Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in an urgent press conference held in Canberra, briefed about sustained cyberattacks carried out by a sophisticated state-sponsored actor. These cyberattacks are not only targeted toward government organizations but also toward known corporate entities...
Security researchers from Positive Technologies discovered a critical vulnerability in IBM Maximo software. According to the researchers Arseny Sharoglazov and Andrey Medov, the vulnerability “CVE-2020-4529” allows threat actors to compromise internal enterprise networks. It was found that the severity...
A latest research from domain security provider CSC revealed that security gaps in enterprise domain security procedures expose organizations’ networks to cyber risks and vulnerabilities such as domain name system (DNS) hijacking, data fraud, and phishing attacks.
According to the...
Swiss-Singaporean cybersecurity firm Acronis has announced the appointment of industry veteran Steven McChesney as Chief Marketing Officer. In his new role, McChesney will be instrumental in helping Acronis build awareness around the importance of cyber protection, while also spearheading...
A recent study by Positive Technologies revealed that over 50% of mobile banking applications are vulnerable to fraud and data theft due to inadequate security layers. The analysis “Vulnerabilities and threats in Mobile Banking” found that banking apps have...
According to a new research, the Middle East cybersecurity pre-COVID-19 market size is estimated to grow from $16.1 billion in 2020 to $28.7 billion by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.2%, while the post-COVID-19 market...
CISO MAG hosted its latest webinar in the Fireside Chat series with Ajay Kumar, Director of Solutions Engineering at BeyondTrust. The topic for the webinar was “Cybersecurity in Times of Crisis”. Senior leaders and executives from countries like the...
An Israeli security company, JSOF, found 19 critical vulnerabilities in a widely used Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) software library developed by an Ohio-based Treck Inc. and named them collectively as Ripple20. Treck is a software solutions provider for...
A new survey by password security resource PasswordManagers.co revealed the countries that are most and least exposed to cyberattacks. The survey “Cybersecurity Exposure Index (CEI) 2020” analyzed and ranked 108 countries based on their exposure to Trojans, malware, and...
A new survey from Bitdefender revealed that 50% of infosec professionals did not have a contingency plan to face a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey “The Indelible Impact of COVID-19 on Cybersecurity” stated that lack of forward...
