Tag: South Africa
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Ransomware recovery at South Africa national lab imminent
Such a breach, which the BlackSuit ransomware group claimed to have resulted in the theft of 1.2 TB of data, “has endangered the safety and …
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Ransomware attack on blood-testing service puts lives in danger in South Africa
A ransomware attack against South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has put lives at risk and created chaos for healthcare …
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Power supplier in a Southern African country hit by DroxiDat malware
Cybersecurity researchers uncover a cyberattack targeting a power-generating firm in a country situated in the south of Africa. Attackers …
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South African Power Supplier Hit by DroxiDat Malware
Cybersecurity researchers uncover cyberattack targeting South African power-generating firm. Attackers deploy new variant of SystemBC …
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Gangs of cybercriminals are expanding across Africa, investigators say
Police and investigators fear organised gangs of fraudsters are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, exploiting new opportunities as a …
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South Africa wants to fight SIM swapping with biometric checks
The independent communications authority of South Africa (ICASA) has submitted a radical proposal to tackle the problem of SIM swapping …
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Hackers claim to breach TransUnion South Africa with ‘Password’ password
TransUnion South Africa has disclosed that hackers breached one of their servers using stolen credentials and demanded a ransom payment not …
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A week in security (Sept 13 – Sept 19)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs Why backups aren’t a “silver bullet” against ransomware, with Matt Crape: Lock and Code S02E17 The …
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Kaseya hack floods hundreds of companies with ransomware
On Friday, a flood of ransomware hit hundreds of companies around the world. A grocery store chain, a public broadcaster, schools, and a …
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Experian says it recovered and deleted data on 24 million South Africans after giving it to random ‘marketing’ person
Credit reference agency Experian has suffered what it somewhat understatedly described as a “data breach” after the firm itself transferred …
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24 Million Customers Affected after Experian Data Breach
Experian South Africa identified the suspect and successfully obtained an Anton Piller order to impound the fraudster’s hardware and …
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Experian South Africa discloses data breach impacting 24 million customers
The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach on Wednesday. The credit agency admitted to …
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