Kaspersky’s Interactive Protection Simulation training goes online
Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of its Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation Online training (KIPS Online). KIPS Online is a valuable addition to previously available and highly regarded KIPS Live offline cybersecurity training. Both Live and Online...
Sophos debuts Phish Threat attack simulator
Sophos has launched Sophos Phish Threat, an advanced phishing attack simulator and training solution that is fully integrated with the company's cloud-based security management platform, Sophos Central. With centralised management and automated campaign analysis,...
Cybercrimes Bill – much better in 2017
Lucien Pierce, consultant at BDO Cyber Lab, unpacks the new Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill and offers his opinion. The Department of Justice published the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill, 2017 on 19 January. It is, at first glance, much better than the 2016...
Kaspersky Lab unlocks CryptXXX-encrypted files
After releasing decryption tools for two variants of CryptXXX ransomware in April and May 2016, Kaspersky Lab has released a new decryptor for files that have been locked with the latest version of the malware. This malicious programme was capable of infecting...
Uncloaking corruption within encryption
Encryption is an effective weapon against cybercrime, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Securing valuable data flow between applications is essential for safeguarding identity and helping communications between a web browser and a server to remain...
Tallying the ripple costs of a cyber attack
The cost of any type of theft is often a lot higher than just the value of the stolen goods, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager of Check Point South Africa. If your house was broken into, you would feel violated. While your insurance company would reimburse...
Trend Micro TippingPoint launches 100Gb IPS
Trend Micro has announced the availability of the latest Trend Micro TippingPoint NX Series next-generation intrusion prevention systems (NGIPS). The series includes a first-to-market standalone NGIPS solution that delivers up to 100 Gb inspection throughput with low...
Fortinet musters defence against Black Nurse
A well-known characteristic of criminals in any space is that they are unpredictable. They look for holes and vulnerabilities in systems and try to use them to their advantage. Security systems, therefore, have to be architected in a way that assumes attack...
Kaspersky enhances enterprise incident response
Based on validated security intelligence data, Kaspersky Threat Lookup provides an effective tool for enterprises to improve their incident response and forensics; offering reliable, aggregated, retrospective and global insight on the latest threats, as well as...
Sophos strengthens protection in new XG Firewall
Sophos has launched the latest version of its next-generation XG Firewall. This new version strengthens the delivery of enterprise-grade security to organisations of all sizes with several additions. The additions include Sophos Sandstorm, the extension of the...
Your smart home: attacker or alibi?
David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, examines some of the issues around smart homes At the end of 2016, the world discovered just how vulnerable indiscriminately connected Internet-of-Things gadgets could be, when hundreds of thousands of smart...
IoT devices and DDoS attacks in perspective
Bryan Hamman, territory manager for sub-Saharan Africa at Arbor Networks, talks about the issues around DDoS attacks on IoT devices Embedded Internet-of-Thing (IoT) botnets are not a new phenomenon - we've seen them leveraged to launch distributed denial of service...