Bulletproof Hosting Service Utilized by Ransomware Gangs Seized by Authorities
A ‘Bulletproof’ hosting service that was utilized by ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals has been seized by law enforcement, five individuals have been arrested, and its founder has been indicted in federal court. The LolekHosted.net domain was registered by Polish national, Artur Karol Grabowski, 36, in 2014. The LolekHosted service was billed as bulletproof, offering a hosting service with 100% privacy. The owner and operator...
TitanHQ Announces Security Awareness Training, Web Filtering and Email Security Product Updates
The Irish cybersecurity company, TitanHQ, has recently improved its cybersecurity solutions, adding several new MSP-focused features to the WebTitan web filter and SafeTitan security awareness training solutions to improve usability and drive operational efficiency, with updates due imminently for its SpamTitan email security solution. TitanHQ’s WebTitan, SpamTitan, and SafeTitan cybersecurity solutions provide multi-layered security...
U.S. State Department Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on Clop Ransomware Group
The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that links the recent attacks by the Clop ransomware group to a foreign government. The reward is also being offered for information about any other malicious cyber actors that are targeting US critical infrastructure that links their attacks to a foreign government. The Clop ransomware group is a Russian-speaking organized criminal group that has...
Russian National Charged for Babuk, Hive, and LockBit Ransomware Attacks
The federal government in the United States has formally charged a Russian national that is alleged to have been a key member of the Babuk ransomware-as-a-service operation – The group responsible for an attack on the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in 2021 shortly before the group was disbanded. Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, 31, also known as Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar, has been charged in a four-count...
International Law Enforcement Operation Takes Down NetWire RAT
An international law enforcement operation has resulted in the seizure of the infrastructure used to support the NetWire remote access Trojan (RAT). NetWire was first detected in 2012 and has been sold on cybercrime forums for more than a decade. NetWire has consistently been one of the most popular and widely distributed RATs for several years due to its low cost and reliability. The RAT is primarily distributed via email using...
Suspected Core Members of the DoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Arrested
Europol has announced that two individuals suspected of being core members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group have been arrested in a coordinated law enforcement operation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Dutch Police, and law enforcement agencies in Germany and Ukraine. DoppelPaymer ransomware first appeared in 2019 and has been used in many attacks on critical infrastructure organizations and the public and...
Fortnite Developer Agrees to Pay $520 Million to Settle FTC Complaint
Epic Games, the developer of the hugely popular battle royale game Fortnite, has agreed to pay $520 million to settle claims that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and used “dark patterns” to obtain payments from players. COPPA was signed into law in 1998 and compliance has been mandatory since April 21, 2000. COPPA imposes restrictions on operators of websites and online services regarding...
Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band Update to Fix Patch Tuesday-Related Issue on Arm Devices
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band update to fix an issue with Windows devices with Arm chips that was caused when users applied their June 2022 Patch Tuesday updates. The issue caused problems signing into Azure Active Directory and Microsoft 365 on Arm devices, and also affected applications and services that use Azure Active Directory for signing in, such as Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams Microsoft...
EU Reaches Agreement on New Cybersecurity Regulations for Critical Infrastructure Organizations
New legislation is being introduced in the European Union (EU) to ensure critical infrastructure organizations are better protected against destructive cyberattacks. Current legislation covering the security of network and information systems – the NIS Directive – was introduced in 2016 and was the first piece of EU-wide cybersecurity legislation. The NIS Directive required all EU member states to have national cybersecurity...
Expert Insights Announces Winners of Spring 2022 Best-Of Awards with TitanHQ Collecting 5 Awards
Expert Insights, an online publication that provides insights into enterprise business IT and cybersecurity solutions, has announced the winners of the Expert Insights Spring 2022 Best-Of Awards. Expert Insights has editorial and technical teams in the UK and US that conduct research into products, produce buyers’ guides, provide industry analyses, publish technical product reviews, and conduct interviews with industry experts to help...
TitanHQ Acquires Cyber Risk Aware to Add Security Awareness Training to its Cybersecurity Portfolio
The Irish cybersecurity firm TitanHQ, a leading SaaS business offering a portfolio of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, has announced the acquisition of the Dublin-based security awareness firm Cyber Risk Aware. Cyber Risk Aware was formed in 2016 and provides the only behavior-driven security awareness platform that provides real-time training to help counter the threat from phishing and other cybersecurity threats that target...
Clinical Communication and Collaboration Platforms Deliver Huge Benefits in Healthcare
Clinical communication platforms have been shown to improve efficiency in healthcare, allowing hospitals to streamline communication across most areas, according to the recently published 2021 KLAS Clinical Communication Platform Report. The biggest benefits to healthcare providers are the improvements to clinical communication, with the increase in efficiency helping to ease the burden on staff, reduce costs, and improve patient...
