Belfast-based cybersecurity firm B-Secur, the creator of a software that can turn human heartbeat pattern into an ID, was able to secure £3.5 million in investments from multiple investors in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Accelerated Digital Ventures...
In the recently held 2017 Black Hat conference, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Facebook Alex Stamos reprimanded the security industry for being more concerned about the technological aspect of a cyber attack rather than being focused on finding...
The European police and Kaspersky Lab conducted a study that reported, “Ransomware has soared since 2012, with criminals lured by the promise of profit and ease of implementation.” According to Kaspersky Lab, “total number of users who encountered ransomware...
A recent study by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandom School of Engineering has revealed that the victims of ransomware attacks have collectively paid more than $25 million as ransom in the past couple...
To accelerate the commercialization of cybersecurity products in India, the country’s government organizations Technology Development Board (TDB) and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) have entered a partnership. The two organizations would be working to come up with a...
Digital economy training company Simplilearn and cyber security leader EC-Council announced their partnership to bridge the growing skill gap in cyber security, one of the fastest-growing careers in the U.S. and globally. Simplilearn now offers the same EC-Council 'Certified Ethical Hacking' course used...
In a massive botched data transfer, Sweden’s Transport Agency sent information about every vehicle in the country to marketers. The agency believed it was moving the data to cloud storage via an outsourcing agreement with IBM, but apparently, the...
The director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has publicly stated his objection to any cooperative U.S.-Russian cybersecurity unit. It has been reported that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin supposedly discussed the idea in private...
Sources report that the company behind Snapchat has acquired Strong.Codes, a Swiss company that specialized in creating barriers to the lifting of code from software. Snap recently hired Laurent Balmelli, the co-founder and software engineer of Strong.Codes. Apparently, Balmelli...
According to reports, Blackstone Group is in advanced stage of negotiations with Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group to acquire 40% of the stakes at an estimated value of $400 million. As a second buyer, Clearsky is expected to collaborate...
