BlackBerry: Critical infrastructure most attacked late 2023
Organizations that are part of critical infrastructure face the most cyber attacks in September-December 2023.
That's according to BlackBerry researchers. Attacks mainly targeted the government, financial services, healthcare and communications sectors. In total, these sectors suffered 62% of th... Read more
New BlackBerry CEO gets task to successfully split IoT and Cybersecurity divisions
BlackBerry recently appointed John Giamatteo as its new CEO. In addition, the security and IoT specialist has decided to call off a proposed IPO of its IoT division.
BlackBerry recently appointed John Giamatteo, the current director of the cybersecurity division of BlackBerry, as its new CEO. H... Read more
CEO John Chen, who saved BlackBerry from collapse, is retiring
In 2013, the board of ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry appointed John Chen to save the company from collapse. Over the course of ten years, it has morphed its portfolio beyond recognition. Under the leadership of "turnaround CEO" Chen, it exited the phone market to focus entirely on cybersecurity... Read more
BlackBerry splits into separate security and IoT company
BlackBerry is going to split itself into two separate companies: one for its security business and one for its IoT ventures. The latter new company may go public next year.
BlackBerry, once started as Research in Motion (RIM), has decided to split its operations into two separate companies. One ... Read more
ChatGPT banned in three-quarters of organizations
In three-quarters of organizations, ChatGPT or other generative AI tools are not allowed to be used for work. Most indicate that this policy will be in place for a long period of time or even permanently.
75 percent of organizations are not keen on using generative AI in the workplace. In these... Read more
Government and public sector in demand by hackers
Last quarter, hackers mainly set their sights on government agencies and the public sector. The number of attacks increased by forty percent from a quarter earlier.
Governments and the public sector are in demand by hackers. BlackBerry's Quarterly Global Threat Intelligence report sees a 40 per... Read more
BlackBerry launches automotive operating system QNX on AWS
BlackBerry has made QNX OS available on AWS. Users can now run the operating system on EC2 instances to test automotive software.
QNX OS is installed in cars to run and manage onboard instruments and subsystems. The operating system ensures that computing and processing tasks are completed with... Read more
BlackBerry introduces managed service for threat intelligence
BlackBerry recently announced Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), a managed service that provides customers with threat intelligence to prevent, detect and combat security threats.
The managed threat intelligence service gives companies greater insight into targeted attacks on their enterprise envi... Read more
‘Most home networks are unsecured, wave of cybercrime underway’
European employers rarely secure the home networks of employees. At the same time, smart consumer devices are increasingly popular. "The perfect conditions for cybercriminals", BlackBerry warns in a new report.
The organization spoke with thousands of remote workers across Europe. 25 percent sa... Read more
‘Symbiote malware hides like a parasite in Linux OS’
Researchers at Intezer and BlackBerry discovered a new malware variant for Linux-based operating systems. Symbiote behaves like a parasite to evade detection.
The Linux malware latches onto operating systems' processes. Ultimately, Symbiote allows hackers to intercept login data and set up backd... Read more