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

Issued by: Proofpoint

28/3/2017
Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks Increase 45 Percent, 2/3 Use Spoofed Email Domains to Trick Victims

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ:PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, today released new research into business email compromise (BEC) attacks which indicates an acceleration in their sophistication and velocity. Overall BEC attacks increased by 45 percent in the last three months of 2016 compared to prior months…

Issued by: KnowBe4

28/3/2017
KnowBe4 Appoints Former Gartner Research Analyst Perry Carpenter as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer

TAMPA BAY, FL.  – March 21, 2017 Carpenter will help guide innovation and evolve KnowBe4’s ‘new-school’ approach to the human element of security Perry Carpenter, former Research Director, Security & Risk Management and esteemed analyst at Gartner, has joined KnowBe4 as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. As the provider of the most popular platform for…

Issued by: Webroot

27/3/2017
Webroot Drives Twelfth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Business Growth in Q2 2017

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – March 15, 2017 Webroot, the market leader in next-generation endpoint security, network security, and threat intelligence driven by machine learning, today announced double-digit year-over-year bookings growth in its second fiscal quarter ending on December 31, 2016. The company’s business segment bookings grew by 46 percent for the quarter, and the consumer segment…

Issued by: Fortinet

27/3/2017
How These Application Software Stocks are Faring? — Adobe Systems, Fortinet, Allscripts Healthcare, and Red Hat

NEW YORK, March 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — On Friday, March 24, 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 edged 0.29% and 0.08% lower, respectively, at the closing bell, while the NASDAQ Composite stayed bullish, finishing marginally higher by 0.19%. Five out of nine sectors ended Friday’s trading session in bullish territories. Taking…

Issued by: Avast

27/3/2017
AVG Business by Avast announces Northamber as new UK distribution partner

London, UK, 15 March 2017 – Avast, the leader in digital security products for business and consumers, today announced a new partnership with one of the UK’s largest independent distributors, Northamber, for its AVG Business by Avast portfolio of products. Northamber, which has over 5,500 active resellers in its UK network, operates a specialist value-add…

Issued by: Eset

27/3/2017
ESET Warns Minecraft Players of Fake Mods on Google Play

It wasn’t so long ago that Minecraft was connected to a scareware campaign, and today, ESET researchers report another misuse of this popular app. As stated in the official analysis available on ESET’s news page Welivesecurity.com; players of this game have been exposed to 87 fake Minecraft mods on Google Play, pestering Android gamers with…

Issued by: Cisco, Hue

27/3/2017
Three Group Signs Global Internet of Things Connectivity Partnership with Cisco Jasper

San Jose, CA and Hong Kong – Three Group has today announced a partnership with Cisco Jasper which extends Three Group’s capabilities in the global Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. From mid-2017, Three Group’s enterprise customers wanting to launch IoT services will be able to do so using Cisco Jasper’s powerful connectivity management platform, Control…

Issued by: Gemalto

23/3/2017
Gemalto Wins 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Encryption Product with SafeNet KeySecure

Amsterdam – March 23, 2017, Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that th​ey have been named a winner of the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure was voted “best encryption product” by over 300,000 members of the global information security community. Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure provides an organization’s security team with the…

Issued by: Cisco

22/3/2017
Cisco Completes Acquisition of AppDynamics

SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 22, 2017 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of AppDynamics, a leader in application and business monitoring. Together, Cisco and AppDynamics will deliver visibility across the network, data center, security and applications and drive digital transformation that improves customer experiences. As digital experiences get…

Issued by: CyberArk

22/3/2017
CyberArk Expands C3 Alliance to Drive Greater Cyber Security Innovation and Collaboration

NEWTON, Mass. and PETACH TIKVA, Israel – March 22, 2017 – CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the company that protects organizations from cyber attacks that have made their way inside the network perimeter, today announced the expansion of the C3 Alliance, CyberArk’s global technology partner program. Extending the power of privileged account security through new partners and…