How one red team exercise averted a new SolarWinds-style attack

A competent threat actor can easily infiltrate an organisation’s development environment and carry out a SolarWinds or Kaseya-style supply chain attack in a matter of days, according to new... Read more »

Women and BAME people bear brunt of cyber crime impact

Women, black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people and those from disadvantaged backgrounds bear a disproportionate burden when it comes to the impact of cyber crime, according to a... Read more »

brute-force attack

By What is a brute-force attack? A brute-force attack is a trial-and-error method used by application programs to decode login information and encryption keys to use them to gain... Read more »

Dubai International Finance Centre’s data protection law to be boosted by new federal regulation

A year after companies within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) were required to comply with the Data Protection Law No 5, a new United Arab Emirates (UAE)-wide regulation is on the horizon.  Companies... Read more »

How to prevent ransomware: 6 key steps to safeguard assets

There’s no shortage of ransomware attacks in the headlines today. Attacks within the past year have proven no company is safe, regardless of size or industry. Ransomware attacks can... Read more »

Empowering APAC women on the frontlines of cyber security

In Asia-Pacific, men continue to outnumber women in the growing field of cyber security even as more women are entering the industry. According to a 2020 cyber security workforce... Read more »

Facial recognition cannot be a standalone authentication method

Whether it’s being used to unlock your phone, gain access to a your online bank account or government services or even at airports to verify users and put an... Read more »

Fresh alert over Conti ransomware surge

The US Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a fresh warning to defenders following a surge in cyber attacks perpetrated by the Conti ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) cyber... Read more »

MoD in second leak of Afghan citizens’ data

The UK’s Ministry of Defence is at the centre of growing criticism after potentially putting the lives of Afghan citizens at risk in an email data breach, the second... Read more »

Threat actors target VMware vCenter Server users

VMware has released a series of patches addressing various vulnerabilities in its vCenter Server products (versions 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0) which should be applied immediately, as the ramifications for... Read more »
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