Topic: Security - Page 214

Record-high 10.52 billion malware attacks in 2018
391,689 new attack variants identified
Escalation of IoT attacks, 217 percent increase from 2017
19.2 percent malware attacks leveraged non-standard ports

WatchGuard’s Internet Security Report for Q4 2018 also finds growing use of a new sextortion phishing malware customized to individual victims

The number of businesses unable to recover data after an incident nearly doubled from 2016, according to the Global Data Protection Index surveying 2,200 IT decision makers from 18 countries

Sales of Microsoft Office 365 and firewalls, with assistance from increased adoption of Microsoft Azure and Google G Suite, helped the distributor grow SMB revenue a record 31 percent last year, according to Vice President of Sales John Phillips (pictured).

Announced on the same day as a resale agreement with threat detection and response vendor Perch Security, the new system is part of a larger, evolving push by ConnectWise into the massive and growing market for security solutions and services.

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity company protecting over 500 million systems across 150 countries, has appointed†John Stynes†as its Chief Financial Officer.

Stynes brings significant expertise in leading performant public companies of all sizes. From his base in†London, Stynes joins the management team leading Bitdefender efforts to transform its business procedures.

McAfee MVISION Cloud Empowers IT Teams to Enforce Data Loss Prevention, Threat Protection and Activity Monitoring Capabilities

Worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $103.1 billion in 2019, an increase of 9.4% over 2017. This pace of growth is expected to continue for the next several years as industries invest heavily in security solutions to meet a wide range of threats and requirements.

Update extends desktop protection to various Windows Server versions to ensure comprehensive integrity of corporate data

Best practices to defend against the three most prevalent types of spear-phishing attacks