Onions, ransomware and insiders
The latest IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly report is out. The focus this quarter is on four areas of security, onion layered attacks, ransomware, malicious insiders and an improvement in management.
At...
TeslaCrypt ransomware gives up
In a move that has taken many by surprise, the team behind the ransomware TeslaCrypt have decided to discontinue the malware. In order not to leave any users who haven't yet...
Brits underestimate cyber threats
A recent BT survey shows that 60% of people fear a home break-in more than a digital crime. The survey of 2,000 people looked at attitudes around cyber security. BT has...
Access management limiting productivity
The Dell global security survey shows that common access management processes limit employee productivity.
The survey which was undertaken by Dimensional Research involved 460 IT professionals and 301 business users. They were...
Ban Free WiFi call in France
French national newspaper Le Monde has reported that the French Ministry of Interior is planning laws to ban free WiFi, the dark net and encryption. (The article is in French only...
LinuxONE gets supercharged
IBM has announced a significant refresh for the LinuxONE z Systems platform it introduced in 2015. In the last year, IBM has seen its z Systems sales up 35% and the introduction...
The challenge of endpoint device security
During the merger of Heat Software and LANDESK to form Ivanti, Enterprise Times sat down with Matthew Walker, VP Sales to talk about the challenges around endpoint device protection. In this...
Dell SonicWALL targets SME security
Dell has announced the latest SonicWALL TZ firewall appliances. These solid state appliances are targeted at Small to Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) and bring features previously only available in large enterprise SonicWALL...
MacRansom coming to a Mac near you
Security vendor Fortinet has revealed details of the MacRansom, Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) malware. The blog, written by security researchers Rommel Joven and Wayne Chin Yick Low, should act as...
Praveen Asthana on marketing in Cybersecurity
Enterprise Times caught up with Praveen Asthana, CMO at Forcepoint on his 100th day at the company. We spoke about what brought him to Forcepoint and in what direction he will...