Wombat Security Technologies

The Hill | January 22, 2020

Cybersecurity threats are seemingly omnipresent in today’s hyper-connected, digital world. In fact — no surprise here — they will only continue to increase in sophistication, frequency, diversity, scale, and scope this year and in the near future. New Internet-based technologies aimed at creating efficiencies and increasing connectivity between people and places also help proliferate cyber threats and risks.As more internet-connected devices go online and the so-called “a...

CyberProof | July 15, 2020

CyberProof Inc., a UST Global company, has become an official member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association – an organization of cyber security industry leaders – and will be partnering with Microsoft in providing cloud-based security services to joint customers. Microsoft customers will now be able to access CyberProof services through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace to take advantage of our cloud-native, next-generation managed security services – in order to accel...

BBC | March 07, 2020

Redcar and Cleveland Council's systems have been down since 8 February after a ransomware attack.The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands no ransom has been paid. Concerned about "sensitive" information being discussed, council officials requested not to answer councillors' questions in public. Assistant director of governance Steve Newton said: "There is still a criminal investigation ongoing and I'm not quite sure where these questions will lead." At th...

utilities-me | April 07, 2020

The outbreak of Covid-19 poses a challenge to many businesses across the globe, also impacting information security as ill-wishing threat actors actively seek to exploit the situation. With the increasing use of remote technology and employees working from home, it is crucial that cybersecurity is included in contingency planning and has the attention of the Board. Since the worldwide outbreak of Covid-19, there has been an increase in malware using the virus itself as the bait. Cybercriminals t...