Navigating The Hajj Season: A Time Of Spiritual Unity & Rising Cyber Threats Targeting Consumers

  During the Hajj season, there is an increased risk of online scams targeting individuals who are planning to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. Fraudsters employ various tactics to deceive and defraud unsuspecting pilgrims. According to the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA), every year, around 25,000 pilgrims from the UK travel to Saudi Arabia…

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Remote Work, Aging Tech Targeted by Canada Cybersecurity Plan

(Bloomberg)  The Canadian government released its first-ever cybersecurity strategy on Wednesday, with the aim of addressing challenges posed by remote work, cloud computing, aging infrastructure and recruitment. The strategy, announced by Treasury Board President Anita Anand, concluded that government departments and agencies generally lacked “repeatable” processes to identify and respond to new and emerging cyber…

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Dell Admits to Data Breach: Sensitive User Data in Peril

The American technology giant has notified some of its customers about a data breach that involved sensitive data, including users’ physical addresses. Dell Technologies says that it’s currently investigating an incident “involving a Dell portal,” which contains a database with customer information related to purchases. “We believe there is not a significant risk to our…

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Palo Alto Networks and IBM to Jointly Provide AI-powered Security Offerings

IBM to Deliver Security Consulting Services Across Palo Alto Networks Security Platforms News Summary:  IBM to platformize internal security solutions with Palo Alto Networks; Palo Alto Networks will be its preferred cybersecurity partner across network, cloud and SOC Palo Alto Networks will incorporate watsonx large language models (LLMs) in Cortex XSIAM to deliver additional Precision…

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Misinformation and Hacktivist Campaigns Target The Philippines Amidst Rising Tensions With China

Amidst rising tensions with China in the South China Sea, Resecurity has observed a significant spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024, increasing nearly 325% compared to the same period last year. The number of cyberattacks involving hacktivist groups and foreign misinformation campaigns has nearly tripled. In Q2 2024, this growth trajectory continues, with Resecurity observing multiple cyberattacks staged by previously unknown threat actors. These attacks are characterized by the…

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Zscaler Acquires Airgap Networks to Enhance Zero Trust SASE

Zscaler has announced the acquisition of Airgap Networks, a company renowned for its agentless segmentation technology. This acquisition is set to redefine the way enterprises protect their internal traffic, particularly in IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments. Cybersecurity rapidly evolves, with adversaries employing sophisticated techniques to bypass traditional security measures. However, traditional methods like Network…

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Be the Change: Leveraging AI to Fast Track Next-GenCyber Defenders; Diwakar Dayal, SentinelOne

Diwakar Dayal, MD and Country Manager at SentinelOne Cybersecurity is among the top things keeping CISOs up at night. To keep their infrastructure and data safe, security teams have to manage an ever-growing number of data sources on the scale of petabytes. While the know-how to protect these assets exist, the lack of skilled talent…

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