Chinese-speaking APT targets high-profile victims

Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are constantly seeking new, more sophisticated ways to perform their attacks and, according to Kaspersky’s quarterly report, the threat landscape saw an increase in attacks against Microsoft Exchange servers in Q2 2021. In the...

Natural gas could feature in decarbonisation

The inherent versatility of gas infrastructure – particularly its ability to be converted to carry low-carbon fuels in the future – creates an opportunity for gas to be a “second pillar of decarbonisaion” over the long-term, according to a new study by IHS...

Amazon Prime Day sales see smallest growth in 5 years

Amazon Prime Day 2021 generated the highest sales for Amazon so far but had less impact than the 2020 event. Although the e-commerce giant generated around $11,2-billion in revenue from the products sold during the two-day shopping event, Prime Day sales growth...

Printing volumes rebound, but won’t hit pre-Covid levels

Total worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices plummeted nearly 14% year over year in 2020 after several years of stable but slow decline. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), 2,8-trillion pages were printed in 2020....
Huge rings give clues about a black hole’s behaviour

Huge rings give clues about a black hole’s behaviour

A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The X-ray images of the giant rings have revealed new information about dust located in our galaxy, using a similar...

All change for communications department

The new minister of communications and digital technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni , was previously Minister of Small Business Development and, most recently, acting-Minister in the Presidency: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation following the death of Jackson Mthembu....