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Morphisec names Rohyt Belani as Strategic Advisor for channel growth

Morphisec appoints Rohyt Belani as Strategic Advisor to accelerate channel growth and strengthen its ransomware prevention partnerships with MSSPs.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Sep 2025

Malware

AI-driven phishing attacks outpace legacy email security filters

Cofense reveals AI-driven phishing emails bypass traditional defences every 42 seconds in 2024, posing a fresh challenge to email security systems.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 15th May 2025

Firewalls

Gigamon appoints new Asia-Pacific leaders to drive cloud security

Gigamon appoints David Land as VP Sales APAC and Nikolas Kalogirou as Country Manager ANZ to boost deep observability across Asia-Pacific markets.

By Melvin Hipolito • 3 min read • Wed, 7th May 2025

Phishing

Cofense report: Sophisticated email threats on the rise

Cofense's latest report reveals a sharp rise in sophisticated phishing attacks, with malicious emails now detected every 45 seconds, up from 57 seconds last year.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Nov 2024

Risk & Compliance

Experts call for resilience after cyber-attack on Trump's campaign

Experts urge resilient cyber measures after Trump's campaign hack reveals vulnerabilities, stressing decoy tactics, phishing awareness, and robust public sector security.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Aug 2024

Supply Chain

CrowdStrike outage fuels rise in phishing scams, experts argue

Experts are warning of phishing scams exploiting the CrowdStrike Falcon disruption, urging vigilance against fake fixes targeting impacted systems.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Jul 2024

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Trustwave appoints new SVP of engineering, Keith Ibarguen

Cybersecurity giant, Trustwave, announces the appointment of Keith Ibarguen as Senior VP of Engineering, tasked with leading product development and driving innovation based on his 25-year industry track-record.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Tue, 7th May 2024

Cybersecurity

CybeReady Strengthens Presence in DACH Region-– appoints Dirk Rausse as Regional Sales Director

CybeReady has appointed Dirk Rausse as the Regional Sales Director for DACH region to expand partner operations for its security training solutions.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Thu, 25th May 2023

Phishing

Netpoleon and Cofense extend partnership to New Zealand

The partnership will see the companies bring their advanced phishing education, prevention and detection technology to New Zealand.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 18th Nov 2022

Crypto

Another cryptocurrency exchange breached, but at least investors are safe

Binance has been hacked, losing 7000 Bitcoin (USD $41 million) from its BTC hot wallet. Customer funds remain safe, covered by its Secure Asset Fund.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 9th May 2019

Phishing

Cofense launches MSSP program to provide phishing defence for SMBs

SMBs are highly susceptible to phishing attacks, and often lack the resources necessary to stop advanced threats.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 17th Jan 2019

Phishing

Cofense explains the PhishMe rebrand and human empowerment for complete phishing defense

Cofense, formerly PhishMe, is doubling down on harnessing human intelligence and tech for superior phishing defence, backed by private equity investment.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Apr 2018