by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
Sophos has released a new dark web report, “Turning the Screws: The Pressure Tactics of Ransomware Gangs,” which details how cybercriminals are weaponising stolen data to increase pressure on targets who refuse to pay. This includes sharing the contact details or...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
By Rick Vanover – It might be the great paradox of 2024: Artificial Intelligence (AI). Everyone’s bored of hearing it, but can’t stop talking about it. It’s not going away so we had better get used to it. AI is disrupting most digital industries and...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
By Bryan Hamman – As Africa continues to embrace digital transformation, the continent is also becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyberthreats, particularly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. These incidents, which disrupt the availability of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
Organisations have continued to shore up their application security defences over the last year, according to the 2024 State of Code Security survey, sponsored by OpenText and produced by Dark Reading. “This trend is in essence a response to rising concerns over...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Featured Story, Features
Kathy Gibson reports – Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is seen as one of the top opportunities and risks for businesses in Africa. This is one of the headline findings of the inaugural KPMG Africa CEO Outlook, which finds that GenAI is seen as a useful tool...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Featured Story, Features
The global average cost of a data breach reached $4,88-million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly jump...
