by Hanleigh | Nov 19, 2024 | News
Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team has identified a previously unseen ransomware strain in active use, deployed in an attack following the theft of employee credentials. The ransomware, dubbed “Ymir”, employs advanced stealth and encryption...
by Hanleigh | Dec 16, 2023 | News
Ransomware attacks are a global concern, with a shocking 40% increase in both frequency and severity over the last year. “South Africans are at significant risk due to the increasing use of Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS),” warns Anna Collard, SVP Content...
by Hanleigh | Mar 22, 2023 | Features
In the last decade, technology has become increasingly sophisticated. Unfortunately, so too has cybercrime. The growth of ransomware as a method of attack is one area which has seen huge growth recently, sharing many interesting parallels with the professionalisation...
by Hanleigh | Jan 11, 2022 | Features
While most of the world dealt with the impact and disruption of Year Two of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals expanded their activities with ambitious attacks on critical infrastructure. Armed with sophisticated and brute-force attack methods, threat actors...
