Why is Africa such a big cyber crime target?

According to Check Point Research’s latest Threat Intelligence Report for Africa, the region saw an average of 1 293 weekly cyber attacks on African companies, compared to just 485 attacks per organisation globally.

Westcon-Comstor

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IronTree

Jan 26, 2021

IronTree unveils all-in-one cyber security product

IronTree Protect is a holistic product that integrates backup, malware protection and patch management.

Fortinet announces AI-powered XDR for automated threat detection, investigation, response

FortiXDR is an extended detection and response solution that can autonomously manage cyber incidents from identification to remediation.

Sophos identifies source of 'MrbMiner' attacks

Viewing crypto-jacking as a nuisance instead of a serious threat is a mistake, says Sophos.

Is peace of mind possible amid continuous onslaught of ransomware attacks?

The best defence against ransomware attacks is the ability to recover quickly to a clean copy of data that is unaffected by the malicious encryption software, says Eran Brown, EMEA CTO at Infinidat.

Infinidat

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One Identity Safeguard

Jan 21, 2021

One Identity offers free security risk assessment to SolarWinds customers

The company is also offering three months of free access to One Identity Safeguard for privileged access management.

Eliminating excessive permissions via least privilege approach

Adopting a least privilege approach limits attacker movement and protects mission-critical workloads, buying valuable time to detect and respond to an attack.

Ransomware is big business

Some cyber criminals hire call centres to cold call companies and use threats to bully them into engaging with the hackers, says Peter French, MD of Synapsys.

Report: The 2020 Ransomware Resiliency Report

This study explores the growing disparity between enterprises’ IT complexity and their resiliency to the ransomware threat.

CrowdStrike releases cyber security report

The CrowdStrike Services Cyber Front Lines Report reveals widespread remote work has broad-reaching effects on cyber security.

CrowdStrike Middle East DMCC

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Redstor

Jan 14, 2021

Home-working forces MSPs to help customers regain control of their data

The reliance on SaaS and IaaS and increase in devices operating outside the corporate network has heightened the risk and rate of malicious cyber attacks, says Paul Evans, CEO at Redstor.

Social networks to be a growing attack vector in 2021

McAfee says a growing number of threat actors are using social networks as an attack vector.

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