Cyber Security

A Finnish authority has ordered units of the approved high assurance mobile encryption solution Sectra Tiger/S from international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra. 

Nebulon has announced TripLine, a new threat detection service designed to alert customers when a cryptographic ransomware attack has been detected, as well as the precise location and point-in-time the attack occurred.

Ransomware attackers extorted $456.8 million from victims in 2022, 40% down from the $765.6 million in the previous year. However, before we clink glasses to celebrate victory, there are some significant caveats to consider.

Keysight Technologies launches a new cybersecurity partnership programme for managed security service providers (MSSP) to improve the security posture of organisations using the industry-leading breach and attack simulation (BAS) capabilities of Keysight Threat Simulator. 

Each year at RSA Conference, the SANS Institute provides an authoritative briefing on the most dangerous new attack techniques leveraged by modern-day attackers, including cyber criminals, nation-state actors, and more.

BlackBerry has released its latest Quarterly Global Threat Intelligence Report, highlighting an increase in cyber attacks directed at financial institutions, food retailers and healthcare providers, with 60% of all attacks targeting these three key industries.

As people, technologists, and organisations, we have a wealth of technology and connectivity at our fingertips. This has clear benefits for how we live and work, offering greater flexibility, productivity, and scalability for businesses. Sadly, cyber-criminals also have great opportunities to strike. And when they do, their actions not only impact the targeted person or organisation, but their customers and wider stakeholders too.

Attackers are targeting under-resourced suppliers with weaker defences as a way of disrupting or compromising larger organisations. 

At Hannover Messe, Germany, BlackBerry released the 'BlackBerry Manufacturing Cybersecurity Study' with a warning that outdated and unsupported legacy operational technologies (OT) are exposing substantial vulnerabilities for UK manufacturers facing escalating threats from nation-state attacks.

The endpoint protection platforms (EPP) market is predicted to be worth $3,980 million in 2023 and rise to $10,323.09 million by 2033. Initially, the global market was expanding at a CAGR of 7.9% from 2018 to 2022.