TitanHQ Receives 4 Expert Insights’ ‘Best Of’ Awards for its Cybersecurity Solutions
For the second year in a row, the leading cybersecurity analyst Expert Insights has recognized the cybersecurity and compliance solutions provided by TitanHQ and has given the company ‘Best Of’ Cybersecurity Awards for all three of its security solutions. Expert Insights is an online publication with editorial teams in the United States and the United Kingdom that provides a range of content to help businesses select cybersecurity and...
Hospital Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Ransomware-Related Death
A lawsuit has been filed against an Alabama hospital over the death of a baby, who is alleged to have died as a consequence of a ransomware attack that wiped out critical hospital monitoring systems. Had those systems been operational, the lawsuit alleges complications with the birth would have been identified and action would have been taken that would have saved the baby’s life. Hospitals have long been a target for ransomware gangs...
Exclaimer Mail Archiver Discontinued
Earlier this year, Exclaimer announced that the Exclaimer Mail Archiver has been discontinued, with the product reaching end-of-life on July 1, 2021. The Exclaimer Mail Archiver was one of a few products that were discontinued, as Exclaimer opted to concentrate on its core products. When a product reaches end-of-life, it is often possible to continue using the solution, but this is inadvisable as support for the product is withdrawn....
Alleged TrickBot Malware Developer Facing Decades in Jail
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced a Latvian malware developer has been arraigned on a 19-count indictment for her role in the creation and operation of the TrickBot Trojan. The TrickBot Trojan first appeared in 2016 and was initially a banking Trojan used to steal bank account credentials; however, the malware has undergone significant development since and has had many more features added. Latterly, the malware has been...
TitanHQ Launches WebTitan OTG (on-the-go) for Chromebooks
TitanHQ, the leading provider of cloud-based email and web security solutions to SMBs and MSPs serving the SMB market, has announced the release of a new version of WebTitan Cloud. WebTitan Cloud is a 100% cloud-based DNS filtering solution for exercising control over the web content that can be accessed at the user and device level. The solution is used to improve cybersecurity by blocking web-based threats and for restricting access...
Patch These Actively Exploited SonicWall Vulnerabilities Now!
SonicWall has released patches to correct three actively exploited vulnerabilities in its on-premises and hosted email security solutions. The vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely to gain access to SonicWall Email Security hardware and virtual appliances as well as software installations on Microsoft Windows Server. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities would allow threat actors to access files and emails, install...
TitanHQ Collects Multiple 2021 Expert Insights Best-of Awards
Three TitanHQ cybersecurity solutions have been named winners in the Expert Insights’ 2021 “Best-Of” Awards in the Email Security Gateway, Web Security, and Email Archiving categories. Expert Insights is a global resource that helps businesses conduct research into the best cloud-based cybersecurity solutions and services on the market, saving them time and money choosing the most appropriate solutions that match their business needs....
SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack Impacts up to 18,000 Customers
Hackers successfully compromised the SolarWinds Orion software solution and incorporated a backdoor dubbed SUNBURST that has been downloaded by up to 18,000 of its customers, including many large enterprises and government agencies. SolarWinds Orion is a software solution used by large enterprises and government agencies to manage their IT networks and IT infrastructure. The software is used by all five branches of the U.S. military,...
Facebook Fixes Messenger Bug That Allows Audio to be Transmitted Without a User’s Permission
A critical flaw in the Facebook Messenger messaging app for Android which allowed callers to listen to users’ surroundings without permission has been fixed by Facebook. The bug allowed callers to eavesdrop on the person they were calling before the call was answered. In order to exploit the flaw, a caller would need to send a type of message known as SdpUpdate to the person they were calling, which would allow them to connect to the...
Zoom Implements New Features to Tackle Zoombombing
Zoom recently agreed to settle allegations of lax cybersecurity and misrepresentation of the level of encryption provided by its teleconferencing platform with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement required Zoom to implement additional security controls and accurately describe the security features of the platform moving forward, although the company was able to avoid a financial penalty. Just a few days after the...
Zoom Announces End-to-End Encryption Will be Rolled Out Next Week
Earlier this year following a massive increase in the number of users, it was discovered that the Zoom teleconferencing platform did not offer end-to-end encryption (E2EE) as the company advertised on its website. Instead, the company used transport layer security (TLS) encryption, which only encrypts the connection between the user and the service provider. That means the connection is secure and encrypted, but Zoom, should the...
Member of The Dark Overlord Hacking Group Sentenced in the United States
A Federal court in Missouri has sentenced a British member of the Dark Overlord hacking group to 60 months in jail and has been ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution for the role he played in several attacks on organizations in the United States. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, of Wellingborough, UK, who used monikers such as Crafty Cockney and Mas, was indicted by a grand jury in November 2017 for the role he played in cyberattacks on...
Webinar: How to Ensure Business Continuity for your Remote Workforce with Email Archiving
With the COVID-19 pandemic far from over, businesses are having to continue to support remote working. While many employees are starting to return to work, employers are realizing that remote working is here to stay, at least for some employees for the foreseeable future. Many companies have fully embraced remote working and have accepted home working as the new normal. Employees are able to stay in touch using email, instant...
