BlackBerry beefs up its cybersecurity
BlackBerry is to beef up its cybersecurity offering through the acquisition of cybersecurity company Cylance. The deal is worth at least US$1.4 billion in cash. It is expected to close in...
Email campaign spreading new tRAT malware
Threat actor TA505 is responsible for the latest email spam campaign that is spreading the tRAT malware. The claim has been made by security company Proofpoint. The malware is being spread...
HSBC US suffers breach of customer accounts
Global banking giant HSBC has admitted that it suffered a cyber security breach that has affected customer accounts. It is not disclosing how many accounts are affected. The breach occurred in...
Nation states sponsoring increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
Security experts Carbon Black warn that cyber attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. It calls out the rise of nation state sponsored groups as one of the causes. These groups are upskilling...
Blockhead makes blockchain easy for developers
One of the big challenges for blockchain developers is the lack of tools to help them get started. Enter a team of developers from IBM. They took part in a hackathon...
Bernard Parsons talks about Becrypt and Paradox
UK security company Becrypt has launched the latest version of its Paradox software, Paradox Edge. It is a Desktop as a Service (DaaS) platform delivered as a managed service. Enterprise Times...
Vietnam releases draft of draconian cybersecurity decree
Vietnam has released its latest draft decree on cybersecurity. It is intended to provide the government with control over all email and social media in the country. It requires companies such...
Phishing attacks up by 297 percent across eCommerce in Q3 2018
Riskified, the eCommerce fraud-prevention company, and IntSights Cyber Intelligence, a provider of enterprise cyber threat intelligence and mitigation solutions have released "The Retail and eCommerce Threat Landscape Report (October 2018)." The...
Comodo CA becomes Sectigo and expands to cover IoT
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The world's largest certificate authority, Comodo CA, has changed its name to Sectigo and announced new products. The name change comes less than a year after it was acquired by Francisco...
NTT Security targets botnet infrastructure
NTT Security has added botnet infrastructure detection to its managed security service offering. The solution has been developed as part of an NTT Group effort. It involves researchers from NTT Security,...
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Rivetz adds Sentinel Protocol’s threat intelligence platform
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EduHash’s Main-net blockchain reaches >1M TPS
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Igloo targets Tesla owners with new app
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Devvio reveals another high tps blockchain
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Over 200 customers for RippleNet
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Blockchain-based informed medical consent via Rati-Fi
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Transmute launches blockchain decentralised app engine
Transmute has launched an initiative to bring the power of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to the enterprise.
Along with the launch, Transmute also announced it...
