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

Issued by: ESET

13/8/2020

BRATISLAVA, PRAGUE –  ESET researchers yet again look into notorious Latin American banking trojans. This time they’ve explored Mekotio, a banking trojan targeting Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries: mainly Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Peru and Portugal. Mekotio boasts several typical backdoor activities, including taking screenshots, restarting affected machines, restricting access to legitimate banking websites, and, in some…

Issued by: Fortinet

12/8/2020

Cyber Criminals Targeting Remote Work to Gain Access to Enterprise Networks and Critical Data SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances, FortiGuard Labs “The first six months of 2020 witnessed an unprecedented cyber threat landscape. The dramatic scale and rapid evolution of attack methods demonstrate the nimbleness…

Issued by: CyberArk

10/8/2020

NEWTON, Mass. and PETACH TIKVA, Israel – August 10, 2020 – CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), today announced it was named a Leader in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management1, positioned both highest in ability to execute and furthest in completeness of vision for the second time in a row. CyberArk delivers the most comprehensive solution for protecting privileged accounts, credentials and…

Issued by: KnowBe4

4/8/2020

New report explores why security teams are traditionally viewed as barriers to progress instead of business enablers KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the release of a new report that explores how and why the reputation of security departments have traditionally been perceived as “The Department…

Issued by: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

3/8/2020

SAN CARLOS, CA  —  Mon, 03 Aug 2020 Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) today announced that shareholders approved all five proposals presented at the 2020 Annual General Meeting.  Approximately 106.3 million shares, representing approximately 76 percent of the shares outstanding as of the record date, were voted at the meeting. Check Point would like to…

Issued by: ESET

30/7/2020

BRATISLAVA – ESET has published a comprehensive overview of risks stemming from Thunderspy, a series of vulnerabilities in Thunderbolt technology, and possible protections. Via Thunderspy, an attacker can change – possibly even remove – the security measures of the Thunderbolt interface on a computer. As a result, an attacker with physical access to the target computer can steal…

Issued by: ESET

29/7/2020

BRATISLAVA – ESET has released its Q2 2020 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems and highlighting notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research, including exclusive, previously unpublished ESET research updates. Threats related to the COVID-19 crisis defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020, the Q2 2020 Threat Report shows. “Our telemetry…

Issued by: ESET

27/7/2020

BRATISLAVA – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has earned high scores for its Endpoint Protection Advanced Cloud in the AV-Comparatives H1 Business Security Test 2020. AV-Comparatives, a leading independent testing organization, uses one of the largest collections of malware samples worldwide to create a real-world environment for highly accurate testing. In the report, a series…

Issued by: SANS

22/7/2020

Bethesda, MD; July 22, 2020 SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), a curriculum focus area of SANS Institute, today announces the availability of version 7 of the REMnux® toolkit for malware analysis, founded and primarily maintained by Lenny Zeltser, SANS Faculty Fellow and course author. Updates to the REMnux toolkit will be shared and…

Issued by: Fortinet

21/7/2020

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet “As our customers continue to rely more on cloud environments and applications, Fortinet offers the broadest and most integrated portfolio to secure all of their workloads. Customers need to secure their applications and cloud environments with as little management overhead as possible….