THE COST OF CYBER-ATTACKS IN THE UK IS RISING DRAMATICALLY

According to a global survey from B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, in the last year, almost 98 per cent of users enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping and banking on their PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The report also indicates that Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this reality. Last year alone, the number of cyber-attacks involving financial malware increased to 28.4 million -27.6 million more than 2012. Bethwel Opil is the channel sales manager for Kaspersky in...

IN BRIEF: Both Atlanta’s network and Roseburg schools suffered with Ransomware attacks recently. These are two examples among many ransomware attacks facing organisations across the globe. This writing will provide three basics advise on how individual and organisations can fight against ransomware attacks.

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Early this year 2018, Secureworks published a report titled “SamSam Ransomware Campaigns,” which noted that the recent attacks involving SamSam...

A young boy has appeared in court charged with carrying out cyber-attacks on websites across the world (This includes, Asia Africa, Europe and other parts of the world) he was also charged with sending bomb hoaxes to US airlines.

The boy, aged 14 and 15 when the alleged offences took place, sat with his parents at Plymouth youth court in Devon for a brief first appearance.

He denied three charges under section three of the Computer Misuse Act relating to alleged distributed denial of service...

The ongoing cyber-attacks on web and social sites operated by the government, the military and top leaders is part of an effort to expose corruption in Kenya, a ‘hacktivist’ group has claimed.

Israel’s commercial capital is under rocket fire from Palestinian militants in Gaza, its normally nonchalant residents using black humour to disguise the anguish of another open war with Hamas.

Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems.

The US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March, and had contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data.

The company added that it had no evidence of there being unauthorized activity on its members' accounts.

However, it said that changing the passwords was "best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users".

The...

Tanzania can develop dramatically and build a world exemplary Nation of the 21st Century with “People’s Self-Help Efforts” and “Government-Community Collaboration  The Citizen Daily

Cyber-related fraud costs country 10bn/-
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TANZANIA has reportedly lost six million US dollars (over 10bn/-) so far through cyber-related fraud crimes, that involve mostly card skimming and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) thefts. Speaking at the fourth International Commission on Science and ...

There’s a lot of debate about young people’s use of digital media and social media platforms and how these affect their involvement, or lack there of, in key political and civic issues.