Live-streaming sites add to user risk

Millions of people use free live-streaming web sites to watch sports and other live events online – but this comes with a considerable security risk. Researchers from KU Leuven-iMinds and Stony Brook University have found that viewers are often exposed to...

Security trends and technologies in 2016

Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technologies for information security and their implications for security organisations in 2016. “Information security teams and infrastructure must adapt to support emerging digital business requirements, and simultaneously...

Young women look to the stars

On Youth Day yesterday, 150 school girls in Cape Town celebrated by looking forward towards their futures and upwards into space. The young women took part in an intensive workshop that is part of the Medo Space, the only one of its kind in Africa. During the...

How dads take care of their kids online

Modern fathers pay a lot of attention to what their kids are doing on the Web and do their best to find the right balance between safeguarding them and encouraging their interest in the Internet and cutting-edge gadgets. According to a survey conducted specially by...

17-year-old wins African innovation contest

Paulina Robert, a 17-year-old student from Tanzania, scooped a $500 prize from Reach for Change Africa yesterday to set up a reproductive health campaign for girls in her community. The contest was aligned with the Day of the African Child on 16 June and challenged...

Blockchain technology widens its reach

Allianz Risk Transfer (ART) and Nephila Capital (Nephila) have successfully piloted the use of blockchain smart contract technology for transacting a natural catastrophe swop. The test run not only demonstrates that transactional processing and settlement between...