Expert Speak
IoT Malware Exploits Router Vulnerability
Written by: Cong Zheng, Claud Xiao, Yanhui Jia of Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
Your Safe Online Shopping Guide for the Holidays
Guest written by: Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet Online retailers are gearing up for the biggest shopping day of the year. With more consumers doing their holiday shoppin...
Microsoft Story Labs Talks About the Blockchain Tech
The year 2017 has seen Blockchain finally penetrating the mainstream consciousness. Since it’s a shared, distributed ledger that can store the complete transaction history of not just cryptocurrency b...
Is Your Device Part of an Illegal Hacking Gang?
A year on from the Mirai botnet’s first major attack – which brought much of the internet to a standstill, Norton by Symantec has revealed how the global botnet has grown and which countries and...
Bad Rabbit Malware Spreads Across Europe Through Social Engineering
Organizations in Russia and Ukraine were under siege on Tuesday 24 October 2017 from Bad Rabbit, a strain of ransomware with similarities to NotPetya. By evening, the outbreak was reportedly spreading...
WPA2 Has Been Broken. What Now?
By Kalle Bjorn, Director – Systems Engineering at Fortinet Early Monday morning it was announced that WPA2, WiFi’s most popular encryption standard, had been cracked. A new attack method called KRACK ...
Security Lessons From The Latest HBO Hack
Guest written by: Alex Manea, Security Director, BlackBerry Early last week HBO suffered a massive cyberattack, with hackers stealing 1.5 terabytes of data from inside their network, including upcomin...
Are Smartphones Threatening the Security of Our IoT Devices?
By 2020, the number of Internet of Things devices is estimated to surpass 20 billion. From smart fridges to coffee makers and Barbie dolls, connected things will soon fill our households. Many of thes...
Here’s Why You Should Own a NAS for Your Home Media Server
Guest written by: Nick Jheng, Sales Account Manager at Synology The need for reliable data storage is no longer confined to office premises. It has found its way to homes with the amount of files that...