SA hit as cybercrime volumes double

Last year saw a drastic increase in cybercrime, reaching double the amount seen in 2014.
This is among the findings from AppRiver’s Global Security Report, which showed that AppRiver quarantined 944-million messages containing malware from January to November 2015, as well as 26-billion spam messages in the same period.
South Africans are not immune to cyber-attacks and, although the government has recognised these threats and implemented laws such as the Electronic Communication and Transfers (ECT) Act 25 of 2002, they do not have the resources to combat cybercrime.
Cyber-attacks came in many shapes and forms in 2015, from malicious macros to wire transfer fraud. For the full article click here 

from hacker samurai http://ift.tt/1KDEfAL
via IFTTT