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The cryptominer was recently discovered when attackers targeted internet-facing database servers (SQL servers), and the MrbMiner was downloaded and installed.More

Gerard Burgess discusses the technical and engineering challenges the company faced due to pandemic-related restrictions, the rise in security threats, and how partners and customers can best navigate the new year.More

This will contribute to a swelling of the valuation of the cybersecurity market, which is set to reach $60.2 billion this year.More

The proliferation of cloud-based deployments will largely drive this, the report says, as the COVID-19 pandemic motivates more enterprises to move their workloads to the cloud and rely more on the internet. More

The programme, which runs an open data registry of vulnerabilities, enables programme stakeholders to correlate vulnerability information used to protect systems against attacks. More

The new body will be co-chaired by Tech Data director of security solutions Tracy Holtz, and Alvaka Networks chief operating officer and chief information security officer Kevin McDonald.More

The research also found that 35% of the breaches recorded by Tenable were caused by ransomware attacks, while 14% of breaches stemmed from email compromises.More

2021 will see several themes develop into full blown security threats, many of them borne from the struggles of pandemic-stricken 2020, writes Wontok head of technology Mick Esber.More

The move is a culmination of a medley of acquisitions made by Hornetsecurity recently, following the January 2019 acquisition of Spamina, a Spanish cloud email security company, as well as EveryCloud, its British market partner, in early 2020.More

Many significant cybersecurity events have occurred since the year 2000 — not every one of them ‘firsts’, but all of them correlating with a change in security behaviour or protection.More

Discoveries made by analysts at Sophos have unearthed a new development: ransomware code appears to have been shared across ‘families’, and some of the ransomware groups seemed to work in collaboration more than in competition with one another. More

On-demand, always-on and hybrid models provide different services for different needs, writes Radware product marketing manager Eyal Arazi.More

2020 has presented the world with constant changes, curveballs and shifts in business strategy.  This has caused the infosecurity industry to implement real-world solutions which are likely to remain beyond the end of this global pandemic and into 2021.More

While web application firewalls (WAFs) play a critical role in protecting applications, deploying and managing a WAF can be complicated and require ongoing refinement of security policies.More

Kaspersky detected more trojans, backdoors and worms than last year, representing an overall 5.2% increase in detected malicious files year-on-year.More

Joining from Talend, where he held the similar role of A/NZ country manager, Singer will be charged with continuing Zscaler’s growth of its cloud security solutions for private and public sector enterprises. More

Intelligence management platforms now playing a much more global and cross-functional role in the cybersecurity sector, writes ThreatQuotient regional director for APJC Anthony Stitt.More

CISOs must determine what their organisation’s security goals are, including the organisation’s risk profile and appetite, and, of course, their budget.More

When the lines become blurred between work and personal online interaction, exposure to cyber-risks increase dramatically, writes Vectra AI director of security engineering for APJ Chris Fisher.More

In part two of a three-part series, Nozomi Networks cybersecurity strategist Vincent Liu details the importance of integrating OT into the security operations centre, and why it is no longer optional for critical infrastructure companies and enterprises across Asia.More

The solution, which implements a zero trust approach to cloud workloads, aims to minimise attack surfaces and enforces security across multi-cloud footprints.More

In part one of a three-part series, Nozomi Networks cybersecurity strategist Vincent Liu explains why organisations need to use cybersecurity to balance the risks of converging IT and operational technology (OT).More

As part of the expansion, Malwarebytes has introduced new features to its platform to boost productivity for remote workers, including enhancements for its Brute Force Protection solution and its scan and detection engine. More

Shoppers should follow these tips to guard against being cheated and defrauded when shopping online. More