Newly released report ahead of GISEC Global 2024 offers deep dive into current conditions of the region’s cyber security industry In 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) actively repelled more than 50,000 cyberattacks daily, according to the UAE Cybersecurity Council. In the first three quarters of the same year, the country successfully prevented over 71…
Resecurity identified a new solution advertised on the Dark Web – GEOBOX, a custom software, purpose-built for Raspberry Pi devices, representing an evolution in tooling for fraud and anonymization. Notably, the cybercriminals transformed widely used geek-favorite device into a ‘plug-and-play’ weapon for digital deception – enabling the operator to spoof GPS locations, emulate specific…
CISA Releases Guidance For Critical Infrastructure To Defend Against Chinese Hacking Group CISA, along with several other U.S. authorities including the NSA, FBI and global partner Five Eyes cyber security agencies have warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect their systems against the Chinese Volt Typhoon hacking group. Volt Typhoon (also known as Vanguard Panda, Brronze…
CybeReady a global leader in autonomous cybersecurity learning, is pleased to announce the launch of its new Internal Communications Center. This innovative management dashboard is designed to enhance how organizations orchestrate and communicate cybersecurity engagement among their employees, making it easier to keep everyone continually informed and committed to mastering the cybersecurity education process. …
Cisco has released patches to address a high-severity security flaw impacting its Secure Client software that could be exploited by a threat actor to open a VPN session with that of a targeted user. Cisco described the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20337 (CVSS score: 8.2), as allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a carriage return…
Each smart phone is always connected to the internet and applications are downloaded from different sources. Hence securing all these applications is a monumental task as each application has its own security vulnerabilities. In an interview with securitydive.in, Clement SAAD, CEO, Pradeo, uncovered some of the startling revelations and explained how serious challenge it is…
Leading female figures in the global cybersecurity industry will unite at the regional super-connector to discuss the obstacles and opportunities shaping their careers As the Middle East’s largest and most impactful cybersecurity event, GISEC Global continues to provide a solid platform and expand the opportunities for women in the field, fuelling the growth of a…
Google has launched few AI based initiatives that is based on AI Cyber defense to leverage to boost cyber security. The company also announced $2 million in research grants and strategic partnerships to support research at several institutes, including The University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford. The program supports universities to train the next…
The Global Cybersecurity Association (GCA), a dedicated non-profit body, announced the launch of ‘GCA Index’ at a conference in New Delhi titled “Empowering Cybersecurity: Bringing youth, industry citizen & government on a common platform”. This first-of-its kind Index will serve as a go-to reliable resource, offering insights into various use cases and highlighting products, services,…
Since the early era of organized cybercrime and state sponsored cyber crime, it has travelled a long way and has become extremely lethal and devastative in nature today. Turbulent geo-political situations across the globe have added more fuel to scale up such attacks worldwide. So, what does the future look like? Ever increasing attacks on…
