A regularly updated directory of press releases related to cyber security.

 Media Alert: Kaspersky Lab Researchers to Present at Virus Bulletin 2018

Montreal, Quebec – September 24, 2018– Kaspersky Lab announced today that members of its elite Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) and Anti-Malware Research experts will be speaking at Virus Bulletin 2018(VB2018). VB2018 is being held Wednesday, October 3 through Friday, October 5 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In addition to serving as a proud sponsor…

OXFORD, UK – September 20, 2018. Sophos (LSE:SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security today announced that it has once again been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s September 20, 2018, “Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (SMB Multifunction Firewalls).” As one of only three vendors positioned as a leader, Sophos is positioned furthest for…

 SANS Announces its Final Texas Cyber Security Training Event of the Year

Bethesda, MD, September 20, 2018 – SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced its final Texas training event for the year. SANS Austin 2018(#SANSAustin) will take place November 26-December 1. The event features hands-on immersion style training courses for security professionals at every level. According to SANS Senior Instructor Keith Palmgren (@kpalmgren), “The…

 Kaspersky Lab Report: IoT Malware Grew Three-Fold in H1 2018

Woburn, MA – September 18, 2018 – Kaspersky Lab today released a new IoT report, which found that during the first half of 2018, IoT devices were attacked with more than 120,000 modifications of malware, which is more than triple the amount of IoT malware seen throughout 2017. Kaspersky Lab warns that the significant growth of malware families for smart…

 Kaspersky Lab Research Reveals the Dangers of Losing a Connection While Traveling

Woburn, MA – September 17, 2018 – According to new Kaspersky Lab research, connected devices are becoming a travel essential, with 39 percent of people responding in a survey that they could not imagine traveling without their device. The research also revealed that many consumers worry about the problems they could face if they are without their device…

ESET®, a global pioneer in proactive IT security, and Canon IT Solutions (“CITS”), ESET’s exclusive partner in Japan, announced its joint venture to establish ESET Japan Inc. Located in Tokyo, the new ESET office, which officially began operations on  September 1, 2018, aims to increase its market presence and introduce newly developed solutions for both enterprise…

Reading, UK — 11 September, 2018 ––92% of UK companies surveyed have been breached in the last 12 months and almost half (44%) have been breached between three and five times, according to a new cybercrime report from Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK), a leader in next-generation endpoint security. According to the report, cyberattack frequency has risen, with…

 Cisco Accelerates Growth for Service Providers with New Silicon and Software for the 5G and Multicloud Era

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 11, 2018 – As the world continues to embrace the reality of 5G and multicloud, service providers are experiencing disruptive growth and change that require new approaches to more efficiently build and cost-effectively manage critical IP networking infrastructure. 5G connections are expected to explode from 2.3 million in 2020 to more than 25…