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Optiv Security opens its Mississauga SOC to secure Canadian enterprises and government entities
2020-03-20 00:30

Optiv Security, a security solutions integrator delivering end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, emphasized its continued investment in securing Canadian enterprises and government entities with the grand opening of its Mississauga-based security operations center. "Our clients in Canada are not immune to the reality that security teams around the globe are understaffed," said Cheryl McGrath, area vice president and country general manager, Canada, Optiv.

Telarus named master agent for Avaya Cloud Office, an all-in-one collaboration solution
2020-03-20 00:15

Avaya Holdings announced that Telarus, master agent of business cloud infrastructure and contact center services, has been named as a master agent for its Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral offering. Avaya Cloud Office is an all-in-one collaboration solution providing seamless communications, file sharing, and collaboration capabilities across unified voice, video, messaging, digital customer engagement, and meetings.

Keysight and VIOMI to accelerate market introduction of 5G-enabled IoT devices
2020-03-20 00:00

Keysight Technologies, a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced a collaboration with VIOMI, a leading provider of IoT-enabled smart home products, to accelerate the market introduction of innovative 5G-enabled IoT devices for consumers in China. Keysight's 5G device test solutions are well-positioned to address the 5G IoT endpoint installed base market, which Gartner predicts will more than triple between 2020 and 2023.

Jim Fairweather joins Cygilant as Chief Revenue Officer
2020-03-19 23:30

Cygilant, provider of Cybersecurity-as-a-Service to mid-sized organizations, announced that Jim Fairweather has joined the Cygilant team as the company's new Chief Revenue Officer. "Jim is a proven leader with a strong track record in IT sales management, channel development and go-to-market strategies," said Rob Scott, Cygilant CEO and president.

‘Dirty little secret’ extortion email threatens to give your family coronavirus
2020-03-19 22:22

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Coronavirus Poll Results: Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven
2020-03-19 21:49

At the same time, a full 40 percent of those companies reported seeing increased cyberattacks as they enable remote working. Further, 13 percent said they are only ready to move a minority of workforce/students to online platforms; and 5 percent said they're not prepared at all.

Coronavirus Poll Results: Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven
2020-03-19 21:49

At the same time, a full 40 percent of those companies reported seeing increased cyberattacks as they enable remote working. Further, 13 percent said they are only ready to move a minority of workforce/students to online platforms; and 5 percent said they're not prepared at all.

What do you not want right now? A bunch of Cisco SD-WAN, Webex vulnerabilities? Here are a bunch of them
2020-03-19 21:30

Cisco has issued a series of security updates for its SD-WAN and Webex software, just when they're most needed. The five CVE-listed bugs are down to what Cisco calls "Insufficient input validation," and the avenues to exploit it range from SQL to HTTP requests.

Infrared AI cameras could help spot coronavirus carriers at polling places
2020-03-19 20:37

Security company is using thermal imaging and AI to identify people with a temperature of 100 degrees. Lisa Falzone, co-founder and CEO of Athena Security, said the platform combines infrared cameras and an algorithm that analyzes body temperature to detect people who have a temperature higher than 100 degrees.

Android Surveillance Campaign Leverages COVID-19 Crisis
2020-03-19 19:45

Amid numerous malicious attacks leveraging the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, security researchers have discovered an Android surveillance campaign targeting users in Libya. One of the COVID-19-themed attacks appears to be part of a larger mobile surveillance campaign operating out of Libya and targeting Libyan individuals, Lookout reveals.