Tag: network security

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Cybercrime now costs the global economy a trillion dollars

Cybercrime now costs the global economy a trillion dollars

Cybercrime now costs the global economy about a trillion dollars, according to a new McAfee report. The report is titled "The Hidden Cost of Cybercrime," and in 2018, it said that the cost was an estimated $600 billion. Since then, the new figures show that the costs have risen by 50%. In additi... Read more

date3 years ago

Qbot malware is back after ten years with terrifying new features

Qbot first appeared about ten years ago. It went into the shadows and has resurfaced with new features. It is now roaming the wild with one of the new features that give it the ability to hijack Microsoft Outlook email threads.  In a detailed report by Check Point Software Technologies rese... Read more

date4 years ago

‘European operators should use multiple 5G suppliers’

Operators from member states of the European Union should not be dependent on a single high-risk supplier for their 5G networks. The European Commission (EC) states in a recently published report that the member states should have several suppliers. In the recently published 5G Toolbox Implement... Read more

date4 years ago
‘Palo Alto Networks currently market leader, beats Cisco’

‘Palo Alto Networks currently market leader, beats Cisco’

Palo Alto Networks is the current market leader in the field of network security and beats its competitor Cisco, according to a study by Analysys Mason. Palo Alto Networks achieved a revenue of 869 million dollars (749 million euros) in the first quarter of this year. This revenue is mainly gene... Read more

date4 years ago
Fortinet acquires cloud security company Opaq

Fortinet acquires cloud security company Opaq

Fortinet acquires Opaq Networks in order to strengthen its network security. The acquisition of Opaq Networks should help Fortinet secure both local offices and data centers. The acquisition of Opaq makes it possible to offer a complete Secure Access Service Edge platform, also known as SASE. Ex... Read more

date4 years ago
WatchGuard completes acquisition of Panda Security

WatchGuard completes acquisition of Panda Security

US security company WatchGuard Technologies has completed the acquisition of Panda Security. Panda is a specialist in endpoint security for consumers and businesses. The acquisition was initially announced in March. WatchGuard didn't disclose how much it paid for the security specialist. In a st... Read more

date4 years ago
‘Protocol in 4G networks vulnerable to DoS attacks’

‘Protocol in 4G networks vulnerable to DoS attacks’

The Diameter protocol used within mobile 4G networks for signal processing is vulnerable to a kind of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. This was recently discovered by the experts of network security specialist Positive Technologies. According to the security experts, the standard Diameter protoc... Read more

date4 years ago
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