Photo editor apps hiding malware on Google Play
SophosLabs has discovered apps in Google Play harbouring Guerilla ad clicker malware. By Mark Stockely, author of Naked Security The malware, identified by Sophos as Andr/Guerilla-D, found its way on to Google Play during March and April 2018, in innocent-looking...
Intelligence key to Forcepoint protection
orcepoint has announced what it believes to be the industry's first Risk-Adaptive Protection solution, Dynamic Data Protection in response to challenges in balancing user and data security with business productivity. Legacy cybersecurity solutions today rely on...
Google makes Android device-makers patch regularly
Google has announced, albeit without going into much detail, that it will require the manufacturers of Android devices to push out regular security-focused updates. The announcement came from the head of Android security at Google, David Kleidermacher, during his talk...
Troye proactively addresses security threats
Local managed IT services provider, Troye, is proactively helping its clients defend against external and insider security threats and is helping mitigate phishing attacks and loss of data due to malicious behaviour. With the imminent enforcement of PoPI and GDPR,...
Indian passenger data on the black market
SearchInform has noted several incidents involving data leaks that happened in April 2018. Alexei Parfentiev, a senior business analyst at SearchInform, unpacks the information. The investigation into the non-payment of fees by the agency managing the duty-free store...
Private security, crime prevention must change
As criminals and crimes continue to evolve, it is essential that security providers challenge the status quo. As Albert Einstein once said; insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. For too long the security industry has...
Common Criteria Certification boosts Kaspersky product
The Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows application - a core part of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business - has officially been certified for passing the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CC), an international standard for...
Securicom reduces data centre footprint with Cloudistics
Data centres by nature consume a lot of energy and demand for power will continue to grow as the volumes of digital information that companies store and process continue to grow. With this come increasing energy costs and cooling requirements. According to Douw Gerber...
Ring expands to South Africa
Neighbourhood security company Ring has announced that it is entering the South African market. The Ring range of preventive home security products include connected doorbells, cameras and lights that are easily installed and configured, with an app that provides...
Look out for phishing scams …
Mother's Day is a day to honour mothers, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. There are plenty of ways to make moms feel special with unique gifts, but there are those that use such special occasions for their own cybercriminal gain. In...
NEC XON gets ISO27001 cyber security certification
NEC XON has obtained ISO 27001 certification for its Cyber Defence Operations Centre (CDOC) and Network Operations Centre (NOC). The ISO 27001 standard encapsulates global cyber security best practice and, crucially, is a standard liability assurers both accept and...
Kaspersky Password Manager now available
Kaspersky Lab has introduced the new generation of its freemium solution Kaspersky Password Manager. Now, the solution not only stores login/password pairs but also payment data - which gets an extra layer of protection when entered automatically on sites - as well as...