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The SME Cybersecurity Gap: Why Hackers Are Targeting the Underdogs

Summary by Cape Business News
A series of recent cyberattacks has shaken South Africa's retail sector, revealing vulnerabilities that many businesses - especially SMEs - can no longer afford to ignore. e-Commerce retailer OneDayOnly fell victim to a data breach by the hacking group Kill Security (KillSec) late last year. The attackers extracted private contact information, account details, and payment...
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Despite the increasing sophistication of cyber attacks, most security gaps do not arise in a sophisticated cybercrime laboratory, but on the desk of those who granted access without verifying the essentials: who, why and how far an internal or external collaborator can access. This type of omissions does not distinguish organization size, sector, or digitization level. However, it is in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that this pattern…

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With cyberattacks costing an average of $3.3 million for small businesses, SMEs can no longer ignore cybersecurity. A new white paper by Fortinet and Ingram reveals the magnitude of threats and offers tailored solutions. Alarming figures that challenge the latest statistics revealed in this book [...] The post SMEs in the Cybercriminal viewfinder: Fortinet and Ingram propose an adapted battle plan appeared first on ChannelNews.

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SME Venture broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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