The incredible number of South Africans affected by Cybercrime

According to an unnamed bank's presentation I saw, phishing and identity theft figures for South Africa in 2016 equaled the total amount of such incidents in 2015 by the 10th of February 2016. So it's DEFINITELY on the rise again.
 
I work in the industry and I will tell you it is really really scary how the lack of knowledge is still the biggest problem.

99% of problems are still phishing attacks for end users or malware via a email attachment.. All that can be resolved quickly.

bottom line is you are using a antivirus /malware solution that requires a definition update... you are not protected.


For companies its still APT hitching off badly configured firewalls. Case in point is the big news data leaks .. Standard bank / ashley madison etc was done via a technique called dns ex-filtration Problem is that almost no security appliances can see what is happening on dns traffic and you are more than likely to find a rule Any < -- > any Port 53 .. The hackers now calll this the " hiway " as its a path through all of your security layers .

We distribute some really really good tech but it still doesn't guarantee you will remain " un hacked " . That is why a lot of tech use deception tactics to lure infiltrators away from your IP so that you get visibility of when they do get in.


PS: due to NDA i cant say who. But a very very large Gov institute CTO thought Cyber Security was bio metric access at doors.
 
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