Aug 13, 2020
Economic activity continued performing on stronger levels in July 2020, according to the latest monthly data from BankservAfrica’s Economic Transaction Index (BETI). This second month of recovery comes on the back of special relief funds and payment holidays that have...
Aug 13, 2020
Emergency temporary spectrum and the promise of permanent spectrum by the end of the year may have given a glimmer of hope to mobile network operators wanting to roll out next-generation 5G services, but spectrum pricing may well prove to be a barrier to the future....
Aug 13, 2020
Sophos has published the “Color by Numbers: Inside a Dharma Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) Attack” report, which provides the first in-depth look at an automated attack script and toolset created by the ransomware operators and provided to cybercriminal buyers...
Aug 13, 2020
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks increased three-fold in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the same period last year. This is according to the Kaspersky Q2 2020 report into DDoS attacks, which shows that the Q2 figure almost matches the number of...
Aug 13, 2020
Check Point Research, recently identified security vulnerabilities in certain Amazon/Alexa subdomains that would have allowed a hacker to remove/install skills on the targeted victim’s Alexa account, access their voice history and personal data. The attack required a...
Aug 13, 2020
The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) cautions prospective home Internet users to be circumspect when evaluating advertising claims. ISPA is concerned that some providers of home connectivity solutions may be trying to capitalise on the current...
