New Joker variant hits Google Play with an old trick

Check Point’s researchers recently discovered a new variant of the Joker Dropper and Premium Dialer spyware in Google Play. Researchers Aviran Hazum, Bogdan Melnykov and Israel Wernik offer their analysis Hiding in seemingly legitimate applications, we found...

Women in the Covid-19 firing line

Women seem to be bearing the brunt of contracting Covid-19 at work. This is the picture emerging from claims lodged with the Compensation Fund, which indicate that more than 80% of the cases received so far involve women and this is consistent in all provinces. As the...

With the right post-Covid response, Africa could bounce back

Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the Covid-19 infection rate well. This is according to updated forecasts from the African Development Bank, which projects growth rebounding to 3% in 2021 from -3,4% in the...

Covid-19 drug to be manufactured, distributed in SA

Cipla has been granted a license by Gilead Sciences to manufacture and distribute the antiviral medicine, remdesivir, in 127 countries, including South Africa, As many of these countries are low-income countries and emerging markets that face obstacles in accessing...

Africa urged to drive radical health policy shift

Global health experts and practitioners have called for a “Marshall Plan on Inclusive Health in Africa” during a policy webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI). There is an urgent need for inclusive health policy in Africa – one...

Pressure is on brands to lead change

The emergence of Covid-19 met a world that was already battling social justice and ecological catastrophes, with consumers calling for radical change. In different ways, and for a number of reasons, consumers were anxious about the future and, as the world wrestles...