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The Cybercrimes Bill, which is now an Act of Parliament, creates offences for and criminalises, among others, the disclosure of data messages which are harmful.
Tampa Bay, FL (PRWEB) May 26, 2021 -- KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today
May 24, 2021 The winners have been announced of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a three-month challenge that saw teams of young innovators working to overcome cybersecurity and online risks. The challenge was a public-private sector collaboration in which over 90 ideas were submitted in March this year, and the top eight teams then entered a qualifying round where they were mentored by some of South Africa’s top cybersecurity experts. Working with the CyberSecurity Hub and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the University of the Western Cape: Future-Innovation Lab pa...
May 17, 2021 Anna Collard, senior vice-president: content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa, talks about the importance of a security culture when employing a zero trust security model. During a preview of this year’s RSA conference, a team from Orange Cyberdefense demonstrated a range of pretty scary scenarios of what can happen when malicious actors take control over a user’s home router. These range from duping users into downloading payloads dressed up as fake VPN software updates, capturing user’s credentials or redirecting traffic that should be going over the VPN to the t...
Cyberattacks, fraud, phishing, breaches and hacks have increased in sophistication, focus and capability, says an expert. Criminals are becoming much more focused - instead of distributing encrypted files widely, they pick a target and find out all they can about that target. In SA half of all companies surveyed suffered a ransomware attack in the past year, which led to an average of seven days of downtime. Consumers must remain vigilant when it comes to their online activities if they are to keep themselves safe from the growing threat of cyberattacks - especially as criminals become more f...