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Cybercrime – Time to Focus on Prevention, Not Reaction

In terms of risk versus reward, cybercrime is a highly lucrative industry. Research from Atlas VPN suggests that cyberattacks generate more than $1.5 trillion in revenue each year, and this figure is growing. This indicates that incidents of...

How Kenyan businesses can improve their cyber security

According to a Kaspersky research, the first quarter of 2018 showed an overall increase in local threats infections (malware spread in local networks, by USBs, CDs, DVDs) with Kenya taking the first place with 61.8% of its users infected. And...

What we can expect from IT security in 2019

The last three years in IT innovation have laid the foundation for even greater changes within the technology sphere. While some of these changes will simply build on developments in IoT, AI, smart industries and smart homes as well...

Third Windows zero day exploit uncovered

Kaspersky Lab technologies have automatically detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows OS kernel, the third consecutive zero-day exploit to be discovered in three months. The latest exploited vulnerability (CVE-2018-8611) was found in malware targeting a small...

How to tell if you’ve been hacked

In the first half of 2018, global data breaches compromised an estimated 4.5 billion data records worldwide. These attacks have seen millions of people’s personal and financial information put at risk, and demonstrate the need for security across all...

Beware of cybercriminals who prey on holiday shoppers

While e-commerce sites are the primary target because hackers can scrape data from millions of cards, consumers have a job to do when it comes to protecting what’s in their wallet, warns Jeremy Samide, CEO of Stealthcare. Samide tells consumers, “Don’t ignore...

F5 releases first annual Application Protection Report

A recently released report by F5 Networks has shed light on the frequency and nature of web application attacks. The first annual Application Protection Report from F5 surveyed 3,135 IT and security practitioners across the globe, while additional research...

Forcepoint Cybersecurity Predictions for 2019

Today we announce the release of our 2019 #Cybersecurity Predictions Report! This year's report includes insights about #AI, cyber cold warfare, and where cyber professionals expect risks to increase in general. Read the full report: https://t.co/wwLc4qxt8i #ForcepointPredictions pic.twitter.com/QkkawQ3p3O — Forcepoint...

Shadow IT – is it as ominous as it sounds?

The dark, foreboding presence of shadow IT inspires fear in most IT departments, sneaking into businesses undetected as people download their own, unapproved applications, software and even devices. However, is shadow IT as ominous as it sounds? And, if...

No one is to be trusted when it comes to online data

A new study of mid-size businesses and consumers reveals that many are confused and lack trust when it comes to the privacy and security of their online data and behaviour. The research, which covered six countries in Europe and...
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