Microsoft still tops brand phishing rankings

Microsoft remains the most impersonated brand in Q3 2026, accounting for 33% of all brand phishing attempts tracked and up from 23% in Q2, according to Check Point’s Brand Phishing Ranking for the period. Attackers, the security specialists say, continue to exploit...

For insurers, AI value depends on trust, transparency

For all the discourse about an AI hype bubble, many insurers are already seeing big returns from their investments. But to realise those gains, companies have to trust their AI to provide the right answers – and the AI must show that it warrants that trust. These are...
SA-founded Omnisient wins Money20/20 Banking Grand Prix

SA-founded Omnisient wins Money20/20 Banking Grand Prix

Omnisient, a consumer intelligence company founded in South Africa, has won the Banking Grand Prix at the 2026 Money20/20 Money Awards for an initiative developed to help banks assess consumers overlooked by traditional credit information. The winning initiative...

AI Academy looks to build on SA’s AI talent

Meta, in partnership with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), has launched AI Academy South Africa – a programme that will equip South African developers, startups, students, and early-career professionals with practical AI skills...

Exams are not the only challenge matric students face

During this matric exam period, thousands of learners need more than study time; they need food, transport, stationery, safe spaces, and someone to believe in them. Starting last week, more than 700 000 matriculants sat down to write the most important exams of their...

South Africans turn to AI for increasingly personal matters

AI is becoming part of consumers’ everyday lives – and users in South Africa are increasingly turning to AI services for personal matters, raising new privacy and cybersecurity concerns, according to Kaspersky. In a META regional survey, the security firm found that...