Businesses aim to combat cyber-attacks

Although the frequency of a cyber-security attack on a large scale is low, by 2018 40% of large organisations will have formal plans to address aggressive cyber-security business disruption attacks, up from 0% in 2015, according to Gartner. Business disruption attacks...

Mac users just as vulnerable to threats

According to global research conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, users of Apple computers encounter cyber-threats just as often as the users of other platforms. They may even face more examples of some types of threat. Although it is true that security...

Threats set to be more sophisticated in 2015

Kaspersky Lab has compiled a list of the top emerging threats in the APT (advanced persistent threat) world. The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has spent several years studying APT campaigns and closely observing more than 60 threat actors...

Threats to Android to double in 2015

According to Trend Micro, the 2014 cumulative Android threat volume is likely to double in 2015 as the number of vulnerabilities in mobile devices, platforms and apps pose more serious security risks. Cybercriminals will dig deeper into the gold mine of data available...

Fighting the outsider threat

It is common sense that the sooner an attack is identified, the faster it can be contained and mitigated, limiting the fallout as much as possible. Businesses need to supplement their traditional security tools and protocols with skilled incident response teams,...