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Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, today announced BloxOne™ Threat Defense, the industry’s first hybrid security offering that leverages DNS as the first line of defence to detect and block today’s sophisticated cyber threats. With a scalable hybrid architecture, BloxOne Threat Defense secures enterprises’ existing networks as well as digital transformations like cloud, IoT and SD-WAN deployments. It makes an organisation’s threat analysts more productive and reduces the total cost of enterprise...

ThreatAware - the cybersecurity monitoring and compliance platform - has added a new reporting feature which provides businesses with a full audit trail on any aspect of their IT security. It allows users to create a full report on the status of their cybersecurity and record any actions they have taken - whether they are preparing for an ISO audit and want to show they are complying with security standards, to demonstrate their response to...

Experts from Positive Technologies ICS Security and Application Analysis departments found multiple vulnerabilities in 12 components of APROL industrial process automation systems made by B&R Automation (Austria). This system is used in the oil and gas industry, energy, mechanical engineering, and other industries. The most dangerous are five vulnerabilities (listed 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 in the manufacturer's notice) allowing remote attackers to run arbitrary code in the APROL system. Because vulnerable components are used...

A research project called PhishFarm suggests otherwise, claiming that mobile browsers protected by Google’s anti-phishing mechanism failed to detect any phishing sites between mid-2017 and late 2018. Source: NakedSecurity

Cyber security professionals in the UK are struggling to hold back the ever-increasing wave of threats with limited resources, leading many to consider quitting their jobs. Source: ITPro

Nearly 90 per cent of hacking prosecutions in the UK last year resulted in convictions, though the odds of dodging prison remain high, an analysis by The Register has revealed. Source: The Register

Malicious URL links in emails are now one of the key threats spreading malware into computer systems, outnumbering email attachments five to one in prevalence. Source: CBR

Turla, an infamous advanced persistent threat (APT) group, is using new PowerShell-based tools that provide direct, in-memory loading and execution of malware, executables and libraries. Source: Infosecurity Magazine

A fresh wave of attacks against MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers has been detected across the globe, launched in the quest for cryptocurrency. Source: ZD Net

A staggering number of the UK's most popular websites are failing to comply with GDPR, according to a report. A research team from ImmuniWeb selected the 100 most visited websites for each of the 28 European member states, finding that the majority were using non-compliant processes or insecure systems to host and manage user data. Source: ITPRO