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Financial Phishing Cyberattacks Significantly Increase in Kenya and Nigeria in Q2 of 2022

According to Kaspersky’s Financial Cyberthreats report, attacks in the financial sector are becoming increasingly corporate-oriented and shifting away from consumers. Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) Security Network data shows that the number of financial phishing attempts in the African regions increased significantly from...

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...

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...

Malware That Can Take Over Computers is Skyrocketing in Africa

According to data collected by Russia-based cybersecurity provider Kaspersky, the number of backdoor computer malware detected in Q2 2022 for corporate users in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria has significantly increased compared to the previous quarter. Currently, numbers are hitting...

Are Phishing Attacks Targeting Crypto on the Rise?

Experts at Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky have taken a close look at the phishing pages aimed at potential crypto investors as well as the malicious files that are distributed under the names of the 20 most popular cryptocurrency wallets. Since...

These Are the Cyber Dangers Still Faced by SA’s SMEs

Internet security provider Kaspersky says that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other small businesses in South Africa are still facing many threats from cyber criminals and threat actors. What's worse is that many small business owners do not...

Ukraine War Leads to Largest Ever Spike in DDoS Attacks – Kaspersky

According to Russian cybersecurity group Kasperksy, compared to Q1 2021, the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q1 2022 rose 4.5 times with a considerable number of the attacks likely to be the result of hacktivist...

Massive Increase in DDoS Attacks Observed – Record Numbers Reached

Compared to Q3 2021, the total number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q4 shows an increase of 52%. This is 4.5 times more than the same time the previous year. These and other findings were published in...

Banking Malware Attacks Are “Becoming Increasingly Corporate” says Kaspersky

In 2021, the financial threats landscape witnessed positive changes where the overall number of users affected by malware reduced significantly, including a 35% drop in PC malware. Still, financial organisations, as cybercriminals’ most lucrative targets, continue to face massive...

A North Korean Cyber Espionage Group Was Active in SA – New Report

Kaspersky researchers have disclosed details of its latest threat intelligence reports on South Africa, including the cybersecurity firm's analysis of APT groups in the country – major threat actors hunting for sensitive information and finances. The company's telemetry has demonstrated...
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Offboarded Employees and ITAM – It Doesn’t Have to Be a Mess

As today’s workplace shifted to digital, companies often focus heavily on onboarding, but what happens when an employee decides...
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