Microsoft Announces the End of Internet Explorer
For the past 25 years, Internet Explorer has allowed people to access the Internet, but it has finally been killed off by Microsoft. It has been a long time coming, as Microsoft introduced its Chromium-based successor in 2015, allowing Internet Explorer to plod on for a further 5 years. Now its death date has been announced. From August 17, 2021, Internet Explorer will no longer be supported, meaning no more updates will be released...
Livingbridge Invests in Cloud Security Vendor TitanHQ
The leading cloud security vendor TitanHQ has announced that the UK mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge has invested in the company through its Enterprise 3 program. Livingbridge has been investing in fast growing companies for more than 20 years, with more than 150 companies around the world having benefited from investment, many of which have gone on to become household names. Livingbridge identified TitanHQ as an ideal...
June 23, 2020: MVP GrowthFest: Join Magic Johnson and Channel All-Stars at this Must Attend Virtual MSP Event
Businesses in all industry sectors have faced difficult challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and have had to make considerable changes in order to survive. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) have similarly had to adjust their business practices in response to the pandemic, and while some have struggled there have been several success stories. Overall, the Channel has demonstrated considerable strength and resilience and some...
Avast and AVG Customers’ Sensitive Browsing Data Will No Longer Be Collected and Sold to Third Parties
There’s some good news today for users of Avast and AVG antivirus products. Personal search histories, clicks, and details of online purchases will no longer be covertly collected and sold to third parties. Avast, which owns AVG, has announced that it is shutting down its subsidiary, Jumpshot, which was doing just that. Jumpshot would likely still be fully operational were it not for a joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag....
TitanHQ’s Web and Email Security Solutions Now Available for Pax8 Partners
Pax8, the multi-award-winning cloud distribution company, has formed a new strategic partnership with TitanHQ, the leading provider of cloud-based email and web security solutions for managed service providers serving the SMB market. In order to block an increasingly diverse range of cyberthreats and effectively mitigate risk, a layered approach to security is required. Cybersecurity solutions need to be used to protect mobile...
SpamTitan Scores Big on Business Review Websites
TitanHQ is the leading provider of cloud-based email security to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) serving the SMB market and its email security solution, SpamTitan, is well loved by SMBs and MSPs alike. SpamTitan is consistently rated highly by end users on the leading business software review sites and is routinely awarded scores in excess of 4.5 out of 5 by end users, with a high percentage giving top marks across all rating...
Former Facebook Content Moderators Sue Facebook for Psychological Injuries
Former Facebook content moderators have taken the decision to sue Facebook for psychological injuries and are seeking compensation from the social media network after developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from viewing extremely disturbing violent content and other graphic material at work. Working for Facebook may seem like a dream job for many people, but not all work that needs to be performed for the social media network...
Phishing Attacks at Highest Level Since 2016
A new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) shows phishing attacks are occurring at levels not seen since 2016. The quarterly phishing reports from APWG are compiled from data supplied by APWG members such as Agari, MarkMonitor, RIskIQ, and PhishLabs. The reports provide insights into the methods used by phishers and the extent to which businesses and consumers are being attacked. In Q3, 2019, more than 86,000 unique...
TitanHQ Releases SpamTitan Version 7.06 and New RESTapi
On November 12, 2019, TitanHQ released a new version of its award-winning anti-phishing and anti-spam solution, SpamTitan. SpamTitan v7.06 includes a new RESTapi to help clients and partners ensure seamless integrations. The latest version of SpamTitan has already been applied for users of the cloud-based spam filtering service. Users of the software solution, SpamTitan Gateway, have had the new version downloaded, although they will...
Fortinet Threat Landscape Report Confirms Increase in Malware-as-a-Service Edge Surface Attacks
The recently released Fortinet Threat Landscape Report for Q3, 2019 shows hackers are targeting edge services and malware-as-a-service continues to grow in popularity. While there are many methods of delivering malware, email remains the most common delivery vector, being implicated in 90% of malware attacks. Businesses are realizing the importance of implementing powerful email security solutions to block email threats. End users are...
Mimecast Moves into New 79,000 Sq. ft Central London Headquarters
Mimecast has announced it has now opened its new London HQ in 1 Finsbury Avenue in Broadgate. The company has moved to its new 79,000 Sq. ft office space which will support the cybersecurity firm’s expansion plans. The company I about to embark on a major recruitment drive and will be hiring new staff for its research and development teams. Up to 100 new jobs are expected to be filled over the coming months. The company recently...
Sophos Threat Report Predicts 2020 Cyberattack Trends
Sophos has released its 2020 Threat Report, which reveals some of the recent changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape and details some of the key attack trends that are likely to continue in the New Year. The cybersecurity threat landscape is in a constant state of flux, so it is impossible to predict what direction cybercriminals will take over the next 12 months, although the attack trends from the past few months provide...
