While SA battles with cyber crimes, the country has, according to a new study, improved in cyber security.
The study, by Comparitech, shows that SA has improved its ranking from 34.39 to 25.83. This means the country has moved from being the 28th least cyber-safe country to the 31st least cyber-safe country.
Digital banking crimes increased by 75.3%, from 13,389 incidents to 23,466, in which R262m was stolen. These crimes were committed via phishing, vishing, smishing or e-mail hacking, Sabric said. These included: the percentage of mobile devices infected with malware; the percentage of computers infected with malware; the number of financial malware attacks; the percentage of users attacked by crypto miners and the countries with the most up-to-date cyber security legislation.
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