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Every CIO is acutely aware that their IT infrastructure now underpins the success of the business. Scalable, integrated compute, network, and data platforms are the prerequisites to delivering exceptional experiences for customers and staff. The challenge now? For IT to design a modern, cloud-first infrastructure that is integrated, secure and software-driven, all while ‘keeping the lights on’ for the company’s existing business processes. Why organizations are turning to cloud-first Organizations that have successfully implemented a…

Fewer than 11% of enterprises in APAC today use a single cloud. Instead, organizations are settling on multi-cloud, hybrid strategy with interoperability between cloud providers. This APAC trend reflects what’s happening globally; 92% of enterprises now have a multi-cloud strategy in place, according to the Flexera 2021 State of the Cloud report. It’s easy to see why most companies are going down this route: it provides maximum flexibility to pick and choose the best capabilities…

What is Black Basta? Black Basta is a relatively new family of ransomware, first discovered in April 2022. Although only active for the past couple of months, the Black Basta ransomware is thought to have already hit almost 50 organisations – first exfiltrating data from targeted companies, and then encrypting files on the firm’s computer systems. Victims have reportedly been hit in countries around the world including the United States, UK, India, Canada, Australia, New…

Image: the_lightwriter/Adobe Stock Black Lotus Labs, a threat intelligence team within Lumen Technologies, has recently exposed a new modus operandi for an attack campaign that went undiscovered for nearly two years. This campaign is highly sophisticated and possibly state-sponsored. One of its most intriguing characteristics is that it targets small office / home office (SOHO) routers as an initial point of compromise, in addition to being particularly stealth. The ZuoRAT attack chain At the beginning…

The key on the cyber battlefield, like on the traditional military battlefield, is understanding that there will indeed be many battles By Shmulik Yehezkel (Colonel, res), Chief Critical Cyber Operations Officer at CYE Security As a cybersecurity professional and a reserve field officer in the Israeli military, I have found many valuable insights on the pages of The Art of War, written by the fifth century Chinese military general Sun Tzu. One particular but often…