Jul 13, 2016
Pokemon Go, the smartphone game that has taken the world by storm, has already been updated – to fix a vulnerability that potentially allowed the developers access to all a user’s emails. The new version 1.0.1 includes an emergency fix for the iPhone...
Jul 13, 2016
The Anonymous attack on Armscor’s settlement system earlier this week is believed to have compromised data about Armscor suppliers, including their IDs, names and passwords. According to an interview with Anonymous published in HackRead, the passwords would...
Jul 13, 2016
Among the local front-runners who are experimenting with blockchain on a significant scale is Absa Bank, which has become the first African banking group to join the global R3 blockchain consortium. The consortium is a financial innovation firm that has partnered with...
Jul 13, 2016
A prominent South African law firm was able to recover most of its data after its entire IT system was recently shut down by the Cryptolock Legion virus. Once it’s infected the system, the Cryprolock Legion virus begins a systematic process of infecting the...
Jul 13, 2016
To minimise the possibility of a cyber-attack, industrial control systems (ICS) are supposed to be run in a physically isolated environment – but this is not always the case. In its report on the ICS threats landscape, Kaspersky Lab experts revealed 13 698 ICS...
Jul 13, 2016
Pan-African telecom enabler and network provider Seacom has become the first African carrier to peer at the Netnod Internet exchange point in Stockholm, Sweden. This will ensure that African Internet users on the international SEACOM backbone are able to enjoy better...
