Ransomware attacks saw a sharp increase once again over the past year. AI and the increase in mobile-connected devices provide further areas of vulnerability for cybercriminals to exploit. Early detection can reduce the cost of breaches up to a thousandfold. Following two years of high but stable loss activity, 2023 saw a worrying resurgence in…
When a small business owner is juggling production economics, financial reporting, and marketing, cybersecurity might seem complicated and, at times, pointless. Cybercriminals, on the other hand, are taking advantage of this lack of concern for IT security. Researchers from Kaspersky compared the dynamics of assaults on small and medium-sized firms between January and April 2022…
The increase in cyberthreats recorded by internet security group Kaspersky in the first half of this year in Kenya amounted to 32.8 million. Compared to similarly prominently targeted countries in the African region the recorded number was on par with South Africa accounting for 31.5 million, and near double the number recorded in Nigeria at…