Businesses are being compromised by an onslaught of targeted and fileless cyber-attacks. Now, industry-leading cyber security vendor F-Secure is answering...
Cyber security company, F-Secure, said that the company aims to have around 500 partners by the end of 2016 and will continue to focus on the SMB market. The company is making a transformational change in its cyber security vision and believes that it can partner with channels that have the skills to deliver protection to customers amidst a rapid changing threat environment. F Secure believes in creation and development of channels as a critical differentiating factor as part of its core strategy of going to market. The new channel...
F-Secure Labs has uncovered a strain of malware that appears to be targeting parties involved in the recently decided Philippines vs. China case regarding the two countries’ South China Sea dispute. The malware, dubbed NanHaiShu by F-Secure researchers, is a Remote Access Trojan that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from infected machines. “This APT (advanced persistent threat) malware appears to be tightly linked to the dispute and legal proceedings between the Philippines and China about the South China Sea,” said Erka Koivunen, Cyber Security Advisor at F-Secure, adding “Not only are the...
F-Secure has appointed Mumbai based Erus IT Private Limited as its sub distribution partner across the western and central region of the country including Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Erus IT will be the official distribution partner for F-Secure SMB products and services, including anti-malware security solutions among others. Announcing the appointment, Amit Nath, Head of Asia Pacific (Corporate Business), F-Secure, commented, “We recognize the cyber security challenges and threats that the Indian small and medium businesses face today; and the compromises they have to make when it...
Christian Fredrikson, President and CEO of F-Secure Corporation, has resigned to pursue a leadership opportunity outside the company. The F-Secure Board of Directors has appointed Samu Konttinen as new President and CEO, effective 1 August 2016. Konttinen joined F-Secure in 2005 and has held a wide range of senior management positions in the company, including Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President of F-Secure’s Consumer Business. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President Corporate Security Business. Since 2009 he has been a member of the...