The Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) has released a draft report on the pervasive and escalating threat of eFiling profile hijacking.
CyberSecurity News
In the eye of the storm of digital crime, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) has issued a powerful warning. While overall financial crime losses have weathered the initial assault, dropping from R3.3 billion in 2023 to R2.7 billion in 2024, a new and more dangerous threat is brewing on the horizon: Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered fraud. Find out how StormWarning! can assist in hardening your organisations defences against this Impending Digital Tempist!
In a world where digital transformation is accelerating at a breakneck pace, the very tools that have unlocked unprecedented growth and efficiency are now being weaponized against us. A dangerous new StormWarning! has been sounded, with even the most advanced tech giants like Google and Microsoft falling victim to a new breed of cybercriminal: the AI-powered hacker.
Real estate agency Pam Golding may not have been entirely transparent regarding how it acquired the personal information that was compromised in a recent breach of its customer relationship management (CRM) platform.
Capitec, South Africa's largest bank by customer numbers, has raised concerns about a surge in financial scams targeting South Africans in 2025. These fraudulent activities include authorised push payment (APP) fraud, Ponzi schemes, investment scams, advance fee scams, and courier scams.
A newly identified cybersecurity threat is putting billions of Gmail, Outlook, AOL, and Yahoo users at risk, proving that two-factor authentication (2FA) is not always a failsafe security measure. This attack employs session hijacking and real-time credential interception, effectively bypassing 2FA protections and compromising sensitive user data.
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- Malicious Google Ads Campaigns Targeting Professionals and Organizations Exposed
- Fraudulent "FACEBK" Transactions Hit Major Banks' cards in SA
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- Department of Home Affairs Starts it's Major Clampdown on Internal Corruption
- Windows security issue in South Africa!
- CSIR Exposes Alarming Cybersecurity Gaps Threatening South Africa's Digital Future!
- Spam callers are abusing a loophole in regulations relating to telemarketing in SA
- Shielding the Web: Do we really understand DoS/DDoS defence strategies?
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- South African Businesses Lagging in Cybersecurity Preparedness Despite High Threat Perception
- Revisiting South Africa’s Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Urgent Action Needed!
- Cyber criminals target SA’s CIPC business registry
- Information Regulator slaps first spam calling company with enforcement notice
- IBM X-Force 2024 Alert for safeguarding your Digital Frontier
- InfoReg says Data breaches rising at alarming rate!
- Information Regulator cracks whip on pesky direct marketing calls
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StormWarning! is a Cybersecurity consultancy. Our experienced team of cybersecurity experts provide cybersecurity assessments, cybersecurity training and cybersecurity solutions to organisations that have a high risk public profile. StormWarning! is your organisation's best defense against the ever growing cascade of innovative security threats raining down on all organisations with a public digital footprint.
What is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting critical systems and sensitive information from digital attacks. Also known as information technology (IT) security, cybersecurity measures are designed to combat threats against networked systems and applications, whether those threats originate from inside or outside of an organization. StormWarning! is constantly researching the latest cybersecurity threats and building innovative measures to prevent them.
NIST Audit & Targeted Cyber-Risk Training
StormWarning! offers comprehensive Cybersecurity Consulting, with a focus on its Automated Online Auditing Solutions, primarily the NIST CSF Readiness Audit. This audit is prioritized as its results directly inform the organization's needs for targeted cybersecurity training. By identifying specific gaps in risk management knowledge, they deliver precise education via Short Courses—like Cybersecurity Risk Management or Understanding Cybersecurity GRC—to ensure staff and leadership close deficiencies and maintain compliance.
Their full suite of services also includes robust Risk Management planning, development of essential Policies, impactful Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns, and a security monitoring/incident response platform, StormFront. Additionally, we offer a resource library of Cybersecurity Books authored by our esteemed associate Dr. Zoran Mitrovic.