Telkom invests in a culture of cybersecurity awareness
Telkom South Africa has invested in ongoing employee training and development to ensure cybersecurity awareness and compliance. In an evolving cyber security landscape that places employees and organisations at risk of fraud, theft and infiltration, this level of...
Kaspersky helped users stay secure online
For International Privacy Day, Kaspersky experts looked into typical privacy risks and cyberthreats faced by users of its consumer products. In fact, 85% of Kaspersky Security Cloud users worldwide took advantage of its "Account Check" function on mobile devices and...
More cybersecurity predictions for 2020
With data breaches hitting headlines daily, security professionals are constantly concerned about the next big threat. Whether it's ransomware, phishing or endpoint attacks, there's always something on the horizon waiting for its turn in the spotlight. KnowBe4 Africa...
Shlay them all: thousands of websites distribute macOS malware
In 2019 Kaspersky prevented attacks carried out by Shlayer, a malware Trojan family, at least once on every 10th device using Kaspersky Solutions for Mac, making this threat the most widespread for macOS users. A smart malware distribution system, it spreads via a...
Datacentrix reaches top Cybereason partner level
Datacentrix has joined Game Changers, the newest partner tier announced by Cybereason, creators of the Cyber Defense Platform, as a level for its most strategic partners. Datacentrix will also be incorporating Cybereason technology into its next-generation security...
Kaspersky integrates with SolarWinds
Following on the integration with SolarWinds N-central in 2019, Kaspersky has integrated its cybersecurity solutions with the SolarWinds Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) platform to help service providers (MSPs) support smooth operations and make their routines...
40m affected in US health data breaches
Data gathered by PreciseSecurity shows that in 2019 health records for 40-million Americans were breached. This is the highest number of health data breaches since 2015. From the data, over the last decade, exposure of health records has been rising steadily. Only...
2020 cybersecurity trends predictions
The realities of the negative impact of modern cyber threats arguably hit home for South Africans in 2019 more than any other year in memory. By Brian Pinnock, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast The country fell victim to several high-profile breaches, including a...
Data protection predictions for 2020
Arcserve Southern Africa has released Arcserve's top three data predictions to be on the alert for in 2020. Over the last year, the data protection space faced a swath of challenges, compelling vendors to organically and inorganically evolve to meet rapidly...
Kaspersky partners to protect unique human biometrics
How can people continue to use biometric based authentication on their favourite devices without worrying about their unique data being stolen and misused? To answer this question, Kaspersky has teamed up with a 3D accessory designer from Stockholm and together they...
Kaspersky named strong performer in cloud security
Kaspersky has been named as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave: Cloud Workload Security (CWS), Q4 2019. The company's solution, Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security, received the status after achieving the highest scores possible in 13 criteria, including hypervisor...
DataBlock protects against juice jacking
DataBlock has launched its latest product that will prevent data theft from smart devices while allowing powering up at charging stations. Coined back in 2011, Juice Jacking is a cyber-attack that commonly involves the installation of malware on to smartphones when...