The city says it will not concede to the demands of cyber criminals and is confident to restore systems to full functionality.
The companies become the latest victims of distributed denial of service attacks.
In a world where every piece of personal data is of value, the more you have, the more you can bank, says Bryan Hamman, Regional Director at NETSCOUT, which offers NETSCOUT Arbor, specialising in advanced DDos protection solutions
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool when it comes to pattern recognition, which is useful when trying to keep cyber criminals at bay, says Axiz.
Just as the City of Johannesburg is hacked, SABRIC confirms that a wave of ransom-driven attacks yesterday hit local banks.
A staggering 96% of organisations say e-mail phishing scams pose the biggest security threat, says KnowBe4.
Sweden's police force will be able to use spyware on suspects' devices to intercept communications and switch on cameras and microphones.
Growing complexity and subsequent changes to the network create complicated challenges that exceed the capabilities of under-resourced IT departments.
The city detects a network breach which resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.
Today’s cyber criminals are highly motivated and equipped to launch a wide range of attacks on our personal devices.
Air-gapping, enabling a separation between critical and non-critical systems, can limit the impact of a breach and makes it possible to apply security controls.