A recent study from the world's leading VPN service, NordVPN, has revealed that 86% of consumers are reasonably concerned about their data privacy. Furthermore, it found that 92% of consumers also fail to protect their privacy, leaving them open to cyber attacks. The study focused on American...
South Africa has been named as one of 135 countries the US claims have been targeted in a hacking campaign by Russian employees. The campaign is alleged to have targeted energy companies and critical infrastructure according to the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They claimed the...
An INTERPOL report has highlighted a bleak outlook for South African businesses as the threat of cyberattacks continue. The report, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, revealed that while the broader African continent had experienced some attacks against critical infrastructure and frontline services, South Africa was...
The latest report from cybersecurity company Trellix has found that more than three quarters (86%) of cybersecurity professionals believe they have been targeted by nation-state threats. The report also highlighted that professionals felt they needed increased government support to fight cyber attacks as 9 in 10 respondents...
The latest report from Mimecast has warned that the underfunding of critical cyber defences is leaving South African organisations exposed to cyberattacks. The report, titled Mimecast State of Email Security 2022 report, comes at the same time as findings from Altron Systems Integration also warned South African...
Specialist insurer King Price has warned South African businesses that they need to be extra secure against the threat of cyber attacks. Last year saw a new record for the number of data breaches according to the Identity Theft Resource Centre. Additionally, Interpol estimates nine out of...
A recent report has found that organisations in African countries have been victim to an average of 1,615 cyber attacks. The research, conducted by cybersecurity solutions provider CheckPoint Software Technologies (CST), found thebreaches in Africa had risen by 15 per cent compared to 2020. The firm...
As 2021 draws to a close, security experts are trying to guess at what the threat landscape may look like next year. We speak to some experts to take their predictions and invaluable insights into the coming trends we could be seeing in 2022. Connection across...
Facilities Management (FM) and IT professionals are working more closely than ever before to defend the built environment from cyberattack. In the worlds of OT (operational technology) and IT (information technology), the new buzzword is ‘electrification’ and that’s because power supply is critical to digitalisation....
Cyber criminals infiltrated a water treatment plant in Florida, United States, last month, trying to alter the chemical composition of the water supply. The real-world consequences of such a cyber attack are frightening. With increased digitisation of critical infrastructure and the ability for those with malicious intent...
