Oct 13, 2023 | Cybersecurity and business
Trend Micro says it blocked more than 86-million email threats targeted at SA between January and June 2023. The collaboration between cybercrime groups helps them lower costs and increase their market presence while also maintaining the efficacy of their criminal...
Oct 6, 2023 | Cybersecurity and business
Tom De Laet, Incident Response Team Lead EMEA at Check Point Software, discusses the state of the cyber insurance market and how proactive security measures can slash premiums. When you buy car insurance, you do so on the promise that you will demonstrate good...
Sep 29, 2023 | Cybersecurity and business
Last year, 85% of organizations experienced at least one ransomware attack, as per the Veeam Data Protection Trends Report 2023. With almost every organization falling victim to these attacks, the issue has become pervasive and nearly unavoidable. While this may seem...
Sep 22, 2023 | cyber, Cybersecurity and business
There’s no question that African businesses are being increasingly targeted by cyberattacks, with ransomware, spyware and backdoor incidents, as well as data leaks, becoming ever more prevalent. One such recent example is the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)...
Sep 15, 2023 | cyber, Cybersecurity and business
With the global costs of cyber crime expected to soar to $13-trillion within the next five years, cyber insurance is booming as organisations try to mitigate the risk of financial losses. Globally, the cyber insurance market is now worth around $17-billion and is...
Aug 11, 2023 | cyber, Cybersecurity and business
When an organisation is held hostage by ransomware, should it pay the fee to keep on operating or is this just emboldening cybercrime? By Martin Potgieter, CIO at Nclose Globally, ransomware attacks are on the rise, affecting businesses and organisations around the...