SA firms urged to take security seriously

Jan 22, 2015

South African organisations must adopt an “all hands on deck” approach to defend against cyber-attacks. Attackers have become more proficient at taking advantage of gaps in security to evade detection and conceal malicious activity, as evidenced by the recent attacks against the Gautrain and Eskom.

Kaspersky launches online cyberthreat radar

Jan 6, 2015

As complex operations become an increasingly frequent feature of contemporary cybercrime, Kaspersky Lab is launching an online service that brings together all the information it holds on the most sophisticated cyber campaigns.  The interactive targeted cyber-attacks...

Sony hack huge, but most breaches internal

Jan 5, 2015

If the headline-grabbing cyber-attacks of 2013 and 2014 – think Target, Home Depot and now Sony – tell us anything, it’s that organisations across the globe routinely fail to adequately detect and respond to potentially devastating threats. In fact,...
Cyber-attacks: not if but when

Cyber-attacks: not if but when

Nov 28, 2014

The cost of phishing attacks in South Africa amounted to about $320-million in 2013 alone – and it’s no longer a case of “if” your company is going to be a target, but rather “when”. This is according to Drew van Vuuren, consulting services partner at 4Di...

SA users don’t believe in cyber-threats

Oct 31, 2014

According to a survey carried out jointly by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 9% of Internet users in South Africa do not believe that cyber-attacks are real. They feel that the threat is exaggerated by Internet security companies. However, this complacency leaves...