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Salt Security, the leading API security company, today announced the addition of Gilad Gruber to the Salt executive team as senior vice president of engineering. A technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Gruber brings deep expertise in both consumer and enterprise software solutions. In the newly created role, Gruber will lead engineering functions and drive technology innovation, as the company continues to provide enterprise organisations with the most mature, robust, and intelligent...

Keeper Security, the provider of cloud-based zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords, secrets and connections, has released findings from its Privileged Access Management Survey: User Insights on Cost & Complexity. The report explores global insights from IT and security executives, revealing an overwhelming industry desire for Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions that are easier to deploy and maintain. In fact,  84% of global IT leaders say they want to simplify their PAM solutions in 2023....

Dragos have released the findings from their annual Year in Review report for 2022. The report covers the state of the industrial sectors and the threats against them. Significantly, the report disclosed the identification of two new threat groups: CHERNOVITE and BENTONITE. It also examines new and existing threat activity, key ransomware findings, service engagement updates, as well as information disclosed around key vulnerabilities. Specifically, the report found that cybersecurity risks for industrial organizations continued...

Hackers and scammers have recently been taking advantage of the excitement surrounding HBO’s new adaption of the popular video game franchise The Last of Us. Technology expert Prateek Jha from VPNOverview.com warns fans of the franchise of the two scams circulating right now. Recently, Kaspersky researchers shared with VPNOverview details of two separate campaigns — a scam designed to inject PCs with malware and a phishing ploy designed to steal banking information and other financial data. “Gamers are...

Cato Networks today announced that it was named as a “Leader” and “Outperformer” by GigaOm in the analyst firm’s Radar for SD-WAN Report. This is the first year that Cato was included in the report, alongside 19 other notable vendors in the SD-WAN market. Despite Cato’s “freshman” status, GigaOm rates Cato an Outperformer overall and at the top of the list in both Key Criteria capabilities and Evaluation Metrics. Figure 1: The GigaOm SD-WAN Radar...

Ion Markets, a financial data group crucial to the financial plumbing underlying the derivatives trading industry, has fallen prey to the cybercrime group Lockbit.  The company has revealed that 42 clients have been affected by the attack, which has caused major disruption in its cleared derivatives division.  Reports suggest that some clients have been unable to contact Ion by phone since Tuesday, with some travelling to the company's office at St Pauls to seek more...

With the proliferation of cyber attacks in all industries, organizations are beginning to grasp the growing significance of cyber risk and how this is an integral part of protecting and maintaining an efficient business. Ransomware is the single biggest cyber threat to global businesses; in fact, during the first half of 2022 alone, there were a total of 236.1 million cases of ransomware, which reflects the immense risk to which companies of all sizes are...

JD Sports has warned customers that bought items on its website, as well as those of Size?, Blacks and Millets, between November 2018 and October 2020 may have been impacted in the breach. The company has urged customers to be wary of potential phishing emails, calls and texts in the aftermath of the breach, while claiming they were proactively contacting those whose details were confirmed to be stolen. Paul Bischoff, Consumer Privacy Advocate at Comparitech...

Acronis, a global and visionary cyber protection company, today announced a three-year partnership with London´s oldest professional football club, Fulham FC. EveryCloud.co.uk will support Acronis as its ‘Strategic #Cyberfit’ delivery partner providing its cutting-edge cyber protection solutions and cloud backup service to the club. Under the Strategic #Cyberfit delivery partner EveryCloud.co.uk, Acronis will provide Premier League side Fulham FC with a full suite of cyber protection solutions. Arturs Banks, Head of IT of Fulham FC,...

Strathclyde University’s cyber spin-out Lupovis has launched a new service designed to help security analysts and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) identify false positive security alerts from genuine threats. False positives are flagged by security products that identify an innocent activity as a malicious attack and security analysts often spend a significant proportion of their day investigating them. This drains resources and overwhelms often unstaffed security teams. Through Lupovis’s new platform features, which are dubbed...