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How a Data Breach Could Sink an SME
When it comes to reporting on cybercrime, we tend to only come across stories impacting major companies or industries. Apart from the obvious reputational damage, we don’t really grasp the consequences of something like a data breach on a company…
SA’s Cybersecurity Professionals Feel They’re “Losing Ground” Against Cybercriminals – Study
Less than 40% of South African security operations (SecOps) professionals are very confident in their ability to adapt to new online threats, with 34% only somewhat confident. While 18% are not confident in their ability to deal with continuously evolving…
The Incoming Tech Helping SMBs Deal with Cyberattack Threats
The cyber threat landscape for businesses of all sizes is terrifying. According to the World Economic Forum, risks are increasing exponentially, while the rate of detection and prosecution is frighteningly low at a rate of below 1%. Organisations, especially small…
Want to Be a Cybersecurity Expert? Kaspersky is Now Offering an Online Course
Developed by Kaspersky’s own cybersecurity specialists, the course aims to help businesses enhance or even build a security operations centre (SOC) from scratch – and improve SOC and security team skills in threat hunting, incident detection and investigation. The course…
Liquid Networks Launches DDoS Security for African Businesses
Liquid Networks, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, today announced the launch of its Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Secure offering to its customers. The solution is designed to proactively mitigate attacks by scrubbing traffic and blocking…
iPhone 14: Users Fall For Scams Ahead of the Release of Apple’s New Smartphone
Apple has confirmed the long-awaited new iPhone 14 will be announced to the public on the 7th of September during its global Apple Event in September. Cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky have already found numerous examples of phishing pages, offering to…
Decrypting Crypto’s Potential in Africa
Cryptocurrencies gained global traction during the pandemic, increasing exponentially and gaining an impressive foothold in Africa, says a policy brief released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It also unearthed some impressive statistics – currently, there…
Fraudsters Launch Phishing Attacks on Universities
With universities becoming more concerned about their networks’ cybersecurity, attackers find ways to breach these systems by targeting inattentive students, staff and professors. Experts from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky highlight intensified phishing campaigns with fraudsters exploiting the names of some…
The Tech Trends to Take Note of as 2022 Draws to a Close
Since the beginning of 2022, several trends have emerged as newsworthy front-runners, now well into the second half of the year, will these trends keep their importance? CTO Wayne Yan and architect Saša Slankamenac at South African specialised software development…
Infoblox Global Survey Sheds Light on Protecting the Network from Blind SpotsÂ
A 2022 global state of security survey from Infoblox, the leader in cloud-first networking and security services, highlights the security concerns, fears, and costs from 1,100 IT respondents in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands,…
Cybersecurity: Africa’s SEACOM Joins Forces with British Telecommunications
African cable system firm SEACOM and British Telecommunications (BT) today announced a strategic partnership which will provide SEACOM with BT cybersecurity systems in order to further secure its own infrastructure and deliver new networking, security and communications solutions to enterprise…
The Crypto Collapse & Rising DDoS Smart Attacks
During Q2 2022, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks reached a new level as the share of smart attacks and average duration saw steep increases. Compared to the previous year, the average duration of a DDoS attack rose 100 times,…
Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2022 – 10 Topics to Look Out For
If your public organisation is digitally connected then you cannot afford to miss the Public Sector Security Summit 2022 (#PubliSec2022), to be held on 2nd and 3rd August 2022. Cybercriminals are only becoming more advanced, and more dangerous with attacks…
The UN, Oracle, SA Govt. & Others Converge at the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2022
A total of 15 worldwide experts have so far been confirmed to speak at this year’s Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit on 2nd and 3rd August 2022. Attendees who sign up for this exclusive event will be able to hear from…
Talking Public Sector Cybersecurity with Nclose – ITNA Digital Innovation Podcast EP 6
This week’s podcast is sponsored by the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit held on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2022. This virtual event will have all the information you and your public organisation will need to prepare yourself for the…
Is Nigeria Facing a Phishing Epidemic?
According to a new Digital Payment survey from Russia-based cybersecurity group Kaspersky, a staggering 61% of respondents from Nigeria said they faced phishing scams when using online banking or mobile wallet services. 67% have personally encountered fake websites, and a…
