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"Just consider the impact the Transnet attack had on the country's economy to have an idea of the potential for disruption that these destructive attacks can have on SA," Emm told News24. Emm regards ATPs as one of the biggest cyber challenges SA will face next year. ATPs are when intruders access a network and remain undetected for a long time. This method has already been used to target telecommunications companies, government data, and even non-profit organisations.
A third threat is attacks targeting the industrial control systems environment, which are growing in severity. ICS computers are used in oil and gas, energy, automotive manufacturing, building automation infrastructures, and other sectors to perform various operational functions. Tomas Smalakys, chief technology officer at encryption company NordLocker, expects fileless malware will pose serious concerns next year. This is because fileless malware does not require its victim to download files. It is practically undetectable by most information security tools.
_Business Why do the producers of anti virus products know the future? Are they involved in creating these threats or is this simply a clever sales trick?
_Business That is if they are willing to listen.
_Business Next year is likely to see a record number of destructive cyberattacks affecting government and critical industries in South Africa, warns global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky's 'principal security researcher.'
_Business Why South Africa 🌍? This is not incidental but planned attack.....same as Covid, South Africa and the entire African continent is/was 🎯