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8.7% of users encountered phishing attacks in Africa in 2022, global number of attacks exceeds 500 million
Kaspersky experts discovered that throughout 2022 cybercriminals increasingly turned to phishing
Kaspersky’s (www.Kaspersky.co.za) anti-phishing system prevented more than 500 million attempts at accessing fraudulent websites globally in 2022. This is twice more compared to 2021 figures. In Africa, 8.7% of individuals and corporate users were affected by phishing: attacks on their devices were detected and stopped. In South Africa, the share…