Numerous capabilities in the public domain deliver deepfake audio and video abilities to hundreds of thousands of cyber criminals.

This year will likely continue to see targeted ransomware attacks against local governments, says CyberInt.

From deepfakes to Internet censorship and new mobile malware, a digital privacy expert forecasts what cyber security will look like this year.

It takes a while for cybercriminals to find what they want, so you have time, albeit limited, to monitor an attack, respond and deal with it, says Alan Campbell, Head of Business Development at Mitigate.

The city detects a network breach which resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.

Reflecting on the 2019 cyber security landscape and what the overall picture is looking like for this year.

One in four computers controlling building automation systems were subject to a malicious attack in the first half of 2019.

More than two years after the global outbreak, there are still more than 12 000 WannaCry variants n circulation, says a Sophos report.

Open source vulnerabilities can lurk in the most mundane systems as was demonstrated recently by McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team.

WannaCry remained the top culprit, despite a Window patch being released over two years ago.

The social security agency’s Web site remains down, after it was hacked this week.

Earlier today, City Power said it was hit by a ransomware attack that encrypted many of its systems, and shut down its Web site.