Malware strikes geopolitical targets, Asian APTs

During the second three months of 2018, Kaspersky Lab researchers observed an active landscape of advanced persistent threat (APT) operations, based mainly in Asia and involving both well-known and less familiar threat actors. A number of groups targeted or timed...

Future plans for Musk’s cave-rescue sub

Elon Musk’s “kid-size submarine” may have been too late to contribute to the rescue of 12 children and their soccer coach who were trapped in a Thai cave, but the technology could be useful in the future. SpaceX engineers worked through the weekend...

Saving for the future is getting harder in SA

South Africans still don’t save enough and current economic conditions in the country mean that it is only going to get harder to save for the future. This is according to Old Mutual Investment Group Economic Strategist, Rian le Roux, who said that the stagnant...

Small business key to Industry 4.0

Small businesses will be critical to South Africa in the 4th industrial revolution, while access to information will revolutionise education. These are some of the highlights from panel discussion debating: “Is South Africa Ready for the 4th Industrial...

Fintech startup eases invoicing, payments

South African fintech startup walletdoc has introduced a new way for businesses to collect more money from customers using easy and secure online credit and debit card payments on invoices and statements. Leonard Shenker, joint CEO of walletdoc, comments:...

Barclays Africa relaunches as Absa Group

Barclays Africa Group has officially been renamed Absa Group and started trading under its new name and new share code (ABG) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange today. The name change marks the start of a new era for the group as a standalone African group with a new...