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CyberMDX, a provider of medical cybersecurity solutions announced the completion of integration certification for Microsoft Azure Security Center for IoT. The new cooperation integrates CyberMDX’s visibility and detection capabilities with Microsoft Azure Security Center for IoT to receive intelligent clinical...
The U.K., Georgia, and the U.S. accused the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of a disruptive cyberattack against Georgia on October 28, 2019, which affected the Georgian population, operations of several thousand Georgian government and privately-run websites,...
IIT-Madras (IIT-M), India’s premier technical university, faced a cyberattack, which resulted in a takedown of its email services and servers. The type and extent of the cyberattack are not certain but for technical assistance and expertise, IIT-M onboarded Microsoft....
Proactive Cyber Systems (Pcysys), a provider of Automated Penetration Testing services, announced that the National Research Institute for the Behavioral Sciences and Henrietta Szold Institute chose“PenTera” as its penetration-testing platform, with an aim to continuously test and validate its...
A report from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3) revealed that hackers secured as much as US$3.5 billion from cybercrime which were reported to the FBI alone in 2019. It’s said that the FBI received 467,361 complaints from individuals...
CyberArk, a company involved in privileged account security, shared recommendations from information security executives at Global 1000 enterprises on how to securely drive innovation via Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The report, “The CISO View: Protecting Privileged Access in Robotic Process...
A ransomware attack on a U.S. natural gas supplying facility brought its operations to a standstill for two days when the organization’s incidence response team implemented a deliberate and controlled shutdown to contain the ransomware spread. In an alert...
South Africa-based Nedbank faced a customer data breach through a third-party service provider, Computer Facilities (Pty) Ltd. This firm takes care of Nedbank’s SMS and email marketing campaigns. Nedbank’s data breach has potentially affected its 1.7 million customers of...
Endpoint protection firm SentinelOne announced that it raised US$200 million in Series E funding led by private equity firm Insight Partners along with the participation from Tiger Global Management, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, Vista Public Strategies of Vista Equity Partners,...
A recent survey from security firm, Extreme Networks, revealed that organizations remain highly vulnerable to IoT-based attacks. The research, which surveyed 540 security professionals across organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, found that 84% of organizations have IoT...