Articles about cyber security

US cyber security firm AttackIQ opens shop in SA

With its South African debut, the company appoints cyber security veteran Luke Cifarelli as country manager.

Westcon-Comstor appoints southern Africa cyber security lead

The company announced the appointment of Nickey Mannya as its director of cyber security and next-gen solutions for southern Africa.

Bridging the gap between NetOps and cyber security

IoTXperts has evolved its focus to integrate cyber security with the network engineers handheld toolset.

The benefits of exposure validation

Companies see a reduction in breaches as a result of implementing continuous threat exposure management and plan to invest further.

Netstar data dumped online after it defies ransom demand

The vehicle tracking firm confirms suffering a ransomware “cyber incident”, which resulted in INC Ransom hackers publishing its data online.

Sophos, Phishield announce cyber security, insurance partnership for sub-Saharan Africa

The collaboration formally aligns proactive cyber defence with financial protection.

2024 hack aftermath hits national lab’s annual targets

The cyber attack caused the National Health Laboratory Service to miss 25% of its annual targets, reveals CIO Dr Sylvia Sathekge.

Google hit by AI-driven cyber attack

As cyber criminals ramp up the use of artificial intelligence to bypass security measures, Google becomes their latest victim.

Cisco hit by vishing attack

The company reveals an incident involving a bad actor targeting its representative through a voice phishing attack.

The business impact of continuous threat exposure management

Reactive security methods are no longer sufficient to defend against the scale, speed and sophistication of new and emerging threats.

PRASA data breach results in defamation lawsuit

The High Court dismisses PRASA’s attempt to block a defamation lawsuit brought against it by one of its former senior employees.

AI-enabled cyber defences drive down SA’s data breach costs

IBM Security shows the average cost per data breach incident for South African organisations is less than a year ago, averaging R44.1 million in 2025.