Highest increase in global cyberattacks in two years August 2024, News & Events Check Point Global Research released new data on Q2 2024 cyber-attack trends, noting a 30% global increase in Q2 2024, with Africa experiencing the highest average weekly per organisation.
There is a SaaS for everything, but at what cost, especially to SMEs? August 2024, Editor's Choice, Security Services & Risk Management Relying on SaaS platforms presents significant cybersecurity risks as the number of providers in your landscape increases, expanding your attack surface. It is important to assess the strength of the SaaS providers in your chain.
Addressing today’s mining challenges: cyber risks beyond IT August 2024, Editor's Choice, Mining (Industry) Despite the mining industry’s operational technology systems being vulnerable to cyberattacks, many decision-makers still see these threats as purely an IT issue, even though a breach could potentially disrupt mining operations.
Get proactive with cybersecurity August 2024 The ability to respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach is critical, but the missing piece of the puzzle is a thorough, proactive evaluation to ascertain weaknesses and identify any hidden threats.
How to effectively share household devices August 2024, Smart Home Automation Sharing electronic devices within a household is unavoidable. South African teens spend over eight hours per day online, making device sharing among family members commonplace. Fortunately, there are methods to guarantee safe usage for everyone.
How to securely manage your digital footprint August 2024, Training & Education Managing your online presence is critical to safeguarding your privacy and security. It is imperative to take a proactive approach, including using robust cybersecurity best practices.
The state of code security in 2024 August 2024 The 2024 State of Code Security survey reveals that organisations have continued to shore up application security defences over the last year, according to OpenText Premier Partner iOCO Application Management.
What is the level of safety and integrity of the software supply chain? August 2024, IoT & Automation Organisations are embracing AppSec practices and focusing on their software security posture. However, they highlight that insufficient funding and security resources, plus a disconnect between developers and security teams, remain major roadblocks.
Cybercriminals target financial service providers to get at sensitive client data August 2024 According to Ryan van de Coolwijk, Product Head for cyber at iTOO Special Risks, hackers target financial service providers because they hold sensitive client information that unauthorised individuals could use for fraudulent activities.
Fortinet establishes new point-of-presence in South Africa August 2024, News & Events Fortinet has announced the launch of a new dedicated point-of-presence (POP) in Isando, Johannesburg, to expand the reach and availability of Fortinet Unified SASE for customers across South Africa and southern African countries.
New tools for investigation and robust infrastructure security August 2024, News & Events Cybereason continues to enhance its security platform, with recent updates introducing improvements in file search operations, investigation query results, and cloud workload protection, providing more granular data and faster key artefact identification.
Acronis’ True Image returns August 2024, Smart Home Automation Acronis has announced its flagship product, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, is reverting to its original name, Acronis True Image, with the new version release.
Cybersecurity fatigue: A growing risk with AI-driven social engineering attacks August 2024, Training & Education Despite the significant amounts of time and money invested in cybersecurity training and awareness, employee carelessness and ignorance remain the most vulnerable parts of the average enterprise’s security posture.
New ransomware using BitLocker to encrypt data SMART Estate Security 2024, Technews Publishing, Residential Estate (Industry) Kaspersky has identified ransomware attacks using Microsoft’s BitLocker to attempt encryption of corporate files. It can detect specific Windows versions and enable BitLocker according to those versions.
SA firms take nine months to detect data breaches August 2024, Security Services & Risk Management A human being can be conceived and brought into the world at roughly the same time a South African small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) becomes aware of and reports a data breach.
78% of organisations highly concerned about cloud security August 2024, Infrastructure As organisations develop and deploy more cloud applications, security becomes more complicated. Many organisations are adopting a hybrid or multi-cloud approach, which has expanded the attack surface and increased complexity.
SMEs Wake Up – You ARE the low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals August 2024 Too often, small business owners underestimate the knowledge, skills, and ability of cybercriminals to pick the low-hanging fruit. Those are the businesses that are most likely to lack cybersecurity measures, because of the cost.
NEC XON shares lessons learned from ransomware attacks May 2024, NEC XON, Editor's Choice NEC XON has handled many ransomware attacks. We've distilled key insights and listed them in this article to better equip companies and individuals for scenarios like this, which many will say are an inevitable reality in today’s environment.
Cybercriminals embracing AI May 2024, Security Services & Risk Management Organisations of all sizes are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI, in particular, can benefit their businesses. While they are still figuring out how best to use AI, cybercriminals have fully embraced it.
