by Dianne Bayley | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s no surprise that bad actors love to find easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities, and weak passwords are at the top of that list. According to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, stolen credentials led to nearly 50% of cyber attacks last year, notes Jonas...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 19, 2022 | Security and Legal
In Q2 2022, ransomware remains one of the main threats towards information security, and the META region is not an exception.One of the most notable cases includes attacks on Shoprite, the largest retail chain in Africa. Other examples of aggravating situation with...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 24, 2022 | Security and Legal
Nowadays, threat actors are leaning on new tools and techniques to improve the efficiency of their attacks, write FortiGuard Labs team: Jonas Walker, Security Strategist at FortiGuard Labs and Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 25, 2022 | Security and Legal
Malicious cyber actors are often opportunistic, targeting the low-hanging fruit of networks with visible vulnerabilities and valuable assets. In the private sector, would-be attackers will often simply move on to an easier target if an organisation appears to have...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2022 | Security and Legal
For years, operational technology (OT) systems have been working to control everything from factories to transportation networks to utilities, writes By Rick Peters, CISO Operational Technology North America at Fortinet. But the reality is that most citizens...
