Jan 21, 2014
Following the amendment of the Municipal Systems Act in 2011, regulations providing for the appointment and conditions of employment for senior managers in municipalities was published in the Government Gazette this week. The Regulations provide for senior managers...
Jan 21, 2014
From Cabir to FakeDefend, the last decade has seen an explosion in mobile malware. In 2013, Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs has seen more than 1 300 new malicious applications per day, and is currently tracking over 300 Android malware families and over 400 000 malicious...
Jan 21, 2014
AdaptIT has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders to the fact that its earnings are up for the six months ended 31 December 2013. According to the statement, a review of the financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2013 by management has...
Jan 21, 2014
Although machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is a bright spot in the rapidly maturing mobile industry, operators will not realise its full potential without strategic partnering, says Ovum. Forecasts from the global analyst firm show that over the next five years, M2M...
Jan 20, 2014
For the first time, a cyber-attack has been documented where smart devices, such as connected cars, routers and even refrigerators, were hacked to launch the attack. Security as a service provider Proofpoint has uncovered what may be the first proven Internet of...
Jan 20, 2014
Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments thought to connect galaxies in a cosmic web. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, led the study,...
