All posts tagged "cybersecurity"
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People 'n' Issues
Africa has half of world’s social media censorship cases
13 December 2021Cybersecurity company Surfshark found Africa is the most censorship-intensive region in the world with ten countries...
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Nuclear ransomware is coming
2 December 2021KnowBe4’s predicted cyber security trends for 2022 include warnings that a major power station or utility...
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What we’ve learned from cybersecurity in 2021
23 November 2021By PANKAJ BHULA, regional director for Africa at Check Point Software Technologies
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These are SA’s top digital scams during lockdown
22 November 2021Although the financial sector remains one of the most targeted industries, various security measures ensure customers...
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Ransomware attacks cost R1m+ for 1 in 4 SA victims
18 November 2021Africa is on the radar of the world’s cybercriminals, and with social engineering and phishing among...
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Internal fraud – who commits it and why
17 November 2021International Fraud Awareness Week is taking place from 14-20 November, highlighting an increasing problem that organisations...
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Multichoice invests in security
17 November 2021Aura, the leading African-based security and medical response marketplace, has secured R62 million in a Series...
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Cybercrime: how to not make the headlines
16 November 2021By CHRIS NORTON, regional director for Veeam Africa
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Massive increase in cyber-attacks across SA, Kenya, Nigeria
10 November 2021The increase in cyber threats recorded by Kaspersky in the first half of this year across...
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Amazon offers free training for cybersecurity awareness
27 October 2021Amazon is providing businesses and individuals around the world with free access to the same cybersecurity...
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The malicious insider: Behind the security front door
25 October 2021Cybersecurity awareness is more than building defences against external attacks, it’s also being aware of the...
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How multi-factor authentication protects you
22 October 2021Kaspersky research reveals 29% more South Africans were attacked with password stealers in 2021.
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How scammers use Google Forms for identity theft
28 September 2021From cyberbullying to cybercrime, scammers and bad actors have been abusing Google’s online document platform, which...
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Trend Micro blocks 41bn threats in 1H 2021
17 September 2021Ransomware remains the primary threat as threat actors evolve tactics
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Cybersecurity is not a spectator sport: you must be involved
14 September 2021By DORIO BOWES, commercial director at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa
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2FA to protect your business
9 September 2021Experts at Entersekt recommend businesses take the simple step of activating two-factor authentication to add a...
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Employees combat phishing
9 September 2021A third of suspicious emails being reported by employees are phishing scams, according to research by...
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Fake accounts target crypto investors
3 September 2021Since the beginning of 2021, Kaspersky has detected more than 1,500 fraudulent global resources aimed at...
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How hackers break WhatsApp
29 August 2021Kaspersky has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called...
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Scammers target Kanye West’s new Donda album
26 August 2021Over the past few months, the world has been following the progress of Kanye West’s latest album – Donda. Initially, Kanye West rented an...