Cisco Announces New Partnership with Perch Security
Cisco has partnered with Perch Security and is now delivering a new tool to better protect managed service providers and their clients from new and evolving threats. Perch Security has integrated Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints and Cisco Umbrella into its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution, which now correlates data from endpoints and networks to reduce ticket counts and cut down on labor...
SonicWall Q3 Threat Report Shows Increase in IoT Malware, Web App Attacks, and Encrypted Threats
There has been a year-over-year decline in malware and ransomware attacks according to a new report from SonicWall, but Quarter 3, 2019 has seen a marked increase in IoT malware, web app attacks, and encrypted threats. The year to date has seen 7.2 billion malware attacks and 151.9 million ransomware attacks, which represent a 15% and 5% decline from the same period last year. While the downward trend is certainly good news, attacks...
TitanHQ Enjoys Record Breaking Growth in MSP Business
It has been a busy quarter for TitanHQ. Q3, 2019 has been the busiest ever month for MSP growth in the Irish cybersecurity company’s 20-year history. From humble beginnings selling spam filtering appliances to businesses in its native Ireland, TitanHQ developed its own cybersecurity solutions for SMBs and managed service providers serving the SMB market and is now a global brand and the leading provider of cloud-based email security...
Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Email Security for 2019
The Lexington, MA-based email security company Mimecast has been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Email Security for 2019. Gartner Peer Insights is a review platform for IT products and services where users of software and services can submit reviews of their experiences with the solutions. The platform includes more than 215,000 verified customer reviews in 340 markets. When sufficient numbers of reviews are...
Thoma Bravo Private Equity Firm Makes Offer to Acquire Sophos
One of the most active private equity firms in the technology and software sector, Thoma Bravo, has made an offer to acquire the cybersecurity firm Sophos. The offer of $7.40 per share represents an enterprise value of $3.82 billion. Over the past 40 years, Thoma Bravo has acquired more than 200 computer software and technology firms with a combined value of $50 billion. Those acquisitions have been secured with more than $35 billion...
Agari Announces Fall 2019 Release of its Secure Email Cloud Email Security Solution
Agari has announced the Fall 2019 release of its AI-powered email security solution, Secure Email Cloud. The latest updates include new features to improve protection against advanced email security threats. The Agari Secure Email Cloud leverages threat intelligence gathered from trillions of emails which is used to keep inboxes free from phishing and spear phishing emails. The solution also provides protection against business email...
Sophos Announces New Strategic Partnership with ArcServe
The network and endpoint security firm Sophos has announced a new strategic partnership with the data protection provider, Arcserve. The collaboration will provide Arcserve customers with greater protection from ransomware attacks. Many businesses have succumbed to ransomware attacks in the past few years and have faced the difficult decision of paying exorbitant demands for keys to unlock encrypted files or having to deal with major...
SMBs are Underestimating Damage Caused by a Cyberattack
AppRiver has published the results of its Q3 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, which have revealed that SMBs are underestimating the consequences of a successful cyberattack. The survey was conducted in the United States on 1,083 cybersecurity decision-makers at SMBs with under 250 employees. One of the main findings is the extent to which SMBs are underestimating the cost of a cyberattack, which on SMBs has been estimated to be...
SpamTitan Named Leader in G2 Crowd 2019 Summer Grid Report for Cloud Email Security
The independent business software review platform, G2 Crowd, has named SpamTitan leader in cloud email security in its Grid Summer 2019 Report. This is the third consecutive quarter where SpamTitan has been named leader in cloud-based email security, and this quarter is joined by Proofpoint Email Security Protection and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. The G2 Crowd Grid reports rate companies based on market presence and customer...
New Distribution Agreement Between GFI Software and Infinigate
GFI Software has announced it has signed a new distribution agreement with Infinigate, one of Europe’s largest Value Added Distributors. GFO Software already has distribution agreements with Infinigate covering Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and the United Kingdom. The new agreement will cover France and is expected to see GFI Software solutions pushed to customers throughout the country. “We have established successful...
GFI Software Nets Network Product Guide Silver Award for GFI Unlimited
GFI Software has been recognized by Network Products Guide as one of the Hot Companies of the Year in the 14th Annual IT World Awards, following impressive sales growth for GFI Unlimited, a suite of solutions that provide network, communications and security for small and medium sized businesses. The IT World Awards program recognizes solutions, companies, and individuals across all sectors of the information technology industry. The...
New Threat Intelligence Report Provides Insights into Email-Based Malware Attacks
A new report has been released that contains an analysis of the most common malware threats that are delivered via email, the most targeted industry sectors, and some of the tactics and techniques cybercriminals are using to infiltrate business networks. For its Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat Edition 2019, Mimecast analyzed more than 67 billion emails that its email security solution rejected from more than 160 billion messages...
TitanHQ Partners with Leading UK MSP, OneStopIT
TitanHQ has announced it has partnered with one of the leading managed service providers in the UK, OneStopIT. Edinburgh-based OneStopIT was formed in 2003 to help small- and medium-sized businesses implement enterprise-grade IT solutions and best practices at an affordable price. Under the new partnership, OneStopIT will be offering its customers protection from email threats with SpamTitan Email Security, web-based threat protection...
