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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...

After closely monitoring the most active ransomware groups in 2022, the KrakenLabs team at Outpost24 are sharing their latest report that delves deep into the significant ransomware trends, threat groups, victim profiles, and motives behind these attacks from the past year. In total, the researchers identified 2,363 disclosed victims by various ransomware groups on Data Leak Sites (DLS) in 2022. Key facts from the report include: Most active ransomware groups: Existing entities like LockBit, BlackCat, Hive, and...

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...

The partnership between Ivanti and Lookout, Inc is to be extended in a new announcement made today which will see Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security continue to be part of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform. The combined solution, which also includes Ivanti Go and Ivanti Neurons for Modern Device Management, allows Ivanti customers to deploy a mobile strategy to secure the hybrid workforce while reducing overall risk to the organisation. This cloud-based solution is now available as...

Two cybersecurity powerhouses, KnowBe4 and Crowdstrike, have come together to provide enhanced security for enterprises around the world. KnowBe4's SecurityCoach product is now integrated with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, with the collaboration designed to help reduce high risk behavior by leveraging CrowdStrike's security telemetry to discover security incidents, which trigger real-time security training from KnowBe4. SecurityCoach helps IT and security professionals develop a strong security culture by enabling real-time security coaching of their users in...

Cato Networks, provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE platform, announced today that Frank Rauch joins Cato as Global Channel Chief. Rauch's appointment headlines several channel leadership hirings and promotions meant to meet the growing channel demand for SASE and SSE. As Global Channel Chief, Frank will be responsible for driving the channel ecosystem globally, enabling partners everywhere to profit from the enterprise shift to cloud-native networking and security. With more than 30 years of leadership...

Hackers have launched a successful cyberattack against schools across the UK and has left confidential information related to pupils leaked online. In total, 14 schools have been impacted, with the sensitive data stolen including passport details, which were likely needed for trips abroad, as well as contracts and pay scales for members of staff. As reported by the BBC, the attack took place in 2022 with hacking group Vice Society named as the perpetrators. After...

Threat researchers at Lookout have discovered more than 300 loan apps that exhibit predatory behavior, such as exfiltrating excessive user data and harassing borrowers for payment in both Google Play and the Apple App Store. The apps, which were found across countries in Africa, Southeast Asia and South America, including India, Colombia, Nigeria and Mexico, purportedly offer quick, fully-digital loan approvals with reasonable loan terms. The research revealed 251 were Android and 35 iOS lending apps were...

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become a key component of software interaction and integration over the internet in the last decade. APIs serve as the bridge that allows applications to communicate effectively with each other using a set of predefined rules. APIs work when an application needs to connect with another. This connection starts in the form of one application initializing an interaction; this interaction comes in the form of an API request. The receiving...

Today, Comparitech released the results of its most recent study, looking at the true cost of ransomware on healthcare organisations around the world. It found that, since 2018, there have been 500 publicly-confirmed ransomware attacks; and this excludes those that may have not been disclosed at all. In total, these have crippled nearly 13,000 separate facilities and have impacted almost 49 million patient records. As such, Comparitech was able to estimate that these attacks exceed...