Cybercriminals check into hotels

May 19, 2015

Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly smarter, and finding sophisticated new ways to steal customers’ data from hotel Web sites, front desks and sites, warns PwC.Hotels offer ample opportunity for cyber-attacks in the wake of increasing credit card transactions at...

64% of SA users faced money theft attempts

Jan 29, 2015

Over a one-year period, 64% of the users in South Africa who responded to a survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International faced online threats involving attempted money theft. However, non-financial cyber-attacks can result in unforeseen expenses as well.

Employees slow to report stolen devices

Sep 16, 2014

As the rate of stolen mobile devices increases, the average time it takes IT departments to respond to this security threat grows. This is according to a Kaspersky Lab survey of global IT security professionals. The cause of this delay is employees becoming slower to...

Financial malware grows in popularity

Jul 8, 2014

A new report from Kaspersky Lab has found that users in Brazil, Russia and Italy are most frequently attacked by malware aimed at stealing money. In the reporting period, from 19 April to 19 May 2014, Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked 126 600 attempts on computers to...