Experts from The Chertoff Group, a global security advisory firm that enables clients to navigate changes in security risk, technology and policy, developed a list of the biggest cyber threats to watch out for in 2019. Cryptojacking. If the recent and explosive growth of ransomware is an indication of anything, it is that criminal organizations will continue to employ malware for profit. Cryptojacking, otherwise known as “Cryptomining malware”, uses both invasive methods of initial a...
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Turkey is reeling under a massive cyberattack purportedly carried out by the hacktivist group Anonymous. The targets of the attacks include the websites of the government and banks....
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Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy a majority stake in Accuvant, a 12-year-old company that offers cybersecurity software and consulting services to companies and governments....
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"Fortinet has closed its $44 million acquisition of Wi-Fi specialist Meru Networks.
The deal will give Fortinet a bigger foothold in the $5 billion global enterprise Wi-Fi market, with integrated secure wireless solutions.
Fortinet already offers the FortiAP secure wireless access points and FortiWiFi integrated security appliances for enterprise branch offices and small businesses, which are part of the company’s “advanced technologies” portf...
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Global leaders have been urged to ensure that data protection and cyber security measures still encourage innovation in the tech sector, ahead of this year’s G20 summit. TechUK, the representative body for the tech industry in the UK, has released a position paper with a number of global technology bodies and associations, which sets out seven priorities for the governments making up the G20. It said: “The G20 is a critically important setting for the world’s leading government...
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Chancellor George Osborne has promised a £1.9bn investment in cyber security over the next five years and to “aggressively defend” public services from cyber attacks Chancellor George Osborne has launched a National Cyber Security Plan and increased cyber security funding to £1.9bn....
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