
Security

Cybersecurity has been a challenge from the beginning of IT and it will be until the end. It all started with endpoint and network security, but today we are also dealing with cloud security and training our employees to incorporate good security practices. All these new technologies that help us innovate also help cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers get new tools that they can use to access our systems and, in the worst cases, gain access to our most valuable data and trade secrets. Moreover, with new legislation such as GDPR, you have to make sure everything is secure or you will not only lose your reputation, but you could also be fined by the government. In short, protecting IT environments is more important than ever.
Timeline

KnowBe4 launches benchmark to compare security hygiene with industry norms
KnowBe4 has introduced the Security Culture Survey benchmark to help companies improve their security culture...

Belgian port giant Sea-Invest hit by hacking attack
The site of Sea-Invest in Ghent, a Belgian port terminal, has shut down all operations due to a hacking attac...

Check Point invests in code security through Spectral acquisition
Check Point is investing in code security. To this end, the organization acquired Spectral, an Israeli startu...

600,000 WordPress websites threatened by critical RCE vulnerability
Multiple versions of WordPress plugin 'Essential Addons for Elementor' are vulnerable to remote code executio...

‘We’ve mitigated the largest DDoS attack reported in history’
Microsoft announces that Azure DDoS Protection defended against a DDoS attack of 3.47 Tbps in November 2021. ...

New exploit in Windows 10 makes everyone an admin
A new vulnerability in Windows 10 allows hackers to become administrators. Microsoft has fixed the vulnerabil...

‘Social media fraudsters pocketed 690 million euros’
95,000 US residents fell victim to social media fraud in 2021. The total damage amounts to 770 million dollar...

Portnox raises $22 million in its Series A investment to fund growth
Portnox, a network security startup, officially known as Access Layers, announced on Thursday that it has clo...

Malware attacks via Excel XLL files rose by nearly 600 percent
Cyber attacks based on Microsoft Excel add-in files (.XLL) increased by nearly 600 percent in 2021. In a new ...

‘Log4j in VMware Horizon is being exploited by access brokers’
BlackBerry security researchers conclude that hacking group Prophet Spider is actively exploiting a Log4j vul...