Cisco Warns of Increase in Email Threats and Complacency About Email Security
The findings of Cisco’s Threat Report and CISO Benchmark Study reveal a marked increase in email security threats and highlight the importance of investing in email security to make it harder for cybercriminals to succeed. Spam is nothing new, as the first reports of spam email occurred in 1978, but over the years spam email volume has been increasing. Today, spam accounts for between 45% and 50% of all emails sent, and while many of...
Mid-Year Threat Report Shows Rise in Ransomware-as-a-Service and IoT Malware Threats
SonicWall’s 2019 Cyber Threat Report shows a there has been a 20% fall in malware attacks in the first half of 2019, but there have been increases in IoT malware, ransomware, cryptojacking, and encrypted threats. Globally, ransomware attacks have increased by 15% in the first 6 months of 2019, with the United Kingdom being increasingly targeted. Ransomware attacks in the UK are up 195% in 2019. The rise in attacks is largely due to...
Vade Secure Adds Auto-Remediate Feature to its Office 365 Email Security Solution
Vade Secure has announced it has launched a new email security feature for Managed Service providers (MSPs) to allow them to better protect their clients’ Office 365 environments with minimal management overhead. The new feature – Auto-Remediate for Vade Secure for Office 365 – provides a layer of continuous, automated protection for Office 365 through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Vade Secure uses...
2019 Beyond the Phish Report Reveals Employees Have Significant Cybersecurity Knowledge Gaps
A survey conducted by the Sunnyvale, CA-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint has revealed end users are unsure how to protect sensitive data and lack the skills to identify phishing threats. For the latest Beyond the Phish report, Proofpoint analyzed the responses to almost 130 million cybersecurity questions in 14 categories. The survey was conducted on employees in 16 industries across 20 different department classifications. The...
Agari Announces Summer 2019 Release of its Secure Email Cloud Email Security Solution
Agari has announced the Summer 2019 release of its email security solution, Secure Email Cloud. The Summer release includes major code upgrades and new features to enhance protection against email security threats such as phishing, spear phishing, business email compromise, and zero-day threats. The latest release also provides improved insights into email-based threats targeting companies in the APAC region. One of the main upgrades...
General Catalyst Enters into €70 Million Finance Agreement with Vade Secure
Vade Secure has announced it has secured €70 million in funding from General Catalyst. The money will be invested in machine learning technology for its predictive email security solution to improve its threat detection capabilities and for improvements to its email security solution for Office 365. Vade Secure is also planning a major global expansion and part of the finance will be used to expand its global footprint and accelerate...
TitanHQ Rated One of Best Software Companies in EMEA
TitanHQ has been recognized by G2 Crowd for its cybersecurity products and has been included in its list of the Best Software Companies in EMEA for the first time. G2 Crowd is an independent business software review platform used by more than 1.5 million people each month to find out more about business software solutions from verified users of the software. The reviews and reports on the site help businesses select the best software...
TitanHQ Expands Footprint in France with Exer Partnership
The leading email and web security firm TitanHQ has had a strong year of growth. MSPs have played a considerable part in the success of the company and the company’s products are proving popular. In the past 9 months alone, the number of MSP partners offering TitanHQ’s spam filtering, web filtering, and email archiving solutions has increased by 40%. MSPs are now TitanHQ’s core market. TitanHQ’s products now protect many thousands of...
Google Has Been Storing Unhashed G-Suite Passwords for 14 Years
Google has recently announced it has discovered an error was made in its enterprise password recovery feature that has resulted in G Suite passwords being stored on internal servers in plaintext for 14 years. The passwords could not be accessed remotely by anyone outside of Google, but the error does pose a security risk. Any Google employee with access to its servers could have viewed those passwords. The problem does not affect...
New Partner Program Launched by TitanHQ
The email archiving, spam filtering, and DNS filtering solution provider TitanHQ has launched a new partner program for managed service providers (MSPs), cloud distributors, Wi-Fi partners and OEM partners that makes it even easier to add TitanHQ’s cloud-based security solutions and improve protection against email and web-based attacks. TitanHQ has been developing innovative cybersecurity solutions for two decades. The company...
TitanHQ Releases WebTitan Cloud v4.12
TitanHQ has released an update for its award-winning web filtering platform WebTitan Cloud. The latest version of the DNS filtering solution – WebTitan Cloud v4.12 – includes a new feature that will be of particular benefit to MSPs and customers who have facilities in different geographic locations. WebTitan Cloud now supports filtering by location. Policies can be set by location and will be applied whether users are on or off the...
AppRiver Customers can Now Benefit from ZixEncrypt Email Encryption
AppRiver has announced the first cross-over since the company was acquired by Zix in February 2019. AppRiver customers can now access Zix’s email encryption offering, ZixEncrypt. The encryption solution has already been adopted by many Zix customers, including some of the largest financial institutions and healthcare providers in the United States. The email encryption solution was made available to AppRiver customers on April 25,...
