A romance scammer who targeted hundreds of women and persuaded some to give him thousands of pounds has been jailed for over two years. Osagie Aigbonohan, 41, from Lagos, Nigeria, operated under the moniker “Tony Eden” from his flat in Abbey Wood, London. He’s said to have targeted nearly 700 women, including one who was terminally ill and whom he continued to pursue even after she passed away. Police who searched his property also found footwear…

Microsoft has detected a major malware wiper campaign targeting government, IT and non-profit organizations across Ukraine. Dubbed “WhisperGate,” the attacks were first spotted on January 13, at around the same time that over a dozen government websites were forced offline in what was described as a “massive” cyber-attack. Although Microsoft said it had not noticed any links between the destructive malware campaign, tracked as DEV-0586, and previous known activity groups, it comes at a time of heightened…

How can you fend off the largest DDoS attack in history? For Microsoft, early detection and investing in software as a service was key. Read on to learn more. By Jason Barr, Senior Director of Innovation, Core BTS Last month, European Azure Cloud users faced the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack in history. Yet, it was business as usual for Azure Cloud customers — all thanks to Microsoft’s well thought out security protections. For years,…

Enterprise service management (ESM) takes the principles developed by IT teams in their service management activities and applies them across enterprise business functions. The goal is to improve the quality of service delivered both internally and externally by creating processes and systems that support the organisation’s service delivery goals. In today’s world, companies can no longer be certain about where their customers and employees are and how they interact. The shift from most staff working…

Over the last two years, the problem of cybercrime has moved from being a serious but manageable problem to an existential threat with the potential to ruin businesses and destroy lives. There are many reasons for this: the shift to remote work, the mass cloud migration, untraceable cryptocurrencies and sophisticated, well-organised hacking groups have opened up new vulnerabilities and made robust cybersecurity one of the most important aspects of any organization. That growing threat is one…

The security burden of moving to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic, an ever-evolving technology and threat landscape, and a zero trust approach to corporate security will significantly boost overall spending on cybersecurity technology in Turkey over the next several years, according to new research by IDC. Turkey’s security technology market is forecast to grow from $247.43 million in 2020 to $344.89 million in 2025 on the back of strong activity in the top three…