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ARABIAN RESELLER - MAY 2021
ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE TO DISRUPT REMOTE LEARNING ACTIVITIES OVER THE COMING YEAR Ram Narayanan, the Country Manager for Check Point Software Technologies Middle East, says that businesses should invest in educating users on how to spot and avoid potential security risks How has the security threat landscape evolved over the past few months? The threat landscape has been rapidly evolving with more sophisticated and targeted attacks. Among the most popular are zero-day exploits and ransomware attacks. The kind of we are experiencing are the 5th generation of cyberattacks: large scale, multi-vector, mega attacks targeting businesses, individuals, and countries.
The most recent Solarwinds supply chain attack was truly unprecedented in its sophistication and scale. The exploit showed just how insidious and damaging these ‘unknown’ threats can be, where no-one is aware of the flaw apart from the attackers who are exploiting it. The Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities incident is another example of a massive attack in which a group
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of highly skilled cybercriminals were actively exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities in the Server which resulted in a full race amongst hackers and security professionals. We see two concurrent trends; One, cyberattacks targeting Microsoft Exchange servers were increasing sharply. Two, ransomware attacks were simultaneously rising steadily. What sort of security challenges are
