Etisalat and Microsoft collaborate to secure UAE’s digital borders

“We align with the UAE Vision 2030 and “Project of the 50” that propel design and executionof digital projects based on need and sustainability.Microsoft’s DCU supports our views and champions this partnership to adopt a strategy that would help the UAE protect digital borders and enhance the country’s cyber defences,” said Ayman A Alshehi, Vice President, Network Security, Etisalat.

Ransomware costs financial services organizations more than $2 million in recovery

Financial services is one of world’s most heavily regulated businesses. Organizations must comply with a slew of rules, including SOX, GDPR, and PCI DSS, which impose steep fines for non-compliance and data breaches. Many of these businesses must also establish business continuity and disaster recovery strategies to reduce the impact of data breaches or operational disruptions caused by a cyberattack.

UAE businesses often do not strictly enforce customer data privacy policies

” This rampant use of third-party trackers in the business space has severe ethical and privacy implications because of the enormous amounts of customer data being gathered through them,” said Hyther Nizam, President-MEA, Zoho Corp.

Check Point Research warns of potential Amazon mystery box scam

Check Point Research (CPR), the threat intelligence arm ofCheck Point® Software Technologies Ltd. warns of a potential phishing scam involving Amazon’s Mystery Boxes.

New IIS web server threats eavesdropping on governments and e-commerce sector

IIS malware is a broad category of threats used in cybercrime, cyberespionage, and SEO fraud. “Internet Information Services web servers have been targeted by various malicious actors, for cybercrime and cyberespionage alike. The software’s modular architecture, designed to provide extensibility for web developers, can be a useful tool for attackers,” says ESET researcher Zuzana Hromcová, author of the paper.