RIYADH: Modesty took center stage at Riyadh’s Modest Fashion Week, which featured local and international designers in a three-day event that concluded at Al-Faisaliah Hotel on Dec. 17. The show’s theme, “Roots to the Future,” gave fashion enthusiasts and influencers from across the globe a taste of modesty, with each brand presenting its own cultural spin in a mix of 32
Saudi Arabia had 7 million cyberattacks in 2021
The report said that one of the most common attacks were against the protocols used by employees to access corporate resources remotely, emphasizing the need for cybersecurity awareness
Updated 26 March 2021
March 26, 2021 23:33
JEDDAH: Remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present security threats and risks to companies and employees in Saudi Arabia, with 7 million cyberattacks hitting the country in the first two months of 2021, according to a new report.
The report, from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, said that Saudi Arabia saw more than 22.5 million brute force attacks in 2020 on remote desktop protocols (RDPs), the most popular way to access Windows or servers. Brute force attacks are trial-and-error attempts to guess login information, encryption keys or find a hidden web page.