China outperforms on smartphone market growth

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China’s smartphone market shipped 71,6-million units in 1Q25, a 3,3% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This growth was driven by the government...

Beware of phishing attacks through SVG image files

Kaspersky has detected a new trend with attackers distributing phishing emails to individual and corporate users with attachments in SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files – a format commonly used for storing images. Opening these files leads a user to phishing pages...

AMD hits TSMC N2 product silicon milestone

AMD’s next-generation AMD EPYC processor, codenamed “Venice”, has become the first HPC product in the industry to be taped out and brought up on the TSMC advanced 2nm (N2) process technology. This marks a major step forward in the execution of the AMD data centre CPU...

China’s tech self-reliance accelerates amid sanctions

Geopolitical tensions and domestic challenges are accelerating China’s push toward technological self-sufficiency. As US sanctions intensify, China is doubling down on innovation across artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, robotics, and 5G. Strategic...
DDoS attacks show contrasting patterns across southern Africa

DDoS attacks show contrasting patterns across southern Africa

A new NetScout Threat Intelligence Report, for July to December 2024, reveals a complex and contrasting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack landscape across southern Africa. According to the report, South Africa, Mauritius and Angola were among the most...

How employees are becoming threat actors

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating across the business landscape as organisations aim to reap its potential benefits. However, recent incidents involving AI leaking corporate data show that embracing AI comes with a risk, as employees using...