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June 8, 2021

Siloscape: First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers

Siloscape is heavily obfuscated malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers. Its main purpose is to open a backdoor into poorly configured Kubernetes clusters in order to run malicious containers.
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June 7, 2021

T1 2021 Threat Report on trending vulnerabilities and configuration flaws

SET Research aims to have a triannual publication, For easier orientation, the T1 abbreviation will be used to describe the period from January to April, T2 from May to August, and T3 from September to December.
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May 27, 2021

Cisco Talos finds nearly 70% of ransomware attacks result from cybercrime tools

The top variants between November 2020 and January 2021 were Ryuk and Vatet. Cisco Talos has also observed variants of Egregor and WastedLocker continuing to target organizations across the globe.
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May 27, 2021

Adversaries spend 250+ hours undetected in target networks on average

Ransomware featured in 81% of incidents and 69% of attacks involved the use of the remote desktop protocol (RDP) for lateral movement inside the network.
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May 26, 2021

SCA and MoE to reimagine future of financial services industry in UAE

The Fintech Megathon 2021 is centered on finding innovative technical solutions to challenges facing the services sector under eight thematic areas, namely asset management/investment advisory, digital assets/cryptocurrencies, crowdfunding, forex (trading of foreign currencies, e-KYC form, SME financing, financial inclusion, and suptech and regtech. the megathon encourages innovators, financial institutions, regulators, and other ecosystem partners across the UAE .
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May 7, 2021

TII’s directed energy research centre partners with world-leading universities

The collaborations follow a series of rapid announcements at Technology Innovation Institute since the first Advanced Technology Research Council board meeting in August 2020. Directed Energy Research Centre is one of the initial seven dedicated research centres at Technology Innovation Institute. The strategic partnerships will advance breakthroughs across the field of directed energy and its sub-disciplines.
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May 6, 2021

World Password Day – 2021 Edition! – By David Mahdi, Gartner

As a Gartner analyst that spends quite a bit of time focusing on identity and authentication (IAM); there is a lot to be said about passwords. I won’t spend any time highlighting all the joys (not!) about passwords.
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April 27, 2021

Hackers are using Telegram as a remote malware distribution center story

The attacker first creates a Telegram account and a Telegram ‘bot.’ A Telegram bot account is a special remote account with which users can interact by Telegram chat or by adding them to Telegram groups, or by sending requests directly from the input field by typing the bot's Telegram username and a query.
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April 25, 2021

Dubai free zone inks deal for region’s largest precious metals refinery

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre says refinery and storage facility will […]
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April 24, 2021

Cybereason uncovers botnet campaign leveraging Microsoft Exchange vulnerability

The threat actor, a Russian speaker, is taking advantage of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities to penetrate random networks. This threat has likely resulted in steep financial and data losses for companies.
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