A hitherto unknown group that has been dubbed Tortoiseshell is using both customised and common Windows malware to target IT providers in Saudi Arabia, the American security firm Symantec claims, adding that these attacks appear to be focused on the supply chain and ultimately aimed at the providers' customers.

Robotic process automation (RPA) company Automation Anywhere has appointed industry veteran Stephen DeWitt as its first chief strategy officer.

Email security provider Mimecast has gone in hard in a bid to capitalise on the proposed sale of Symantec's enterprise division to Broadcom, offering customers of Symantec's MessageLabs email security cloud free email security risk assessments and other discounts.