Mar 15, 2017
PetrWrap, a new malware family that exploits the original Petya ransomare module, is being distributed through a ransomware-as-a-service platform to perform targeted attacks against organisations – and may herald growing competitiveness in the underground...
Mar 15, 2017
A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics (BDA) will reach $150,8-billion in 2017, an increase of 12,4% over 2016....
Mar 15, 2017
African carbon credit supplier Aera Group and the Russian Carbon Fund have executed the first worldwide carbon credit transaction using blockchain. The pilot transaction was executed yesterday (14 March) between the Russian Carbon Fund on the buying side and Aera...
Mar 15, 2017
Teraco, Africa’s largest carrier & cloud neutral colocation data centre and home to NAPAfrica, Africa’s largest Internet exchange point (IXP), has raised a R1,2-billion medium-term funding facility from Absa. Jan Hnizdo, chief financial officer of...
Mar 15, 2017
Social media gives users the freedom to communicate with their loved ones – however it could also damage real-life relationships. Research from Kaspersky Lab shows that a third of people have less face-to-face communication with loved ones, and 21% of parents...
Mar 15, 2017
Google has reached the 1-million milestone in its Digital Skills programme. On 16 April 2016, the company committed to training 1-million Africans on digital skills within a year. Today, it confirmed that it has reached its target early, and has set itself to train...
