Feb 6, 2023
Ransomware attacks are proliferating, with attackers becoming more sophisticated and aggressive, and often hitting the same victims more than once, in more than one way. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional director: southern Africa at Fortinet FortiGuard Labs research...
Feb 6, 2023
As data moves out of the datacentre and flows freely between devices everywhere, organisations are rapidly losing visibility and control of their ecosystems. This is according to Chris Pretorius, business unit manager at Datacentrix, who explains that because of this,...
Feb 6, 2023
Sophos has released new findings on CryptoRom scams – elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making fake cryptocurrency investments – in its latest report, “Fraudulent Trading Apps Sneak into Apple and Google...
Feb 6, 2023
Kaspersky research shows that during 2022, 15% of Internet user computers worldwide experienced at least one malware-class attack. Throughout last year, 32,5% of users in South Africa were affected by online threats, compared to 40% in Kenya and 35,8% in Nigeria. The...
Feb 3, 2023
The ongoing power crisis is starting to threaten one of the fundamental drivers of South Africa’s digital economy: Internet access. By Paul Colmer, exco member of the Wireless Access Provider’s Association (WAPA) That’s because one of the biggest...
Feb 3, 2023
Cyberattacks and data breaches are becoming alarmingly common. Most attacks and breaches have one thing in common: victims were using weak passwords. In a digital world, it is more important than ever to ensure your online accounts are protected by strong and secure...
