Dec 15, 2016
South Africa was among the countries impacted by a 10% increase in ransomware attacks in November, using Locky and Cryptowall. As a result, South Africa moved up the list of 117 most attacked countries – to number 31 in November, from 58 in October –...
Dec 15, 2016
Nominet Trust, a UK-based tech for good funder, has unveiled the 2016 NT100 – a celebration of the 100 most inspiring social innovations using digital technology to drive social change around the world. Now in its fourth year, the 2016 NT100 gives special...
Dec 15, 2016
As many as 1-billion Yahoo users could have been exposed in a three-year old security breach that the company disclosed yesterday. Bob Lord, chief information security officer of Yahoo, yesterday issued a statement confirming that the company has conducted an...
Dec 14, 2016
Macro-economic instability fuelled by low oil prices and global economic sentiment will continue to be the main driver of business risks across southern Africa in 2017. Governance improvements and the embedding of certain democratic practices and norms will limit the...
Dec 14, 2016
Cyber-criminals are cashing in on the popularity of Zcash to mine users’ PCs to produce the crypto-currency. The Zcash crypto-currency was launched at the end of October, positioned by its creators as a more secure alternative to Bitcoin. Soon after the launch,...
Dec 14, 2016
The Department of Small Business Development is once again warning the public about a fake facebook account that purports to be that of Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu. “Unscrupulous people are using this fake facebook account to defraud...
