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Alarming surge in AI-driven cybercrime

Sep 27, 2024 | 2024, AI

Trend Micro has warned that threat actors have bounced back from recent law enforcement efforts to unleash a new wave of attacks leveraging AI and other techniques – revealing that it blocked almost 47-million email threats, more than 7 000 ransomware attempts, and...

Cyber extortion: Ransomware results in R140 million loss for SA companies

Sep 20, 2024 | cyber, Cybersecurity and business, Uncategorized

A study has revealed that businesses in South Africa have lost millions because of ransomware.Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s files and demands a ransom in exchange for the decryption key. This can also be viewed as a form of...

Cyber insurance as a risk management tool to achieve financial resilience

Sep 13, 2024 | Cyber Insurance, insurance

Cybersecurity has been a hot topic for the last few years because no matter how hard businesses try to mitigate the risks, the sophistication of threats and the rapid rate at which threats evolve keep the subject top of mind for IT teams across the globe. According to...

Crop insurance critical to safeguard SA’s food security

Sep 6, 2024 | 2024, agriculture, insurance, South Africa

The agriculture sector is integral to both the South African economy as well as our food security. According to the latest Santam Insurance Barometer report, the industry contributes around R400 billion to gross domestic product each year, supports 870 000 jobs, and...

Alarming surge in AI-driven cybercrime

Cyber extortion: Ransomware results in R140 million loss for SA companies

Cyber insurance as a risk management tool to achieve financial resilience

Crop insurance critical to safeguard SA’s food security

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