Lotteries scandal once again raises question of serial directors

Media reports about the luxurious mansion inhabited by the previous chairman of the National Lotteries Commission–reportedly funded by kickbacks–have provided a lot of information to worry and disgust even corruption-weary South Africans. “But what...

Red flag for ransomware …

Sophos has released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks. A new technical paper, “Horde...

How scammers use phishing kits

In 2021, Kaspersky researchers blocked 1,2-million individual phishing pages based on 469 phishing kits – which are ready-made fake page templates – that allow cybercriminals to launch phishing attacks effortlessly. Since a phishing site can be blocked...
15m new jobs needed to combat Africa’s unemployment crisis

15m new jobs needed to combat Africa’s unemployment crisis

More than 15-million decent jobs must be created for Africa by 2025 if governments are serious about making a dent in its unemployment crisis, according to a new charter launched today. The People’s Charter on Jobs in Africa – created by the Jobs Now...