Cybercrime Archives

December 6, 2022

Sophos 2023 Threat Report highlights Ransomware Remains One of the Greatest Cybercrime Threats to Organizations Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering next-generation cybersecurity as a service, today published its 2023 Threat Report. The report details how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for […]

November 21, 2022

Advanced Persistent Cybercrime Enables New Wave of Destructive Attacks at Scale Fueled by Cybercrime-as-a-Service Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, recently unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the cyberthreat landscape for the next 12 months and beyond. From quickly evolving […]

February 17, 2022

The challenge is that people are still taking unnecessary risks, in spite of their growing awareness and understanding of cybercrime JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 15, 2022/APO Group/ — Key findings: The pandemic is still playing a major role in influencing working behaviours and patterns. Only 38% of respondents have returned to […]

March 25, 2021

A KnowBe4 poll of mobile users across Africa has revealed that awareness of cyber risk is on the increase, but that convenience overrides risk when it comes to WhatsApp data privacy concerns JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 24, 2021 Africa’s mobile users are increasingly concerned about the mobile risks and the potential for […]

Criminals “Follow the Money” by Commercializing Cybercrime: Sophos

FortiGuard Labs Predicts the Convergence of Advanced Persistent Threat Methods with Cybercrime

The African Challenge: Cybersecurity Awareness on the Continent

Cybercrime worries on the increase, but Africa’s mobile users loath to leave WhatsApp