A novel network technique that bypasses VPN encryption has been revealed by security researchers at Leviathan Security. Dubbed “decloaking,” the technique allows an attacker to force a target’s traffic off their VPN tunnel by exploiti…
Telkom Indonesia announced on Thursday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with cybersecurity firm F5 to collaborate on cybersecurity services and strengthen Telkom’s own security capabilities.
Saudi Arabian operator Zain KSA and network security specialist Enea have announced a collaboration to pilot the world’s first mobile network signalling overlay technology, which, they say, significantly extends signalling firewall capabilities.
Egypt’s National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) has partnered with Arab Security Consultants (ASC), a distributor of the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) in Egypt, to bolster collaboration in network security and cybersec…
PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications said on Tuesday that in the first quarter of this year, it has blocked more than 13 million SMShing (a.k.a. “smishing”) messages designed to help criminals take over people’s social media accounts.
T-Mobile employees are being propositioned via text messages to partake in illegal SIM swapping activities, with a financial incentive of $300 per swap. SIM swap attacks take advantage of consumers using SMS as their two-factor authentication (2FA) met…
To reduce dependence on foreign technologies, Chinese officials have reportedly mandated the country’s leading telecom operators – including China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom – to eliminate foreign semiconductors from their networks b…
Multiple French municipalities have experienced significant disruptions to public services following a “large-scale cyber attack” on shared servers. The ongoing cyber assault has compromised the operational capacity of crucial local governm…
The Saudi Arabian market is to welcome a new player in the cybersecurity solutions field through a venture established by a Public Investment Fund-owned company alongside Korean security solutions business AhnLab.
AT&T announced on Saturday that it is investigating a major data breach involving the personal information of over 73 million current and former customer accounts. The company said a data set containing records on approximately 7.6 million existing…