First-of-a-kind solutions establish DarkMatter as the region’s pioneer in blockchain technology Solutions align with the UAE’s vision to foster the innovation and adoption of smart government infrastructure and development of smart technologies DarkMatter, an international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, has announced the launch of its blockchain advisory…
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday is a reminder why you shouldn’t click links or open attachments from unknown senders. Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday fixes dozens of critical flaws, among them five affecting Internet Explorer, Edge, and Office that have already been under attack. Tuesday’s update addresses 49 vulnerabilities within 10 security…
At least 250 Dutch webshops have been hit by hackers who installed software capable of skimming off customer credit card details, the Telegraaf said on Wednesday. The figures come from online security expert Willem de Groot, who researches attacks on internet retailers. He has found evidence of skimming on 5,900…
Black Duck Software started in the open source license compliance and governance space years ago, but the company made a big pivot to security solutions over the last couple of years. Black Duck CEO Lou Shipley told CRNtv that move came from customer demand. “Increasingly we were seeing big users…
Security focus is shifting to make it harder for intruders to leave with anything of value Outdated technology often acts as a company’s soft underbelly, leaving them open to cyber breaches. But the cost and inconvenience of moving from so-called legacy systems means such vulnerabilities are hard to address. Companies…
Antivirus software ain’t what it used to be. The sneaky, sophisticated security threats your PC faces now have gone far beyond what traditional software can do. The future of protecting your PC will require a multi-pronged approach involving vigilant updates, bug bounties, and artificial intelligence. Like any software, antivirus is…
Big Red Cloud survey finds 75% were able to deal with cybercrime without having to pay out Four in every 10 small and medium businesses in Ireland have suffered a cyberattack resulting in data being lost or stolen, according to a new survey. The business sentiment survey by online accounting…
On April 7, 2014, the world first learned about the Heartbleed vulnerability. A small flaw in OpenSSL’s implementation of the TLS/DTLS (transport layer security protocols) heartbeat extension (RFC6520), Heartbleed enables an attacker to unravel the encryption measures in systems protected by vulnerable OpenSSL software, which some at the time estimated…
A surveillance contractor was advertising a series of unknown vulnerabilities, orzero-days, as part of a wide-ranging—and shady—catalog of hacking services offered to governments around the world. Aglaya, a small and little-known Indian contractor, was selling zero-days for Windows operating systems, Microsoft Word, Android, WiFi exploits, and even for supervisory control…
Sophos is an international company specialising in security software and hardware. The company is a leader in the field of cybersecurity, developing products that prevent and combat a variety of cyber-attacks. Daily News Egypt interviewed Sophos’ vice president for the Middle East and Africa, Harish Chib, to discuss the IT…
Hackers using software to block data and then demand money in return are relying on increasingly advanced techniques more commonly seen in cyber-espionage cases, the antivirus company Symantec Corp. said…. Read more on this. , valued at $ecting to http://finance.ya, finished at $. Looking at today’s market, SYMC one day…
Your antivirus software may be making your computer more vulnerable to hackers instead of protecting it — and you should update it right now. Multiple “critical” vulnerabilities have been found in all antivirus software made by Symantec, including Norton brand products, Google’s Project Zero blog reported this week. “These vulnerabilities…
If you’re looking to protect your company PCs from malware then you could just equip each one with your preferred free antivirus package. You’ll get a reasonable level of protection, and it might well seem like you’re keeping costs to a minimum. Of course you’ll have to manually install each…
Software is very, very good at reducing costs — including, it seems, the cost of suppressing political dissent . As Nicole Perlroth writes, software companies are selling with little restriction spying and hacking tools to governments interested in quashing human-rights workers, political dissidents and journalists . Though the target clients…
Dive Brief: A group of University of Illinois researchers released a study this week that found 48% of people will plug an unknown USB drive into their computer. To test whether hackers could use booby-trapped USBs to gain network access, last year the researchers dropped 297 USB sticks on the…
This week, Whatsapp struck a blow for liberty by adding encryption to the popular messaging service – this foiling the plans of spies, cops and other snoops. End-to-end encrypted apps mean your messages are safe as they travel – the only person who can read them is the recipient. But…
Online businesses in the UK are being warned by Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) that they could be locked out of secure websites including those used to make salary payments, if they don’t act to update their systems. From 13 June, Bacs is adopting the new security, called SHA-2- SSL….
Security software firm Quick Heal Technologies has signed a MoU with Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to work jointly for detection of latest cyber security threats. The collaboration aims to address the increasingly complex problems associated with cyber security. The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) CERT-In, a technical and…
Cyber attacks are nothing new. The moment computers started becoming essential to our personal and professional lives, hackers were looking for ways to manipulate them and us for their own ends. Social media has become just another way for scammers to target people and businesses, and according to the 2015…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – A federal judge said Friday that plaintiffs claiming Lenovo installed malicious adware on computers it sold to them have standing to bring their case, despite taking issues with some of their claims. “There are sufficient allegations for standing,” U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte said Friday…
