Kaspersky develops cybersecurity policy for bionic devices

Kaspersky is one of the first organisations to address the challenge of the human augmentation phenomenon, by presenting a comprehensive cybersecurity policy. The document aims to enhance the workforce while also considering employees’ security and welfare when...

AvosLocker ransomware uses AnyDesk in safe mode to launch attacks

Sophos has released new research about AvosLocker ransomware, explaining how attackers attempt to bypass security controls by using a combination of Windows Safe Mode and the AnyDesk remote administration tool. Windows Safe Mode is an IT support method for resolving...

Dell, AWS help protect customer data from ransomware attacks

Dell Technologies and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are bringing Dell’s cyber recovery vault to the AWS Marketplace with the launch of Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS. Through the AWS Marketplace, customers can easily purchase and deploy an air-gapped...

The Cybercrimes Act becomes partially operational

Certain provisions of the Cybercrimes Act become operational on 1 December 2021, as South Africa gets closer to protecting businesses and individuals against cyber attacks and malicious communications. By Peter Grealy, Nozipho Mngomezulu, Karl Blom, Wendy Tembedza,...

Cybersecurity takeaways for the holiday season

South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) highlights three cybersecurity considerations as the annual holiday season approaches. The first concerns the need for citizens to report cybercrime as they would any other crime. When reporting a...

Cybersecurity risks highlighted by new Windows release

Microsoft’s announcement of its new Windows11 operating system, together with its new Server 2022 platform has been welcomed by users who will receive upgrades by mid-2022. However, the availability or new releases has, in many instances, prompted companies to...