Threats in the Wild

South Africa
Cybercrime Insurance
According to a recent article by Businesstech “Cybercrime insurance in South Africa remains scarce despite soaring data breach costs”

Justice Department suffers another cyber attack
According to the recent article by Admire Moyo from ITWeb, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJ&CD) suffers another cyber attack which affected child maintenance payments.

International
Google Chrome browser – 4th Zero Day attack
According to a recent article from The Hacker News, Chrome users need to update their browser NOW due to an exploit discovered in May 2024. On Thursday a roll out was actioned by Google to address and fix a high-severity security flaw in the Chrome browser which has been exploited in the wild.

Threat trends
According to the recent article by Bizmag, Here are cyber threat trends to look out for in 2024.