Jan 31, 2020
Kaspersky detection technologies have found malicious files disguised as documents related to the newly discovered coronavirus – a virus disease which has been at the top of media headlines due to its dangerous nature. The discovered malicious files were masked...
Jan 31, 2020
Africa’s economic growth remained stable in 2019 at 3,4%, and is on course to pick up to 3,9% in 2020 and 4,1% in 2021, according to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB.org) 2020 African Economic Outlook (AEO). The slower than expected growth is partly...
Jan 31, 2020
The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is urging travellers to reconsider all non-essential travel to China as a result of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Warning to avoid non-essential travel to China in its...
Jan 31, 2020
Microsoft increased revenue by 14%, to $36,9-billion, during the quarter ended 31 December 2019. Operating income was $13,9-billion, an increase of 35%; net income was up 38% GAAP and 36% non-GAAP to $11,6-billion; and diluted earnings per share was $1.51 an increase...
Jan 31, 2020
A massive 93% of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019. This is according to a report on the state of malware and mobile ad fraud by mobile technology company, Upstream. The “Invisible Digital Threat” data is based on...
Jan 31, 2020
Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies detected a 39% rise in attacks (attempts to download or run malicious files) under the guise of...