New way of distributing malware in images uncovered

Check Point Software Technologies security researchers have identified a new attack vector, named ImageGate, which embeds malware in image and graphic files. In addition, the researchers have discovered the hackers’ method of executing the malicious code within...
SSA top for supply chain risk

SSA top for supply chain risk

Supply chain risk in sub-Saharan Africa remains the highest in the world and continued to increase during the third quarter of the year as South Africa and Nigeria’s economies struggled. Supply chain risk in sub-Saharan Africa worsened from 5.544 to 5.558 during...

Can the retail sector save SA’s economy?

With news just in that retail sales in South Africa rose 1,4 percent year-on-year in September of 2016 after being flat in August and above market expectations of a 1% increase, the sector is seeing the highest increase in months. This news bolsters the cautiously...

Food prices drive inflation up

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on November 23 that headline inflation increased from 6,1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in September to 6.4% y-o-y in October. The latest y-o-y figure (calculating the change over a 12-month period) was above market expectations of...

SAP streaks past Africa Code Week goals

SAP’s ambitious goal of equipping 5-million African youth with basic coding skills by 2025 took a bold step forward following the release of the results of this year’s Africa Code Week. Just less than 427 000 youth from 30 African countries completed...

MTN response on 112 emergency service

MTN has issued the following update to a continuing internal investigation aimed at establishing the facts behind an incident in which a woman who made a distress call to the 112 was allegedly cut off by a call centre agent. In line with its license obligation MTN is...