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South African government departments, organisations across industry sectors regardless of size, and individuals face the constant risk of being victims of a cyberattack.

Kaspersky experts have brought to light a poorly detected SessionManager backdoor that was set up as a malicious module within the Internet Information Services (IIS), a popular web server edited by Microsoft.

Kaspersky delivered stable business growth in 2021 and increased its global non-audited International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) revenue to a total of $752 million, representing a 6.5% YOY increase.

Popular events such as the Oscars were trending and there were also some changes in the gaming segment, including the growing popularity of the creepy ‘Backrooms’ game.

The recent spate of cyberattacks on organisations in South Africa, where data of South African citizens has been compromised, is shining a spotlight on cybersecurity, in particular, the management of data by third-party service providers.

The new Kaspersky report revealed that 20% of industrial businesses across META tend to switch off their cybersecurity product if it is affecting their production processes or automation systems.

Kaspersky has expanded the scope of its cyberthreat-related data relocation, which now covers users in Latin America and the Middle East. The company’s commitment to following the best data security practices has been reaffirmed by TÜV AUSTRIA’s re-certification of Kaspersky’s data services with an expanded scope.

Only 28% of those surveyed from South Africa don’t want the format of online learning to continue in post-pandemic times, 44% would prefer a hybrid format of learning, while 28% would rather stick to entirely online learning.

The majority of respondents from South Africa reported an increase in their use of e-wallet and mobile banking in 2021.

In 2019, the number of unique malicious objects detected by Kaspersky’s web antivirus solution rose by an eighth, compared to last year — reaching 24,610,126.