A supplier of cyber security solutions in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Cognosec has acquired the South African company Intact Software Distribution. The acquisition adds to Cognosec’s portfolio in the areas of innovative portal technologies for the sale...
Joining the bandwagon of the cyber-secured countries in the world, Germany has launched a cyber-command unit which will boast an equal status of that of the army, air force, and navy. With this, Germany has become the first NATO...
In action designed to curtail the WannaCry malware, Microsoft has embedded into its most recent Patch Tuesday — its regular security patch release — code to address the tough cyber crime software.
Also known as WannaCrypt and WanaCrypt0r 2.0, the...
The attorney general of the United States, the chief law enforcement agent for the country, vigorously denied in sworn testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee any collusion with Russian officials that would have undermined the 2016 national election. He...
At a recent RiskSec Toronto 2017 presentation, Foote Partners reported that senior cyber security specialists in the first quarter of 2017 averaged a salary of $118,887 in the United States. Non-senior specialists earned $100,279 in the same time period,...
Fears concerning the ability of hackers to launch cyber attacks against national electrical grids have been renewed by a recent report. Partnering in the analysis was the security software firm ESET, based in Slovakia, and Dragos, a U.S. company...
A proposed cyber security bill in the Malaysian parliament seeks to regulate not only current cyber crimes, but also lay the groundwork to deal with coming threats. According to Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak, who is a...
At the recent Singapore-Australia Leaders’ Summit, the two nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pledging greater cooperation on cyber security issues. The agreement pledges greater information exchange between the nations, including a regular exchange of information regarding cyber...
Raising an initial $9.5 million via the Silicon Valley venture capital company Greylock Partners, Obsidian Security is about to join the cyber security landscape as a startup. The company is targeting the cloud and data center sectors with cyber...
The cyber security firm BT has released a new service focused on the mobile device sector. BT Managed Endpoint Security provides tools to ease the management of mobile devices and provide greater security.
This new product line is an outgrowth...
