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Sponsored: Global terrorism on the cyber scale

It’s global warfare out there, a cybersecurity war with ransomware and malware attacks happening every 11 seconds and estimates that some 30 000 websites are hacked every day.

29 September 2022

Arie Swart, Cybersecurity: Pre-Sales Engineer, Pinnacle ICT

Although the financial industry is the most targeted, small and medium-sized business are now the top targets for cyber attacks because, unlike the large organisations with deep cybersecurity budget pockets, hackers know these organisations do not have this luxury.

“It’s a lucrative business for bad actors,” says Arie Swart, pre-sales engineer with Pinnacle ICT. “Ransomware and malware have become outsourced services and 3 000 new malware applications are emerging daily.

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