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What cyber confrontation looked like in 2022

January 17, 2023 admin 0

In a recent report, Kaspersky’s experts analyse cyberspace activities relating to the Ukrainian crisis, observing their meaning in relation to the current conflict, and their impact on the cybersecurity field. The report is part of [c]

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BlueNoroff, an APT actor, adopts new malware techniques under guise of VC funds as it renews attacks

January 16, 2023 admin 0

Kaspersky researchers recently discovered that the infamous Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor BlueNoroff added new sophisticated malware strains to its arsenal. BlueNoroff is known as the threat actor that targets financial entities’ cryptocurrency around the [c]

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Ransomware responsible for 30% of attacks detected in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey by Kaspersky

November 29, 2022 admin 0

Incident response (IR) implies companies calling in a team after a security breach to prevent an attack from spreading and limit the damage. According to information shared by Kaspersky experts during the recent annual Cyber [c]

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Attacks by banking trojans stealing payment data doubled in 2022 compared to 2021

November 28, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky researchers report that the number of attacks via Banking Trojans stealing payment data doubled in 2022 when compared with 2021, reaching almost 20 million attacks. This year, in addition to this active campaign of [c]

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DDoS attacks rose consistently in third quarter of 2022, mostly those conducted by professionals

November 10, 2022 admin 0

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks increased consistently in the third quarter of 2022, particularly those conducted by professionals. The number of so-called smart attacks during this term doubled compared to the same period of the [c]

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Manufacturing had highest average ransomware payment across all sectors

October 31, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, the global leader in innovating and delivering next-generation cybersecurity as a service, has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the [c]

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Digital security for the new entrepreneur

October 18, 2022 admin 0

As South Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit blossoms, digital security is more important than ever, warns Steve Flynn (top), Sales and Marketing Director at ESET Southern Africa. The pandemic fundamentally changed the working world forever. Not only [c]

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Number Of DDoS attacks rose in first half of 2022 while maximum attack size decreased

October 16, 2022 admin 0

In the first half of 2022, the amount of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks increased by 75.6% compared to the second half of 2021, according to new Nexusguard research revealed in the company’s DDoS [c]

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RDP attacks record further drop as ransomware loses war-related messaging

October 5, 2022 admin 0

ESET released today its T2 2022 Threat Report, summarizing key statistics from ESET detection systems, and highlighting notable examples of ESET’s cybersecurity research. The latest issue of the ESET Threat Report (covering May to August 2022) [c]

Analysis & Features

Nearly 75% of local and state government entities attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted

September 29, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022, which found that 72% of state and local government organizations attacked [c]

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Retail industry was the second most targeted industry by ransomware in 2021

September 9, 2022 admin 0

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year [c]

Analysis & Features

Number of users attacked via Microsoft Office vulnerabilities in Africa has increased

August 24, 2022 admin 0

In the second quarter of 2022 the number of exploits for vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Office suite increased globally compared to the first quarter – accounting for 82% of the total number of exploits across [c]

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