Feb 7, 2013
There were about 7 000 attempts to infect gamers around the world in 2012, according to data from Kaspersky Labs. These attacks are launched in an attempt to gain access to personal user data, such as passwords to online games and online banking systems. Where games...
Feb 6, 2013
The growth in cybercrime generally is well reported, but South African CIOs are still not taking it seriously enough – particularly when it comes to application security. According to respected research firm Gartner, 75% of attacks are directed at the...
Jan 9, 2013
Recent widespread hacking attacks on a number of US banks could be part of a cyber-warfare initiative, possibly engineered by Iran. The New York Times reports that US authorities believe Iran is responsible for the attacks, allegedly in retaliation for the recent...
Jan 7, 2013
South African companies have been warned that cybercrime is set to increase in 2013 – placing their profitability, their competitiveness and perhaps even their existence at risk. An alarming fact is that South Africa hosts the third-highest number of cybercrime...
