Press Releases
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17 April 2025 As the latest social media trend sees users jumping on the AI Action Figure craze by uploading personal information and photos to generate hyper-realistic AI dolls or action figures of themselves, Kaspersky urges South Africans to be cautious about...
16 April 2025 According to the findings from a recent Kaspersky survey*, among respondents from South Africa, over half (54%) of children aged 11-17 years old hide their online activities from their parents and other grown-ups. To do this, 28% of youngsters set...
15 April 2025Where cash was once king, now more shoppers than ever use their mobile phone’s electronic wallet as a contactless payment system when buying items, replacing credit cards or electronic ticket smart cards.
15 April 2025 Throughout 2024, Kaspersky participated in 95 independent tests and reviews, with its products being awarded first place 91 times and 92 TOP3 finishes, achieving the highest results among all competitors for the 12th time in a row. Kaspersky’s...
11 April 2025 As part of the company’s participation at the GITEX Africa conference, taking place in Morocco on 14-16 April 2025, Kaspersky will address the dynamics for cyberthreats in the African region as per the latest anonymised data from the Kaspersky...
10 April 2025 Kaspersky has announced its financial results for 2024, throughout which the company showed robust performance, marked by an 11%* increase in sales, which hit an all-time record and amounted to USD 822 million**. In Africa the company reported 36%...
9 April 2025 Kaspersky has launched a major update to Kaspersky Research Sandbox, introducing version 3.0 with advanced capabilities for deeper file analysis, interactive threat investigation, and significantly reduced hardware requirements. Designed for...
8 April 2025 Kaspersky has uncovered that a Trojan-Downloader dubbed TookPS is being spread through malicious websites imitating popular remote access and 3D modeling software. First observed by Kaspersky experts in early March, this Trojan infects users’...
7 April 2025According to the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report, long-lasting attacks that persist for more than a month accounted for 35.2% of the total attacks in 2024.
3 April 2025 Kaspersky has uncovered a new, sophisticated version of the Triada Trojan preinstalled on counterfeit Android smartphones allegedly sold through unauthorised retailers. Embedded in the system firmware, the malware operates undetected and grants...
2 April 2025 Kaspersky has expanded its interactive Partner Locator service by adding a dedicated section for Authorized Training Centers. The expanded capability provides resellers, Kaspersky partners, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide with easy access...
1 April 2025 In 2024, as digital financial transactions continued to expand worldwide, cybercriminals shifted their focus toward mobile devices and crypto assets. According to Kaspersky’s new Financial Cyberthreats report, the number of users encountering mobile...
31 March 2025 A recent survey* by Kaspersky has showed that 21.3% of employees and business owners using computers in South Africa faced a situation when colleagues (12.8%), friends or relatives (8.5%) made jokes with their unlocked computer. These jokes included...
28 March 2025 How much do you trust your device memory? Definitely more than you should. According to the statistics only 33% of users back up their data regularly, and more than 77% of people have already experienced data loss. An annual tradition which started...
27 March 2025 Kaspersky has identified and helped patch a sophisticated zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome (CVE-2025-2783) that allowed attackers to bypass the browser’s sandbox protection system. The exploit, discovered by Kaspersky’s Global Research and...
26 March 2025 Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has found that the Fog Ransomware group, known for its attacks on a range of industry sectors, began to link the IP addresses of their victims to their stolen data and publish this information on...
25 March 2025 Valid accounts were increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31.4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39.2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky...
24 March 2025 Kaspersky has recently contributed its threat intelligence data to an INTERPOL-led law enforcement action that aimed to disrupt cross-border criminal networks across the African region that cause significant harm to individuals and businesses. With...
20 March 2025 In the 2024 AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) Test, Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert (now part of Kaspersky Next EDR Expert) has once again finished with the highest rating of ‘Strategic Leader’. This marks the...
20 March 2025 Kaspersky has been acknowledged by VDC Research as a company that has managed to establish a significant position in the burgeoning Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity market. This recognition underscores Kaspersky's commitment to providing...
19 March 2025 According to the latest Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) analyst report, advanced persistent threats (APTs) have been detected in 25% of companies, accounting for over 43% of all high-severity incidents. This marks a staggering 74%...
18 March 2025 Kaspersky has announced a major update to its Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA). With the launch of KATA 7.0, organisations can now benefit from enhanced Network Detection and Response (NDR) capabilities with deeper network visibility, internal...
17 March 2025 Participating in the Connected Banking East Africa Summit 2025, that took place on 12 March in Nairobi, Kenya, Kaspersky has underlined the need for an active cybersecurity strategy and a stage-by-stage cybersecurity approach in the financial...
17 March 2025 According to Kaspersky’s latest IT Security Economics report, organisations in South Africa reported to have experienced on average 19 incidents within a year. As the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape demands close attention from...