by Hanleigh | Jul 10, 2024 | News
As the 2024 tax season officially gets underway and provisional and non-provisional taxpayers prepare their paperwork filing, Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern Africa, says it’s essential to be extra vigilant as cybercriminals set their sights on South...
by Hanleigh | Mar 8, 2023 | News
The rise in finance and accounting cybercrime through phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) has made headlines with massive implications for South African companies with gaps in their payment systems. “However, robust financial controls together with strong...
by Hanleigh | Feb 14, 2023 | News
By Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Director Southern Africa, Fortinet Looking for love in the digital world can be a treacherous journey, fraught with scammers and catfishers. And now, with the rise of deepfakes, the dangers have only escalated. As cybercriminals harness...
by Hanleigh | Dec 14, 2022 | News
Business email compromise (BEC), where criminals steal money by simply ‘asking for it’, is on the rise. According to an Interpol report, BEC is one of the top five digital threats in Africa – and South Africa is the most likely target, shouldering 34% of the...
by Hanleigh | Oct 31, 2022 | News
By Aamir Lakhani, Global Security strategist and researcher and Rob Rashotte, Vice President, Global Training & Technical Field Enablement at Fortinet One significant finding published in our 1H 2022 FortiGuard Labs Threat Report is that ransomware is rampant....
