Category Archives: Security

My BroadBand Only a third of PCs being shipped to Africa include genuine software, which is a reason for the increase in data breaches and malware attacks in the region. This is according to Deniz Ozen, regional general manager for consumer and device sales at Microsoft Middle East and Africa. Ozen said that this has […]

IT Web DNS amplification attacks are soaring in number, growing 4 788% from Q3 2018 to Q3 2019. This was one of the findings of Nexusguard’s Q3 2019 Threat Report, which revealed that domain name system security extensions (DNSSEC) remain the main driver of growth behind these attacks. DNS amplification attack is a type of DDoS […]

IT-Online he threat experts at global security leader Trend Micro all agree as the cloud and popularity of DevOps environments grow, companies will increasingly fall prey to outside threats. This risk will be one of the primary challenges facing businesses in 2020 as they are urged to take a new approach to cloud security to […]

IT Web The year 2020 will see a new level of cyber-attacks – fake audio-visuals are forecast to be increasingly used by criminals as a social engineering tactic to extort money from companies and individuals. This is according to security experts, who warn that deepfakes will transition from being predominantly used to create fake celebrity pornographic videos to the new […]

IT-Online Simulated phishing tests with an urgent message to check a password immediately were the most effective when it comes to cyber-crime, with 43% of users falling for it. This is one of the findings from KnowBe4’s Q3 2019 top-clicked phishing report. Social media messages are another area of concern when it comes to phishing. […]

IT-Online This time of the year is a boom time for cybercriminals. Consumers are shopping and transacting more. Shopping websites experience higher traffic volumes and process more payments than usual. Companies’ security teams can often be understaffed or unprepared for the influx of spam and malware doing the rounds. Employees are also more likely to […]

IT-Online Kaspersky honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications – have detected 105-million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276 000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around nine times more than the number found in H1 2018, when only around 12-million […]

IT Web South Africa is witnessing an unprecedented increase in both simple opportunistic cyber attacks and complex targeted attacks, which are increasingly using sophisticated techniques in an effort to avoid detection, an industry expert has warned. Mimecast cyber security expert Brian Pinnock says the main way to protect against phishing attacks is to maintain a healthy scepticism and not […]

Sophos 89% of phishing attacks are carried out by organized crime. Phishing emails lead to data harvesting or malicious code that can have far-reaching effects upon organizations. Hackers are now getting the sort of results marketing professionals could only dream of, with people six times more likely to click on a phishing email than a […]