Fortinet, a global provider of broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced that a commissioned survey conducted by TelecomTV in association with HardenStance and ETSI found broad-based optimism for 5G revenue opportunities among telecom sector respondents, but only if the new 5G services were both more secure and better tailored to key enterprise use […]

Nearly 1.7 million mobile subscribers are infected with mobile malware in South Africa alone, according to full year 2019 data by mobile security expert, Secure-D. According to the company, malware is the main culprit responsible for airtime theft and mobile ad fraud evident in the country with 18,000 instances found on South African users’ devices. […]

Reliable communication is essential for an organisation like the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. We hear from the company’s Resilience Officer, Joseph Shearer-Rust, who tells us why it chose to work with Blackberry to improve its communication abilities and some of the key benefits of the solution. Sites that house nuclear materials must be treated with the […]

George Tsoukas, ANZ Manager, Gigamon, tells us how organisations can limit the risk associated with operating a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. The increased use of personal phones for work and the growth of mobile malware, are creating and escalating risk to organizations. The mobile phone has become ubiquitous both personally and professionally. Many […]

MobileIron, the mobile-centric security platform for the Everywhere Enterprise, has announced multi-vector mobile phishing protection for iOS and Android devices to help organisations defend against one of the top cybersecurity threats. MobileIron Threat Defense (MTD) now offers on-device and cloud-based phishing URL database lookup to detect and remediate phishing attacks across all mobile threat vectors, […]

Lookout, a leader in mobile security, has released its 2020 Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report that reveals a 37% increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020. The report also shows that unmitigated mobile phishing threats could cost organisations with 10,000 mobile devices as […]

Reviewing the statistics of cyberattacks on smartphone users, Kaspersky researchers saw that in the period of January to June 2020, the number of malicious attacks on mobile users reached 68,063 in the United Arab Emirates. The results showed that quarantine did not have a particular influence on the UAE threat landscape. To compare UAE with […]

ESET researchers discovered an extremely stealthy – yet surprisingly simple – technique that allowed Android malware to stay under the radar. Analysing the DEFENSOR ID app that was – at the time – available on the official Android app store, ESET researchers learned the app misused accessibility services but required no other suspicious permission nor […]

A BPI Network survey found operators are rethinking security in light of 5G network traffic, a dramatic increase in connected devices and new mission-critical use cases. Mobile service providers say they are making substantial progress towards ushering in a new generation of 5G networks that will enable ultra-high-speed mobile connectivity and a wide variety of […]

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of local consumers say they are happy for the government to monitor social media activity to keep its citizens safe, according to Kaspersky’s latest report, Social credits and security: Embracing the world of ratings. The report reveals people’s perception of social ratings and if they are prepared to be a part of […]