Dec 10, 2013
Everyone looks forward to the festive season – a time to wind down and relax after the busy year. Unfortunately, cyber-crooks don’t go on holiday. For them Christmas heralds a holiday shopping and party season that will generate millions of dollars for them....
Dec 10, 2013
IDC Government Insights has released its top 10 market predictions for 2014. They are: * Mashups of the four pillars will begin to transform key government services; * Worldwide government spending on Internet of Things will be $1,2-trillion in 2017; * By 2018,...
Dec 9, 2013
Today AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo joined together to propose principles for reforming government surveillance laws and practices. The companies also urged the president and the US Congress to take the lead on reform with an...
Dec 9, 2013
At least 85% of organisations in South Africa experienced an internal information security incident last year, some of which led to sensitive data loss. The Global Corporate IT Security Risks survey by the B2B International research agency and Kaspersky Lab found that...
Dec 9, 2013
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market continued to experience a steep decline during the third quarter of 2013, decreasing 15% in volume year-on-year, according to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The results showed that PC shipments into the...
Dec 9, 2013
The Sirefef botnet, which has infected almost 2-million computers around the world and siphoned off $2,7-million a month has been taken down. For the third time this year, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has successfully disrupted a dangerous botnet, Richard Domingues...
