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What are some of 2024 Threat Predictions?

Mamsi Nkosi - November 26, 2023

With the surge in Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) and the influence of generative AI, threat actors have unprecedented tools for sophisticated attacks. The 2024 threat predictions report by FortiGuard Labs delves into the new era of advanced cybercrime, examining AI's impact,...

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Practice makes perfect: the importance of stress testing in ransomware

Jenna Delport - November 15, 2019

You could be forgiven for believing ransomware has already peaked. After all, few organisations in South Africa have experienced it on various levels since 2017’s WannaCry attack. Yet ransomware is hardly a spent force. If anything it’s become normalised....

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Crypto-ransomware attacks to hit thousands of users in one year

Staff Writer - June 23, 2016

The number of users attacked with encryption ransomware is soaring, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016: an increase of 5.5 times compared to the same period in 2014-2015. The irreversible consequences of this kind of...

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