Cybercriminals Turn to PDF Files to Deliver Malicious Payloads
Q1, 2019 saw a marked increase in the use of PDF files to deliver malware, according to the Q1 2019 Cyber Threat Report from SonicWall. Office documents containing malicious macros are still extensively used to deliver malware, but thanks to security awareness training, employees are wary of office documents and have been instructed not to enable macros in Office files. PDF files are extensively used by businesses, so end users are...
SpamTitan Leading Secure Email Gateway Solution According to G2 Crowd
Selecting the best business security software can be a headache. Even when business leaders know exactly what they want from a software solution, choosing the right product can be difficult. After determining that a software solution ticks all the boxes and has all the required features, many businesses discover that it is a nightmare to use. When it comes to security software it is important to choose a solution that’s user friendly...
Verizon Pushing Firmware Upgrade that Addresses Serious Router Command Injection Flaw
Millions of Verizon routers are affected by a command injection flaw that could allow an attacker to gain full control of the device. The flaw affects Fios Quantum Gateway routers and is one of three vulnerabilities that have been addressed by Verizon in the latest version of its firmware. The most serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-3914, has been assigned a CVSS v3 base score of 8.5 and affects the API backend of the router. If...
Webinar: New DMARC and Sandboxing Features of SpamTitan Email Security Solution Explained
Cybercriminals are launching ever more sophisticated attacks on businesses, which require more powerful cybersecurity solutions to protect against attacks. One of the most common methods of attack is email and this is an area where security defenses often fall short. Even with robust perimeter defenses, cybercriminals can gain access to business networks by targeting the weakest link: Employees. Phishing attacks are becoming more...
Cisco Releases 24 Patches to Address ISO XE Software Vulnerabilities
Cisco has released 25 patches that address 19 high-severity and 6-medium-severity flaws, most of which are present in its ISO XE operating system used by its networking products such as switches, controllers, and routers. 15 of the 19 high severity vulnerabilities are in the Internetworking Operating System IOS XE, several of which could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain root privileges on vulnerable devices and execute...
7 Out of 10 Ransomware Attacks are on SMBs
71% of ransomware attack are on SMBs, according to a new report from Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services When an attack involves widespread encryption across an organization’s network ransom demands can be very high. The highest ransom demand received by a client was $8.5 million. The ransom wasn’t paid, but some companies have no alternative other than to pay the ransom demand. One client paid $935,000 for the keys to unlock...
Agari Announces Spring 2019 Release of its Secure Email Cloud Email Security Solution
Agari has announced the Spring 2019 release of its AI-powered email security solution, Secure Email Cloud. The latest round of updates includes enhanced Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) management and introduces the Continuous Detection and Response Mobile App, which was announced at the 2019 RSA Conference. BIMI is an industry standard that allows brand logos to be inserted into receiver inbox messages to help end...
Communication Issues and Lack of Emergency Planning are Putting Employees at Risk
Companies are taking steps to improve safety in the workplace by planning for emergencies, but communication issues and poor preparedness for modern emergencies is putting employees at risk, according to a recent report from Rave Mobile Security. The company’s 2019 Workplace Safety and Preparedness Survey shows that emergency preparedness is improving in the United States and many businesses and organizations are planning...
SpamTitan Email Security Solution Now Incorporates Sandboxing and DMARC Authentication
SMB and MSP email security solution provider TitanHQ has announced a major update of its SpamTitan email security solution. New features have been added to the solution to provide even greater protection against sophisticated phishing attacks and new malware threats. The new layers of security were applied to the solution this week and are now available to customers at no extra cost. The past few years have seen a major increase in...
Investigation of Corporate Phishing Incidents Costs $4.86 Million Per Year
New figures from email security company Agari show organizations are now spending $4.86 million a year triaging, investigating, and responding to phishing incidents. The Agari Q1 2019 Email Fraud & Identity Deception Trends report shows that on average, organizations are now having to investigate around 23,000 phishing incidents a year. Approximately half of the emails reported to security teams by employees are false positives,...
Zix to Acquire AppRiver for $275 Million
The cloud cybersecurity company AppRiver is set to be purchased by the email encryption, threat protection, and email archiving solution provider Zix for $275 million. An all cash deal was agreed between both firms this week. Florida-based AppRiver provides email and internet security services such as spam filtering, antivirus protection, email archiving, email encryption, and MS Exchange hosting. The company was formed in 2002 and...
Fortinet FortiMail Given AAA Rating in SE Labs Phishing Detection Test
Fortinet’s FortiMail Secure Email Gateway has recently been independently tested by SE Labs and has been shown to be highly effective at identifying and blocking phishing threats. In the tests, SE Labs found the solution blocked 100% of phishing attempts with no false positives. The solution was not quite as effective at blocking business email compromise attacks and other advanced threats, although only 5% of those threats were not...
