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Expert insights: Why visibility and forensics matter in cybersecurity

Wed, 13th Dec 2017
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​A Six-Point Checklist for making sure that your security teams have the capacity to track the root causes and progress of noxious malware
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How to keep your company safe from complex cyber threats

Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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An advanced persistent threat is a set of stealthy and continuous computer hacking processes, designed to be evolving, polymorphic and dynamic...
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WatchGuard snaps up former IBM sales lead for APAC role

Thu, 26th Oct 2017
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WatchGuard Technologies has snapped up former IBM sales leader Sylvain Lejeune as its new vice president of sales for Asia Pacific and Japan.
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The 'treacherous 12': Top threats to cloud computing revealed

Fri, 20th Oct 2017
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The most prominent threats to cloud computing have been identified in a comprehensive report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).
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Rackspace ramps up Fanatical Support for Microsoft offerings

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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Fanatical Support for Microsoft Azure is now available for customers with Payment Card Industry (PCI) workloads on Azure.
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Security firm reveals Asia connections behind the CCleaner hack

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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The attack was never intended for consumers, but instead went after companies such as NEC, Samsung, Asus, Fujitsu, Singtel, Intel and VMware.
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Expert spells out how businesses can 'block the spears'

Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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There is no doubt about it, but spear-phishing is big business in 2017 - Menlo Security's Jason Steer explains how businesses can protect themselves.
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Measure and mitigate risk to build a comprehensive cyber defense

Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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It is helpful to think of cybersecurity risk as a three-dimensional concept: a function of threat, vulnerability and consequence.
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Onesecure Asia and Trusted Metrics form security operations center for Singapore & ASEAN

Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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Trusted Metrics and Onesecure Asia are partnering up to deliver US-developed Security Operations Center (SOC) technology to Singapore and ASEAN.
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Redlock signals company growth with new appointments

Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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RedLock appoints Ankur Shah as VP of products and Viswa Subramanian as VP of engineering to drive product development and research.
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Cylance ink OEM agreement with ContentKeeper to provide predictive malware blocking

Fri, 8th Sep 2017
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ContentKeeper Technologies and Cylance have partnered to embed Cylance's OEM Engine into ContentKeeper's Gateway Security Platform.
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Turla threat group targets G20 Summit attendees

Mon, 21st Aug 2017
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Participants in this year's G20 Summit in Germany are being targeted in a new wave of malware droppers, suspected to be from APT group Turla.
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New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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Research from Frost & Sullivan has revealed the demand for cloud-based and virtual web application firewalls is strong in the APAC market.
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The three Rs of enterprise security: Rotate, repave, and repair

Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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digital entertainment
No organisation regularly repaves their services or applications from a known, good state, leading to vulnerable servers for more than five months.
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Cybersecurity battleground shifting to Linux and web servers - report

Wed, 5th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
WatchGuard found that despite an overall drop in general malware detection for the quarter, Linux malware made up more than 36% of the top threats.
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WatchGuard finds Australians not sure how to deal with ransomware

Mon, 12th Jun 2017
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1 in 3 Australian consumers are unsure if they are protected against ransomware, according to a survey by WatchGuard.
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Digital Shadows on Wannacry: An analysis of competing hypotheses

Mon, 22nd May 2017
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Digital Shadows probes the enigma of WannaCry's origins, weighing cybercriminal mischief against nation-state subterfuge.
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Fight malware by spotting the top eight indicators of threat traffic in your network

Tue, 2nd May 2017
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There are eight main indicators that can help detect compromised networks. Here's how you can catch threat traffic before it cripples your systems.
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Asia Pacific MSSPs staying buoyant amidst economic slowdown

Wed, 19th Apr 2017
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Asia Pacific Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) are experiencing healthy growth an market buoyancy despite an economic slowdown.
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SonicWall reports that Cerber ransomware mutates fast to avoid detection

Tue, 14th Mar 2017
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The Cerber ransomware is self-mutating by as much as two versions a day to stop matching its own previous signatures.