Woburn, MA – October 16, 2019 – According to Kaspersky, advanced persistent threat (APT) activity in the third quarter of 2019 has indicated an increase in the usage and number of new and previously unknown malicious toolsets. This research highlights a consistent trend that threat actors are further diversifying their techniques to evade detection. The three-month APT…
LEESBURG, Va. – October 16, 2019 – Cofense™, the global leader in intelligent phishing defense solutions, today announced it has entered a strategic Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) partnership with Eze Castle Integration, a leading provider of managed services and complete cloud solutions for the investment industry. Cofense will provide world-class security awareness and phishing simulation solutions to…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 15 October 2019 – SANS Institute, the world leader in cyber security training and certification, returns to Dubai in November with its biggest yet Gulf Region event. With ten essential information security training courses taught by SANS’ highly qualified, technically skilled instructors, the event will run over two weeks from November 16th – 28th 2019….
Woburn, MA – October 15, 2019 – Kaspersky honeypots detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of 2019. This figure is almost nine times greater than the number found in H1 2018, when about 12 million attacks were spotted, originating from 69,000 IP addresses. The findings…
OXFORD, U.K. – Oct. 14, 2019 – Sophos, a global leader in cloud-enabled next-generation cybersecurity, today announced that Thoma Bravo, a US-based private equity firm, has made an offer to acquire Sophos (LSE: SOPHOS) for $7.40 USD per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.9 billion. The board of directors of Sophos have stated their…
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced that leading analyst firm IDC has ranked VMware the No. 1 vendor in both worldwide cloud system and service management software(1) and IT automation and configuration management software(2) based on IDC calculations of 2018 calendar year…
BRATISLAVA, October 08, 2019 – UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) security has been a hot topic for the past few years, but, due to various limitations, very little UEFI-based malware has been found in the past. After having discovered the first UEFI rootkit in the wild, known as LoJax, ESET specialists set out to build…
Woburn, MA – October 3, 2019 – Kaspersky researchers have discovered new malware that hijacks victims’ interactions with HTTPS web pages by patching the pseudo random number generator used in establishing an encrypted connection. It gives actors the ability to spy on users’ browser activity, as well as to install rogue digital certificates. While the “S” in…
Bethesda, MD, October 3, 2019 – Today, 100 very talented students launched their final sprint to great jobs in cybersecurity. These 100 Cyber FastTrack winners excelled in 6 months of increasingly competitive challenges and in the process, outperformed more than 13,000 other candidates who began the quest with them in April of this year. Cyber…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced its commitment to the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) campaign, “Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT,” which encourages everyone to #BeCyberSmart. In support of the initiative, Symantec has launched an educational microsite featuring blog and video content, as well as three…
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