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Kaspersky warns of top cyberthreats in South Africa
Kaspersky research has found that from January to April this year, ransomware attacks in South Africa have doubled over the comparative period of 2021. In fact, ransomware has become the most significant cyberthreat of our time. As the name suggests, ransomware locks...
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for businesses, but new threats emerging
Ransomware remains a top cyber risk for organizations globally while business email compromise incidents are on the rise and will increase further in the ‘deep fake’ era. At the same time, the war in Ukraine and wider geopolitical tensions are a major concern as...
Why insurance premium increases are unavoidable
Santam’s executive head of commercial and personal intermediated business, Andrew Coutts, has issued a communication to intermediaries setting out the factors that have made premium increases unavoidable. Coutts said households and businesses have experienced immense...
Moving from reactive to proactive in the face of cyber war
Every CISO and IT security professional knows that cyber risks are exploding, with cybercrime syndicates becoming increasingly aggressive and sophisticated. To their credit, security execs are putting out fires and putting mitigation measures in place as fast as they...
SA ill-equipped for cyberwarfare – with limited money, manpower, and tech expertise
South Africa remains vulnerable to cyberwarfare, despite a plan to protect the country against threats to its national security and commercial capability being put into motion almost eight years ago. Cyberattacks have increased at a rapid rate, especially since the...