Webinar: Cost-Effective DNS-Based Web Filtering
In order to protect against web-based threats such as malware, ransomware, viruses, exploit kits, malvertising, and phishing, businesses need to implement a web filtering solution. A web filter allows businesses to carefully control the websites and webpages that employees can access while connected to the wired and wireless networks. All Internet traffic is routed through the filter where controls are applied to block malware...
Eutelsat Chooses TitanHQ to Secure its WiFi Networks
The leading European satellite operator Eutelsat has implemented a new Wi-Fi filtering solution to secure its Wi-Fi networks. Eutelsat is one of the world’s largest satellite operators. The company has global coverage and provides video, data and broadband services in 150 countries throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The company has bases in 44 countries and employs more than 1,000 technical, operational, and commercial...
Z Services Expands TitanHQ Partnership to Provide New Cloud-Based Security Services
The Dubai-based managed service provider Z Services has expanded its partnership with TitanHQ and is now offering cloud-based web filtering and in-country email archiving as a service to customers throughout the MENA region. Cybersecurity is a critical business concern throughout the MENA region and companies are increasingly looking to managed service providers to provide solutions to improve their security posture. It makes much...
Cloud-Based Threat Analytics Firm ZoneFox Acquired by Fortinet
Fortinet has announced it has acquired the cloud-based threat analytics firm ZoneFox and will be using the company’s machine learning threat detection technology to enhance protection against insider threats. As companies are migrating data and infrastructure to the cloud, more and more endpoints and users are accessing cloud resources. While those resources need to be accessed by employees for legitimate work purposes, they can also...
Wombat Security Technologies Releases 2018 State of the Phish Report
Wombat Security Technologies has released its 2018 State of the Phish Report – an analysis of data from tens of millions of simulated phishing attacks conducted through its Security Education Platform over the past 12 months. The report also provides insights on the current state of phishing from quarterly surveys sent to its customers, highlighting the frequency of phishing attacks on organizations, the impact those attacks are...
Industry First Security Awareness Practitioner Certification Offered by InfoSec Institute
Security awareness training for employees is now a vital part of any cybersecurity strategy, yet until recently there was no certification program available to confirmed proficiency in the creation and management of these vital training programs. The InfoSec Institute has addressed this problem with the launch of a boot camp. The boot camp provides essential training in this area and certifies that IT professionals have the necessary...
AI-Assisted Virtual Security Analyst Added to Ironscales’ Advanced Threat Protection Platform
Ironscales, the Tel Aviv-based anti-phishing solution provider, has announced it has incorporated a new module into its advanced threat protection platform that helps security teams assess suspicious incoming emails more quickly to determine whether they are benign or malicious. When email threats are reported to security teams they must manually analyze the emails to find the real threats hidden among the false positives. That...
AWS EC2 Pricing Options Explained
Confused about AWS EC2 instance types and AWS EC2 pricing options? In this post we explain some of the ways that it is possible to reduce cloud costs, with a useful video at the end that provides figures demonstrating the cost range for a specific instance type. Instance Types and AWS EC2 Pricing Options AWS offers many different instance types, each suited to a particular range of uses. Within each of those instance types there are...
Reduce Cloud Costs by Switching Off Idle Cloud Resources
Cloud costs can easily spiral out of control without careful management, although it is easy to reduce cloud costs by not paying for resources that are not being used. Stop idle resources and the cost savings can be considerable. One of the biggest areas of cloud wastage is On Demand resources used for non-production purposes. Resources are spun up for staging, QA, and development. These resources are not needed 24/7/365, yet...
Ransomware Damage Predicted to Exceed $8 Billion in 2018
Ransomware is one of the most common types of malware and has been widely adopted by cybercriminals who use it to extort money from businesses. Ransomware encrypts essential files to prevent them from being accessed. A ransom is then demanded to supply the keys to unlock the encrypted files. It is often installed unwittingly by employees when they respond to malicious emails or can be deployed manually if access is gained to a...
TitanHQ Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Rocco Donnino
TitanHQ has announced it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Rocco Donnino, the former Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at AppRiver, as its new Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances. TitanHQ is the developer of the powerful web filtering solution WebTitan, which helps businesses carefully control the types of content their employees can access while providing additional protection from...
Partial Backup File Stolen in Typeform Data Breach
Typeform, a Spanish SaaS company that specializes in online forms and surveys, has announced it has experienced a data breach in which a hacker gained access to a backup file. The breach occurred on May 3, 2018 and was detected six weeks later on June 27, 2018. Typeform has confirmed that a backup file was downloaded by the attacker. Typeform explained in a statement that the backup file only included ‘partial information,’ and all...
WebTitan Vs Lightspeed: A Comparison of Web Filtering Solutions for K12 Schools
In this post we explore two of the most popular web filtering solutions for K12 schools: A comparison of WebTitan vs Lightspeed. The Importance of Content Filtering for Schools According to the American College of Pediatricians, “Consumption of pornography is associated with many negative emotional, psychological, and physical health outcomes. These include increased rates of depression, anxiety, acting out and violent behavior,...
