Türkiye’s Halkbank finds the right solution stack to perform and scale in tandem

Türkiye’s Halkbank finds the right solution stack to perform and scale in tandem

Halkbank, founded in 1993, is one of the largest banks in Türkiye, offering corporate and retail banking, investor relations, and SME and commercial services to over 15 million customers. But during the pandemic lockdowns, customers were forced to switch to the bank’s digital channels, and mobile app users quickly soared from one million to 2.5 million. Since the pandemic, however, this increase in digital customers hasn’t been entirely smooth. The bank recognized the need to…

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Microsoft Details How Phishing Campaign Bypassed MFA

Microsoft Details How Phishing Campaign Bypassed MFA

A large-scale phishing campaign that used adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing sites stole passwords, hijacked sign-in sessions and skipped the authentication process even if MFA was enabled, according to a new report. The AiTM phishing campaign has targeted more than 10,000 organizations since September 2021, according to Microsoft, which has detailed the threat in a new blog. In one example, the attacker sent emails including an HTML file attachment to multiple recipients in different organizations, informing them they had a…

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5 keys to a successful API strategy

5 keys to a successful API strategy

For enterprises seeking to overhaul their operations and offerings, application programming interfaces (APIs) have become key facilitators of digital transformation — especially as organizations increasingly move data and applications to the cloud. Once largely viewed as a technical means to an end, APIs are now a high-level strategic concern, with developing, managing, maintaining, and securing these resources becoming a major consideration — and a big challenge — for technology leaders. More than just vital components…

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IBM Red Hat names Matt Hicks as president and CEO

IBM Red Hat names Matt Hicks as president and CEO

IBM Red Hat has named Matt Hicks as its new president and CEO. Hicks will be taking over the role from Paul Cormier, who has led the company since 2020, shortly after it was acquired by IBM for $34 billion in July 2019. Cormier will become chairman of the board at Red Hat and both he and Hicks will report to IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna. Hicks first joined Red Hat in 2006 as…

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Consulting firms jump on the Zero Trust bandwagon

Consulting firms jump on the Zero Trust bandwagon

Within a day of each other, the consulting and outsourcing firms Deloitte and HCL Technologies have both launched new managed cybersecurity services, as consultants look to capitalize on the growing appetite for the Zero Trust security model. On Tuesday, Deloitte unveiled its Zero Trust Access managed service, which is heavily influenced by its recent acquisition of TransientX. Then, on Wednesday, HCL announced a collaboration with Palo Alto Networks to offer managed SASE, cloud security, and…

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Moving Beyond Budget Battles: The Real Secret to Improving National Cyber Defenses

Moving Beyond Budget Battles: The Real Secret to Improving National Cyber Defenses

By Teddra Burgess, SVP, Public Sector, Tanium There’s been no shortage of criticism around President Biden’s new $773 billion defense budget. That’s no surprise, as federal budgets always draw attention – and provide ample opportunity for political posturing and finger-pointing – regardless of the actual figures involved. Numbers aside, when it comes to America’s cyber defense, we should do our best to put partisanship on the shelf and seek multilateral ways to ensure our cybersecurity…

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Evolving cybersecurity to protect today’s energy network architecture

Evolving cybersecurity to protect today’s energy network architecture

Evolving cybersecurity to protect today’s energy network architecture | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more. This Website…

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The Great Cybersecurity Resignation | The State of Security

The Great Cybersecurity Resignation | The State of Security

In 2022, the buzz phrase of the year has to be “The Great Resignation”. What is it? It’s a term coined to describe the current rise in people leaving their employer to find work elsewhere. But people have always moved on, right? Of course they have. Staff retention rates have always been a target for most HR functions. But something is different in 2022. More people are leaving organisations quicker than they did previously. The…

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VERT Threat Alert: July 2022 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Analysis

VERT Threat Alert: July 2022 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Analysis

Tag CVE Count CVEs Azure Storage Library 1 CVE-2022-30187 Windows Storage 1 CVE-2022-30220 Open Source Software 1 CVE-2022-27776 Windows Portable Device Enumerator Service 1 CVE-2022-22023 Windows Media 2 CVE-2022-30225, CVE-2022-22045 Windows Group Policy 1 CVE-2022-30205 Windows Client/Server Runtime Subsystem 3 CVE-2022-22026, CVE-2022-22047, CVE-2022-22049 Windows Network File System 3 CVE-2022-22028, CVE-2022-22029, CVE-2022-22039 AMD CPU Branch 2 CVE-2022-23816, CVE-2022-23825 Windows Performance Counters 1 CVE-2022-22036 Microsoft Graphics Component 3 CVE-2022-30213, CVE-2022-30221, CVE-2022-22034 XBox 1 CVE-2022-33644 Windows Security Account…

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Major Email Phishing Stats & Examples from 2021

Major Email Phishing Stats & Examples from 2021

With an influx of remote workers due to the pandemic, gaps in cloud security were exploited. Cybercriminals continued to leverage blind spots in email services’ built-in security—nearly 75% of all threats blocked by Trend Micro in 2021 were email threats. Unfortunately, built-in security for popular email services, like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, is simply not enough to stop malicious emails from infiltrating enterprises. In 2021 alone, Cloud App Security detected and blocked more than…

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