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DarkMatter analysis: UK telecom provider ‘3’ hacked

On November 18, 2016, UK mobile operator Three admitted millions of its customers’ private information was at risk after hackers broke into its security system. The company said hackers used an employee login to a...

New national privacy law in Qatar

The State of Qatar has announced that it has issued Law No. 13 of 2016 Concerning Privacy and Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”). Once gazetted, the Law will officially be the first national level...

Staying on course in the aftermath of a security breach

It’s the news that every security team fears, yet, the fact is that any business can – and will – be the victim of a data breach at some point, many more than once. This is a particular concern for businesses in the Middl...

Securing the hybrid cloud: What skills do you need?

Hybrid cloud models offer many well-documented benefits, but they also introduce more complexity for securing data and applications across the enterprise. And this added complexity requires an increasingly diverse skill set...

Threat actor ‘StrongPity’ lures users in search of encryption

A stealthy threat actor known as StrongPity has spent the summer luring users of encryption software to its watering holes and infected installers, according to a recent report by Kaspersky Lab. Users in Italy and...

One DDoS attack can cost up to and over $1.6 million

According to the Corporate IT Security Risks 2016 study conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International among more than 4,000 representatives from 25 countries including the UAE, a single DDoS attack can cost a...

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