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Ransomware: The implications for security in SA

By Kirsten Doyle, ITWeb contributor.
Issued by ITWeb Security Summit
Johannesburg, 13 Apr 2022
Charl van der Walt, head of security research, Orange Cyberdefense.
Charl van der Walt, head of security research, Orange Cyberdefense.

The tremendous success that ransomware authors have enjoyed over the last few years has only emboldened them to continue these types of attacks on companies in every industry. 

And experts predict that ransomware attacks are only going to be happening more often in 2022. We can expect phishing attacks to increase, as well as more diverse attack targets, including cloud services, operational technologies and supply chains.

Another trend driving the growth of this scourge this year is the proliferation of ransomware-as-a-service gangs around the world, who are selling their tricks of the trade to less skilled cyber criminals.

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