More than 400 Models of Axis Communications Cameras Vulnerable to Remote Attacks
More than 400 models of Axis Communications’ security cameras contain vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors to intercept and view camera footage, take full control of the cameras, or disable them entirely. The security cameras are used by many organizations, including industrial firms, banks and hotels. The vulnerabilities were discovered by the cybersecurity company VDOO as part of its investigation into the...
Yahoo Fined £250,000 by ICO for 2014 Data Breach
The UK’s Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined Yahoo £250,000 over the data breach the company experienced in 2014. The fine was issued to resolve serious violations of the Data Protection Act of 1998. The 2014 data breach resulted in the exposure of more than 515,000 UK Yahoo email account holders’ data. The information exposed included customers’ names, birth dates, telephone numbers, email addresses, usernames, hashed...
Dixons Carphone Breach Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards
Dixons Carphone, the UK electronics and telecommunications retailer, has experienced a massive breach of payment card data. The payment card details of 5.9 million customers have been exposed and potentially stolen by hackers. In addition to the Dixons, Dixons Travel, and Carphone Warehouse stores, the company also operates under the brand names Currys and PC World in the UK and under other brand names in Europe. The breach is...
Sophos Adds Deep Learning to Email Security Offering
Sophos has announced a major update to its email security offering to help customers detect and block sophisticated new email threats. Sophos Email Security Advanced now incorporates deep learning and predictive security for active threat protection along with outbound scanning, anti-phishing email authentication, and policy support. According to Sophos research, 75% of malware variants that make it past perimeter defenses are unique...
InfoSec Institute Now Has Largest Library of Security Awareness Training Content
At the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018, the InfoSec Institute announced that its library of security awareness training content is now the largest collection of content provided by any security awareness training company. The SecurityIQ AwareEd library consists of standard CBT training modules covering the full range of email-based and web-based threats. CBT training is accompanies by video training content,...
Fortinet Announces Release of FortiMail 6.0
Cybercriminals are now using a wide range of techniques to gain access to business networks and obtain sensitive data, including zero day exploits, brute force attacks, and IoT devices. While these new and constantly changing tactics pose a significant threat, the most commonly used attack vector is still email. Email is still the most common way for malware and ransomware to be installed. According to the Verizon April 2018 Data...
Agari: Business Email Compromise the Most Lucrative Form of Email Attack
A report from the email security vendor Agari provides new insights into the tactics used by cybercriminal groups to conduct email attacks and the extent of global email fraud. While many email-based attack methods are used, business email compromise (BEC) is the most lucrative for criminals and BEC attacks are the costliest for companies. The Agari report was released days after the FBI published figures on the cost of Internet crime...
PhishLabs Merges with BrandProtect
PhishLabs, a leading provider of phishing threat intelligence and security awareness and anti-phishing training has announced it has merged with BrandProtect, a leading provider of threat mitigation solutions for enterprises. The merger will see the combined company become the leading provider of threat intelligence and threat mitigation services. The merger will see the combined company provide a much more extensive service to...
InfoSec Institute Named in 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Security Awareness CBT
The InfoSec Institute has developed an extensive library of training material on cybersecurity and helps security professionals attain qualifications to improve their career prospects. The company has also developed a platform for businesses to use to improve their defenses against phishing attacks and other threats that target employees. The firm’s SecurityIQ training platform combines an extensive library of training material and a...
Cloud Tool Reduces AWS Costs by 60%
Healthcare groups are, increasingly, implementing cloud-based systems to meet their IT requirements, but while there are multiple reasons for moving applications, infrastructure and data center operations to the cloud, the high cloud costs make it an unattractive possibility. Many healthcare groups purchase AWS EC2 instances for to implement this on their servers. While this particular platform meets their requirements, the...
Does Two-Factor Authentication Protect Businesses from Phishing Attacks?
Two-factor – or multi-factor – authentication is a simple control that makes it harder for unauthorized individuals to gain access to accounts and sensitive data. Rather than just use a single factor for authentication such as a password, an additional factor is required, usually something an individual has. This could be a card reader, which is often used by banks for verifying the identify of an individual who wants to make a...
Agari Chooses Gradian as its First UK Partner
Agari has announced a new partnership with the value-added reseller (VAR) Gradian. This is the first partnership between Agari and a UK-based VAR. The aim of the partnership is to expant Agari’s footprint in the UK and Europe. Gradian will be offering the Agari Email Trust platform to its customers to help them prevent email impersonation attacks and block a wide range of email-based threats. Phishing and BEC attacks are major threats...
2018 Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report
Security awareness and anti-phishing vendor PhishLabs has released its 2018 Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report. The report shows there has been a marked change in attacks, with enterprises now being targeted rather than individuals. This comes as no surprise as the potential rewards for a successful attack on an enterprise are considerably higher than attacks on individuals. Enterprises are more likely to pay ransom demands and...