Mobile malware rising rapidly
Smartphones continue to escalate in popularity as more mobile phone manufacturers release affordable smartphone handsets in order to attract consumers in emerging markets. It appears to have been a smart move. Leading IT research and advisory company, Gartner, Inc., recently revealed that while worldwide mobile phone sales saw a decline of 1.7% in 2012 More...
Increasing complexity of security solutions a major problem
Security solutions are becoming increasingly complex, and 41% of companies fear this could become a major issue in 2013, according to an authoritative survey from IDC. The cyberthreat environment is evolving rapidly, More...
Spammers get back to work
After a lull of several months, spammers have stepped up activity in February. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the proportion of spam in email traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points and averaged 71% for More...
What defines a solid security strategy today?
The IDC 2013 CIO Summit is currently underway in Cape Town this week – an event aimed at bringing insight into the key business strategies that CIOs need to consider in a constantly evolving business world. The More...
ESET launches ESET Secure Authentication in SA
ESET, the leader in proactive digital protection, has announced the general availability of ESET Secure Authentication™, a two-factor authentication (2FA) software solution for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Carey More...
“Ignorance is the biggest IT threat to companies” – Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab recently launched a new security solution for businesses designed to protect online assets and provide secure access. Endpoint Security for Business (KESB), the company’s new flagship corporate More...
Kaspersky Lab unveils business endpoint protection
Kaspersky Lab, a vendor of endpoint protection solutions, unveiled its new generation of business security solutions, at a local event that took place in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon, designed to help businesses More...
Malware creators do not care about BlackBerry 10
With more devices becoming ever-connected to the internet, there has never been a more important time to secure mobile phone and computer protection. Denis Maslennikov, Senior Malware Analyst at Kaspersky Lab, spoke More...
31.98% of all computers have malware
PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, has released its 2012 Annual Security Report, which details an extremely interesting year of data theft, social networking attacks and cyber-warfare. PandaLabs More...
Cybercriminals set their sights on gamers
According to data from KSN, Kaspersky Lab experts recorded 7,000 attempts to infect gamers around the world every day in 2012. These attacks are launched in an attempt to gain access to personal user data, such More...