By Renee Tarun, Deputy CISO/ Vice President Information Security, Fortinet During the first half of 2020, the FortiGuard Labs team found that evolving work environments and a greater reliance on personal devices presented new opportunities for cyber criminals to exploit enterprise networks. One method that threat actors have heavily relied […]
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By John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet Fortinet research demonstrates enterprises must adapt to address telework security challenges long-term 2020 Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Report Shows How Organizations Are Increasing Investments to Secure Remote Work at Scale “The COVID-19 pandemic will have lasting effects on how organizations invest […]
Check Point’s researchers find sharp increase in attacks using the long-running Ursnif banking trojan capable of stealing email and banking credentials Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat […]
Despite schools across South Africa starting to open up as of next week with the gradual phasing in of grades, the interest in video and collaboration platforms still remains high as schools look to get their classrooms online and connect students and teachers remotely. But while some platforms have seen […]
By: Tshepi Matasane South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) was set to take effect from 1 April 2020, but this date has been delayed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Our country’s closest reference for data protection legislation is Europe’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). Both these legislative frameworks provide greater protection rights to […]
Researchers at Check Point have intercepted a targeted cyber-attack by a Chinese APT group on a public sector entity in Mongolia. By leveraging the Coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese APT group sent two documents, both impersonating the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the form of press briefings, to personnel Mongolia’s […]
