Cybercrime claims 8,8m SA victims

Despite growing concerns over online crime, more than 8,8-million South Africans fell victim to it in the past year. Surveying more than 18 000 consumers across 18 markets, including about 1 000 across South Africa, the Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report from Norton...

Mobile app collusion a threat for users

With mobile app collusion, cybercriminals manipulate two or more apps to orchestrate attacks on smartphone owners. The McAfee Labs Threat Report has uncovered such behaviour across more than 5 056 versions of 21 apps designed to provide useful user services such as...

SA’s economic growth depends on savings

Almost half (49%) of South African households are saving less than they were a year ago. This is one of the key findings of the latest Old Mutual Savings and Investment Monitor, which tracks the shifts in the financial attitudes and behaviour of South Africa’s...

Office 365 still a vector for malware

A recent article published in The Register has brought to light that Microsoft Office macros are still a viable infections vector that were recently leveraged by cybercriminals to conduct a week-long, large-scale malware attack against Office 365 users. The attack...

How CIOs should prepare for Brexit

While the decision for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) might have come as a surprise, CIOs have several months to prepare for the potential implications of Brexit. The negotiation to leave will take place over the next two years and trade negotiations could...

Cloud spending takes off in EMEA

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) WW Quarterly Cloud Infrastructure Tracker, IT infrastructure spending (server, disk storage, and Ethernet switch) for public and private cloud in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) grew by 17,6% year on...