Coronavirus reaches the web

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...

Stable economic growth for Africa

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...

Flight Centre warns against non-essential China travel

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...

Commercial cloud powers Microsoft growth

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...

93% of mobile transactions blocked as fraudulent

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...

15k victims fall to malware disguised as Billie Eilish

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...