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Staff in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey fear that a cyberattack may disrupt robotised production for weeks

January 18, 2023 admin 0

Robotics are used together with industrial control systems for production, replacing manual labour and improving business efficiency. However, according to recent Kaspersky research, the majority of employees surveyed in manufacturing companies in the Middle East, [c]

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Sophos unveils XGS series firewall appliances with transport layer security inspection

April 23, 2021 admin 0

Sophos has unveiled new XGS Series firewall appliances with unrivaled performance and advanced protection against cyberattacks. The new appliances feature industry-best Transport Layer Security (TLS) inspection, including native support for TLS 1.3, that is up [c]

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Report flags ransomware, other significant cyberattack trends set to shape IT security in 2021

November 18, 2020 admin 0

Sophos has published the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviors, from advanced to entry level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The report, written by [c]

Analysis & Features

This year’s security lessons for 2020

December 16, 2019 admin 0

By Prischal Bahgoo 2019 was a big year for online criminals focusing on South Africa. Financial institutions, internet service providers and state departments were all targeted. Several banks were hit by denial of service (DDoS) attacks, [c]

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Over 50% of incident response requests made after cyber attack is complete, damage done

October 9, 2019 admin 0

Around 56% of Incident Response (IR) requests processed by Kaspersky security experts in 2018 happened after the affected organisation experienced an attack that had visible consequences such as unauthorised money transfers, workstations encrypted by ransomware [c]

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After initial $25 million, K1 Capital invests another $15 million in IT security firm, IRONSCALES

September 11, 2019 admin 0

IRONSCALES, the automated phishing prevention, detection and response platform, has announced that it has closed a $15 million Series B, led by returning investor K1 Investment Management, the investment firm focused on enterprise software. A [c]

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Preparing for tomorrow’s threats – Fortinet 2019 threat predictions

December 17, 2018 admin 0

To manage increasingly distributed and complex networks, organizations are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to automate tedious and time-consuming activities that normally require a high degree of human supervision and intervention. To address this transformation of the security [c]

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Sophos adds endpoint detection, response capability to Intercept X Advanced solution

October 9, 2018 admin 0

Sophos has added Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to its Intercept X endpoint protection portfolio. Intercept X Advanced with EDR powered by deep learning technology delivers faster, more extensive malware discovery and is available today through [c]

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Kaspersky discovers vulnerabilities that make gas stations easy targets for hackers

February 9, 2018 admin 0

Kaspersky Lab researchers have helped uncover a number of unknown vulnerabilities that have left gas stations around the world exposed to remote takeover, often for years. The vulnerabilities were found in an embedded gas station [c]

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Importance of Operational Technology systems in maintaining secure standard of living

December 11, 2017 admin 0

By Ronald Jules Hebert, Jr. The Operational Technology (OT) networks (such as industrial control and supervisory control and data acquisition systems (ICS/SCADA) that run today’s modern society are a collection of devices designed to work together as an [c]

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Uber hack: Sophos urges developers not to embed access tokens, keys in source code repositories

November 22, 2017 admin 0

Uber has suffered a data breach that has affected 57 million customers and drivers. According to an IBM study the average cost of a data breach hit US$ 4 million up to US$ 3.8 million [c]

Analysis & Features

ESET detects Industroyer, biggest threat to industrial control systems since Stuxnet

June 13, 2017 admin 0

By Anton Cherepanov The 2016 attack on Ukraine’s power grid that deprived part of its capital, Kiev, of power for an hour was caused by a cyberattack. ESET researchers have since analyzed samples of malware, detected [c]

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