by Dianne Bayley | Oct 27, 2021 | Security and Legal
According to the recently released SABRIC Annual Crime Statistics 2020, social engineering (phishing, vishing and SMishing) continue to be the primary method employed by criminals when targeting victims across digital channels. As cybercrime continues to rise, SABRIC...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 26, 2021 | Security and Legal
About 140 resellers and technology service providers have fallen victim to Nobelium, the alleged Russian state actor behind the SolarWinds Orion cyberattacks, since May 2021. The Nobelium attacks are believed to use password spray and phishing to steal credentials and...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 15, 2021 | Security and Legal
Distributed denial of services (DDoS) traffic has more than doubled in volume between January 2020 and May 2021, according to the Nokia Deepfield’s DDoS traffic analysis, which examined service provider network traffic encompassing thousands of routers on the...
by Dianne Bayley | May 9, 2021 | Security and Legal
South Africa has quickly migrated to remote working and digital business on account of Covid-19 and consequently instances of cybercrime are exploding. Data leaks, demanding money from hacked businesses, identity theft and fraudulent financial losses are becoming so...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 26, 2021 | Innovation
South Africa has taken a paperless approach to the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccinations, with the Electronic Vaccine Data System (EVDS) being used to store and process patient information, writes Hemant Harie, Managing Director at Gabsten Technologies. EVDS also...