Cybersecurity Week 2024, held from October 28–31 in Muscat, Oman, brings together cybersecurity experts, policymakers, and industry leaders from across the Arab region. Co-organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
Ransomware attacks continue to rise, threatening organizations across industries and forcing governments to respond with new regulations aimed at reducing the financial incentives for attackers. In 2024, several countries have...
Generative AI (GenAI) is revolutionizing industries across the globe, and cybersecurity is no exception. As cyber threats become more sophisticated, leveraging AI to protect systems, data, and networks has moved...
In recent years, women have made tremendous strides in the cybersecurity industry, yet the gender gap remains a prominent challenge. Despite the increasing number of women entering the field, they...
Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, and a recently uncovered vulnerability, CVE-2024-43573, is causing significant concern across the industry. This zero-day vulnerability, which affects the Windows MSHTML platform, has been actively...
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity threats are not only growing in number but in complexity. Two major challenges are proving especially difficult to overcome: supply chain vulnerabilities and...
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, organizations face numerous cybersecurity challenges, with critical vulnerabilities in widely-used software systems presenting significant risks. Recent discoveries of severe flaws in Kubernetes’ Image Builder and...
The cybersecurity world was recently rocked by the arrest of “USDoD,” a notorious hacker responsible for some of the most high-profile data breaches in recent memory, including the breaches of...
In early October 2024, a significant zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-9680, was discovered in Mozilla Firefox, affecting versions prior to 131.0.2 and extended support releases (ESR) below 128.3.1 and 115.16.1. This vulnerability...
As the global digital landscape evolves, so too do the threats posed by cybercriminals. Ransomware, a type of malware that locks users out of their systems or encrypts their data,...