Cybercriminals target healthcare industry

The healthcare systems, from Electronic Health Record to medical devices, are more vulnerable than many of us realise. And the stakes are too high to ignore, says Perry Hutton, Fortinet Africa regional director. Today, the black market for patient data is up to twenty...

Is it time to dump passwords for good?

It’s conceivable that one day biometrics may replace passwords completely, across many different services says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. The more news that trickled in about last year’s Sony hack, the more depressing the situation appeared to...

Sony hack tops year of record cyber activity

Prolific cyber-attacks against Sony capped off one of the biggest years on record for cyber security. Approximately 100Tb of data was compromised and up to $100-million in damages were inflicted during this headline-grabbing incident as the Trend Micro annual security...

Cyber-attacks now politically motivated

Following last year’s much publicised Sony cyber-attack, in which executives were left red-faced following the leak of sensitive company information into the public domain, Richard Keymer, head of presales at SecureData Africa, predicts a marked increase in...

No one is safe from cyber-attacks

With the growth in popularity of online banking services, the theft of banking information has become one of the most common types of criminal activity on the Internet. In addition to stealing access codes for personal bank accounts – and corporate bank accounts –...