The need for updated cybersecurity education in a digital world
Check Point Software Technologies is using this International Education Day (24 January) an opportunity to re-emphasise the need to include cybersecurity among the subjects to be studied in schools and high schools. The reality is that it is increasingly necessary to...
What cyber confrontation looked like in 2022
In a recent report, Kaspersky's experts analyse cyberspace activities relating to the Ukrainian crisis, observing their meaning in relation to the current conflict, and their impact on the cybersecurity field. This report is a part of Kaspersky Security Bulletin (KSB)...
Will AI make us more secure?
ChatGPT, the dialogue-based AI chatbot capable of understanding natural human language, has become another icon in the disruptor ecosystem. Gaining over 1-million registered users in just 5 days, it has become the fastest growing tech platform ever. By Monica...
What cybersecurity dangers lurk behind new AI technologies?
It is now possible to use a publicly available artificial chatbot to generate a complete infection chain, possibly beginning with a spear phishing email written in entirely convincing, human-like language and eventually causing a complete takeover of a company's...
Super malicious insider presents a very real and scary risk
Companies have become increasingly aware of the risk malicious insiders pose and with a potential economic downturn that will drive significant layoffs, it has never been more important for business leaders to understand the impact malicious insiders can have on a...
New year, new risks: the biggest emerging cyber threats for 2023
FortiGuard Labs researchers have warned that cyber criminals are finding yet more ways to weaponise new technologies at scale to enable more disruption and destruction. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional director at Fortinet In their Threat Predictions for 2023, the...
Technology trends affecting the security sector in 2023
The fact that technology has become pervasive in our personal and work lives is not news. This is largely due to the benefits that new technologies bring to business and citizens around the world in delivering new, more effective, and increasingly efficient services....
Sharpening endpoint protection is critical
Crypto-mining, hacking, vulnerabilities, and threats - protecting the organisation's endpoints has never been more important than it is today, writes Reggie Nkabinde, consultant: modern platform-security at Altron Karabina. Crypto-mining malware has seen a significant...
How cybercrime evolved in 2022
In June 2022, the Costa Rican government was forced to declare a national emergency after a significant ransomware attack by Conti, a hacking group with Russian ties. The group had found vulnerabilities within the public sector cybersecurity infrastructure which left...
Cyber defence must be a top priority
With big tech now actively advocating for a more online world, driven by a fourth industrial revolution, the Internet of Things and the Metaverse, the average individual has never before had so much of their lives on the Internet - and with this comes the need to...
Cybersecurity trends that will shape 2023
Cybersecurity is a continually evolving landscape, driven as much by the availability of technologies that assist companies in optimising operations as it is by malicious users leveraging more advanced forms of attacks. By Ian Engelbrecht, system engineering manager...
Stress is hurting cybersecurity: how can we fix it?
The average tenure of a chief information security officer lasts between one and two years, far less than the six years a chief financial officer or eight years a CEO typically spends at a company. This drastic difference is even more staggering when we add new data...