Healthcare sector losing ground against cyberattackers

Sophos’ new The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023 report says cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks – the highest rate of encryption in the past three years and a significant increase from the 61% of healthcare...

Inflation fuels surge in telecom services

Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,55-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3% over 2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. The latest forecast is one percentage point...

New malicious WhatsApp mod on the rise

Kaspersky researchers recently uncovered a new malicious WhatsApp spy mod, which is now proliferating within another popular messenger, Telegram. While the modification serves its intended purpose by extending user experience, it also clandestinely harvests personal...

Finalists for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023

The winners of the Africa Tech Festival Awards will be unveiled at a gala event in Cape Town next week following the announcement of this year’s finalists looking to bridge the digital divide across Africa. “It is an exciting time to be in technology and...
Details from Webb cameras reveal crabby composition

Details from Webb cameras reveal crabby composition

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the Crab Nebula, 6 500 light-years away, in this image released on 30 October 2023. While these remains of an exploded star have been well-studied by multiple observatories, including the Hubble Space...

Tablets and Chromebooks continue to decline

Worldwide tablet shipments posted a decline of 14,2% year over year in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), totaling 33,2-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....