SA among Top 20 targets in phishing scam

Fortinet researchers studying phishing domains have found that South Africa was among the top 20 countries targeted in a large influx of recent phishing attacks. In June and July, FortiGuard Labs observed a large influx of phishing domains being registered in batches...

Fintech Jumo scoops gold at IFC awards

Jumo, a technology company building next-generation financial services to empower emerging market entrepreneurs, has received gold in the Responsible Digital Innovator of the Year category at the Global SME Finance Forum Awards held this week in Amsterdam. Organised...

A case of too little, too late?

Around 56% of Incident Response (IR) requests processed by Kaspersky security experts in 2018 happened after the affected organisation experienced an attack that had visible consequences such as unauthorised money transfers, workstations encrypted by ransomware and...
Signs of an ancient oasis found on Mars

Signs of an ancient oasis found on Mars

If you could travel back in time 3,5-billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity rover. Imagine ponds dotting the floor of Gale Crater, the 150km wide ancient basin that Curiosity is exploring....

Staggering spike in Business Email Compromise attacks

Mimecast’s quarterly Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) report has found a significant increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks – emails containing dangerous file types, malware attachments and spam being delivered to users’ inboxes...

Key 3D printer markets set for double-digit growth

While shipments of 3D printers in the Personal price class struggled to remain flat in the first half of 2019, the other three major price classes – Professional, Design and Industrial – saw encouraging global unit shipment growth. “Double-digit unit...