In 2025, nearly 8,500 users from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) faced cyberattacks where malicious or unwanted software was disguised as popular online productivity tools, Kaspersky reports. Based on the unique malicious and unwanted files observed, the most common lures included Zoom and Microsoft Office, with newer AI-based services likeRead More…
LogRhythm today announced that it has enhanced its integrity data to improve the output of AI tools used to defend organisations from cyberthreats as part of its 9th consecutive quarterly release, which empowers security teams with the highest-integrity data in the security industry to enhance the output of the AIRead More…
Bashar Bashaireh, Managing Director & Head of Middle East and Türkiye at Cloudflare explains that securing the IT architecture for the Paris 2024 Olympics involves complex cloud-native solutions and protecting APIs, which form 57% of internet traffic.Read More…
Positive Technologies has analyzed cyberthreats relevant to the financial sector. Unique attacks on this industry doubled in Q3 2023 compared to the same period last year. Attackers primarily targeted the least secure organizations and their customers, most often with the help of malware. The percentage of encryption malware in suchRead More…
The way InfoSec students and professionals are learning is changing as quickly as cyberthreats and the technologies they are developing to hunt them. The latest data collected from Kaspersky Expert Training courses reveals – for the second year in row – that reverse engineering remains the most on-demand skill ITRead More…
Positive Technologies has analyzed the relevant cyberthreats of Q2 2023. According to the report, the number of targeted attacks increased by 10% since the beginning of the year, now standing at 78%. Experts noted large-scale attacks that exploited vulnerabilities and numerous leaks of users’ personal data. Furthermore, the period saw an increase in successful cyberattacks on blockchain projects and an upsurge in ransomware activityRead More…
With cybercrime increasingly posing a significant risk to enterprises globally, cybersecurity experts in South Africa are forecasting more challenging times ahead as threat actors exploit emerging innovations to launch sophisticated cyber attacks. Driven by heightened technological advancements such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), cybercriminals relentlessly utilize popularRead More…
Positive Technologies analyzed the 2022–2023 cybersecurity threatscape in Africa and presented the results of the research at the second Russia–Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg. According to our experts, the financial sector in Africa suffers most from cyberattacks (almost 18 % of attacks on organizations in the region),Read More…
