the material they contain. Some examples found by Digital Shadows include payroll data, company tax documents […]

Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced that a commissioned survey conducted by TelecomTV in association with HardenStance and ETSI found broad-based optimism for 5G revenue opportunities among telecom sector respondents, but only if the new 5G services were both more secure and better tailored to key enterprise use […]

Fortinet, a global provider of broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced that a commissioned survey conducted by TelecomTV in association with HardenStance and ETSI found broad-based optimism for 5G revenue opportunities among telecom sector respondents, but only if the new 5G services were both more secure and better tailored to key enterprise use […]

HKBN Group is a major international player in the telecommunications market – boasting one-third of all households and one-half of all businesses in Hong Kong as customers. The company deployed Darktrace’s fundamental Immune System technology and its AI and Machine Learning capabilities exposed where its vulnerabilities lay with the result that sophisticated and novel threats […]

Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced that the UK’s mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after December 31. The Chinese company has been told by the British Government that it must also remove all of its 5G kit from its networks by 2027. Michael Downs, Director of Telecom Security at Positive […]

Saudi Arabia-based stc pay, a digital wallet and subsidiary of stc Telecom Company, and digital payments firm Visa, have signed a strategic partnership to launch customer-centric financial services and digital payment solutions to stc pay customers. The new agreement, Visa’s first fintech collaboration in Saudi Arabia, further builds on stc pay and Visa’s alliance from […]

A BPI Network survey found operators are rethinking security in light of 5G network traffic, a dramatic increase in connected devices and new mission-critical use cases. Mobile service providers say they are making substantial progress towards ushering in a new generation of 5G networks that will enable ultra-high-speed mobile connectivity and a wide variety of […]

World Password Day is held on the first Thursday of May. Emile Abou Saleh, Regional Director, Middle East & Africa at Proofpoint, explains how individuals and organisations can do their bit to increase password security. This World Password Day we should not only consider how we make passwords themselves more secure but how we ensure […]

When a Middle East telecom giant needed at-scale protection to safeguard its 4G and 5G mobile networks, it turned to A10 Networks. The telecom leader wanted a high-performance, scalable andagile solution for its Gi-LAN firewall that would deliver high throughput to support tens of millions of subscribers. IntroductionThis premier service provider in the Middle East […]