Security News > 2021 > May
Group-IB has officially announced the opening of its Middle East & Africa Threat Intelligence & Research Center in Dubai. Group-IB's leadership views the opening of its MEA Threat Intelligence & Research Center as a critical milestone toward achieving the strategic goal of building the first ever decentralized global cybersecurity company with fully operational R&D centers in the key financial hubs.
Cyble announced that regional cybersecurity expert Shenoy Sandeep has joined Cyble as the Regional Director - Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. A well-known figure in the local cybersecurity community, Shenoy will be responsible for driving growth across the META region by highlighting the true value Cyble provides in the cyber threat intelligence monitoring space.
This little device is handy to place in a bag or with expensive items that you'd like to keep track of as you go throughout your day; it's especially useful if you lose the item, as any iOS device that goes past the AirTag can anonymously report the location of the lost AirTag to Apple, which will then be reported to you inside the Find My app. If you own an AirTag, you probably already know about its capabilities, but do you know what to do if you find an AirTag that doesn't belong to you? This tutorial details how you can help reunite lost items with their owner when you find an AirTag and how to disable suspicious AirTag devices if you believe that someone is using an AirTag to track your location without your permission.
The Swedish Public Health Agency has shut down SmiNet, the country's infectious diseases database, on Thursday after it was targeted in several hacking attempts. "The Swedish Public Health Agency has discovered that there have been several attempted intrusions into the SmiNet database. The database has therefore been closed down temporarily," the agency said on Thursday, May 27.
Looking to build stronger responses against cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific region, Microsoft on Monday announced the creation of a cybersecurity council for the public sector in the region. It seeks seeks to accelerate collaboration between public and private cybersecurity organizations.
The latest Windows 10 2004, 20H2, and 21H1 preview update is causing display issues and glitches on the taskbar's system tray. Last week, Microsoft released the optional Window 10 KB5003214 preview update so that users and the enterprise can test the fixes coming in the mandatory June 2021 Patch Tuesday updates.
JBS Foods, a leading food company and the largest meat producer globally, had to shut down production at multiple sites worldwide following a cyberattack. The incident impacted multiple JBS production facilities worldwide over the weekend, including those from the United States, Australia, and Canada.
Interpol revealed last week that specialized law enforcement officers in the Asia-Pacific region intercepted more than $83 million in fraudulent money transfers as part of a six-month coordinated effort aimed at cyber-enabled financial crime. Codenamed HAECHI-I, the operation mainly targeted five types of online financial crime: investment fraud, money laundering, online sextortion, romance scams, and voice phishing.
Human-operated ransomware attacks generally take several weeks to pull off. If you heard that someone with brand X ransomware paid a ransom and still lost their data, you would be less likely to pay the ransom.
A Kenyan security guard now facing charges in Qatar after writing compelling, anonymous accounts of being a low-paid worker there found himself targeted by a phishing attack that could have revealed his location just before his arrest, analysts say. While analysts from Amnesty International and Citizen Lab said they were unable to say who targeted Malcolm Bidali, the phishing attack mirrored others previously carried out by Gulf Arab sheikhdoms targeting dissidents and political opposition.