Emotet back after a five-month respite

After a five-month absence, Emotet has surged back to first place in Check Point Software Technologies’ Global Threat Index for July 2020, impacting 5% of organisations globally. Since February 2020, Emotet’s activities – primarily sending waves of...

Tech key to driving global diversity and inclusion

The first release of a new global research report from Intel and Lenovo finds that technology will play an integral role in achieving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the workplace of the future. With the power to bridge accessibility gaps, connect people who are...

Attackers misuse legitimate tools

Almost a third (30%) of cyberattacks investigated by the Kaspersky Global Emergency Response team in 2019 involved legitimate remote management and administration tools. As a result, attackers can remain undetected for a longer period of time. For instance, continuous...

Low-end devices winners in the HCP market

According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market declined by 10,4% in unit terms in 1Q20 compared with the same period a year ago to give a market size of 3,7-million units, but market values...

China’s smartphone market narrows decline

According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 87,8-million smartphones were shipped in China during the second quarter of 2020, down 10,3% year-on-year. Evidently, consumer sentiment was a challenge but this was still a narrower figure compared to the first...

Employees need support for remote working

As businesses try to overcome the uncertainty of the past few months, they have been forced to work remotely to maintain business continuity. An IQbusiness survey aims to understand the current landscape in which many South African professionals find themselves....