How to react to a ransomware attack

By ANTHONY GIANDOMENICO, practice director of digital forensics and incident response at Fortinet; and AAMIR LAKHANI,...

Messaging apps become main source of phishing scams

The biggest share of malicious links are being sent via WhatsApp, followed distantly by Telegram

The cyber threat centrepiece

My, doesn’t that lovely cyber-attack look nice on the boardroom table?

Scammers, fraudsters, target Black Widow movie opening

The premiere of Black Widow will take place simultaneously in movie theaters and online, and the...

Beware new wave of remote scams

While people and businesses continue to scale the use of digital services in the new normal,...

How not to be phished: An enterprise guide

ANNA COLLARD, SVP content strategy at KnowBe4 Africa, unpacks the steps that can help protect your...

How Rick and Morty are coming to hack you

Fake video streaming sites claim to have the latest season of popular adult animated show Rick...

Consumers set to embrace new online services

Consumers will not only continue to manage routine activities online, but will also add an average...

Defend yourself from doxing

Sharing and geotagging photos, uploading documents to the cloud, installing a new application, and even browsing...

Biometrics set to replace passwords

By SIMON ARMSTRONG, VP of products at Entersekt

Anomaly detection is key to security

By KATE MOLLETT, regional director at Commvault Africa

Digital financial fraud rises in SA

TransUnion research has revealed digital fraud attempts have increased globally by 24%.

‘Shadow Figment’ traps hackers in artificial world

Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers into...

Lack of urgency in cybersecurity

VMWare's latest report highlights the opportunity for security leaders to rethink and transform cybersecurity strategies

Cybercriminals are coming for your brand

By DUANE NICOL, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast

The passwords most people forget

With many of us now carrying out a multitude of tasks/activities online, one of the biggest...

Hack South wins cyber challenge with kids’ risk tool

The winners have been announced of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a three-month challenge that saw teams...

World needs 3m cyber pros. Can SA help?

By PAUL STAFFORD, VP for Africa at Mimecast

‘Security no longer has a perimeter’

At the global RSA Conference 2021 this week, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins called for security to...

Android and iOS hosts 167 fake cryptocurrency apps

Beware of fake app icons! Sophos has identified 167 counterfeit apps, which steal money under the...