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Car-booking app Careem suffers data breach
Careem suffered a data breach in January this year
John DeSimone , Vice President of Cybersecurity and Special Missions at Raytheon Intelligence , Information and Services car-booking app which
A operates in the Middle East and North Africa has issued an apology after announcing it was subject to a cyberattack earlier this year . Careem – a car-booking app which operates in 13 countries – published a statement online about the cyberbreach . It said that on January 14 the firm had identified a cyberincident involving unauthorised access to the system it uses to store customer and captain ( driver ) account data . The statement said : “ While we have seen no evidence of fraud or misuse related to this incident , it is our responsibility to be open and honest with you , and to reaffirm our commitment to protecting your privacy and data .”
Customers and captains who signed up after January 14 were not affected . The business said it had launched a thorough investigation and had engaged leading cybersecurity experts to help strengthen security systems as soon as the breach was detected .
“ We are also working with law enforcement agencies ,” the statement said . “ We apologise for what has happened but , rest assured , Careem has learned from this experience and will come out of it a stronger and more resilient organisation . We remain dedicated to our mission of supporting the millions of captains and customers in the region who depend on Careem to earn a living and get around .”
RAYTHEON AND VIRSEC ESTABLISH ALLIANCE TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM ADVANCED CYBERATTACKS
aytheon has announced an
R alliance with Virsec to bring commercial cybersecurity
tools to global government and critical infrastructure customers .
Combined with Raytheon ’ s decades of cybersecurity defence expertise , Virsec ’ s patented Trusted Execution technology protects networks by detecting deviations in software applications caused by cyberintrusions . John DeSimone , Vice President of Cybersecurity and Special Missions at Raytheon Intelligence , Information and Services , said : “ Critical infrastructure – from the electrical grid to transportation – is under assault and hackers are evading conventional security defences .
Commercial tools from companies like Virsec can help bridge the gap for our global government and commercial customers and provide effective protection against the growing cyberthreat .” Trusted Execution protects against attacks on critical systems that bypass conventional network security tools using advanced hacking techniques and memory exploits .
Commercially available , this technology protects memory and processes in realtime and instantly detects deviations in software applications .
This deterministic process blocks attacks within milliseconds , providing precise forensics at every step .
“ It ’ s time to change the equation for security and deliver better protection for our most critical infrastructure ,” said Atiq Raza , CEO of Virsec .
“ Our philosophy is simple – rather than eternally chasing elusive threats , we need to take the guess-work out of cybersecurity and stop attacks at the application level in real-time .”
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