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In the face of these growing cyber threats, organisations are demonstrating far more success in detecting and blocking them, according to the study.

Organisations experience 30 cyber breaches per year: Study

With ransomware and DDoS attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organisation has more than...

18 April 2018 2:16 AM GMT

Cyber security firm Kasperskys researchers have finally released their annual security bulletin titled Story of the Year 2019.

Ransomware attacks on municipal institutions rise by over 60 per cent...

The firm observed that at least 174 municipal institutions, have been targeted by ransomware during the last year

25 Dec 2019 9:59 AM GMT

The WannaCry ransomware attack infected thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britains National Health Service in May. (Photo: File/Representational)

Beware! New ransomware disguised as a game

Anatova is targeting consumers at scale across the globe.

23 Jan 2019 11:10 AM GMT

This collaborative analysis suggested an evolution of IoT botnets, from a nearly exclusive use case of launching DDoS attacks to more sophisticated activities such as ransomware distribution and crypto-mining. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cryptominers hit 10x more organisations than ransomware in 2018

Check Point's 2019 Security Report shows that only 1 in 5 IT pros are aware of infections.

7 Feb 2019 10:33 AM GMT

The WannaCry ransomware attack infected thousands of computers worldwide and crippled parts of Britains National Health Service in May. (Photo: File/Representational)

Aluminium maker Hydro battles to contain ransomware attack

The attack used a virus known as LockerGoga, a relatively new strain of so-called ransomware.

20 March 2019 7:36 AM GMT

Johannesburg residents calling a local radio station complained they had been left without power as a result of the ransomware. (Representational Image)

Johannesburg power body hit by ransomware attack

The virus has attacked City Power database and other software impacting most of our applications and networks, City...

26 July 2019 8:51 AM GMT

This collaborative analysis suggested an evolution of IoT botnets, from a nearly exclusive use case of launching DDoS attacks to more sophisticated activities such as ransomware distribution and crypto-mining. (Photo: Pixabay)

Save yourselves before this ransomware exploits your Windows device

In certain cases the malware requires no user interaction and is simply planted onto vulnerable servers by the...

6 July 2019 7:22 AM GMT

Make sure your camera is using the latest firmware version, and install a patch if available.

Beware! Photos clicked on modern cameras might be held for ransom by...

Today's modern cameras are vulnerable to ransomware and malware attacks through the USB and connections to WiFi...

13 Aug 2019 6:02 AM GMT

An unapolegetically simple beginner-level DSLR.

Researchers find DSLRs vulnerable to ransomware

Check Point Software revealed that the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is vulnerable to malware attacks.

13 Aug 2019 2:07 AM GMT

The researchers said those behind the attacks include two Russian nationals, Igor Olegovich Turashev and Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets, indicted in the United States in December for their involvement in an entity known as Evil Corp which is accused of hacking US and British banks.

Russian hackers increasingly targeting US corporations with ransomware

Cybersecurity firm Symantec says it has identified at least 31 targets in the United States, including eight Fortune 500...

27 Jun 2020 2:42 PM GMT

Drive-by download attacks involve downloading malicious code onto an unsuspecting users computer when they visit a website or fill up a form.

Cyber attacks on India rise, here's what you can do to keep your data...

India sees second highest drive-by download attacks in Asia Pacific region in 2019, says Microsoft

29 July 2020 12:39 PM GMT

County governments in the Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Nashville areas have used the Tyler Technologies software Socrata to share election data in the past, although it was not immediately clear whether they still do or how central the platform is to their election operations.

Cyber criminals hack tech company whose software is used by US state...

The extent of the breach is unclear, but the company Tyler Technologies told customers that it affected only internal...

24 Sep 2020 2:23 PM GMT