Practice password hygiene this World Password Day

Today (Thursday 6 May) is World Password Day, and security experts are urging businesses and individuals to ensure they have basic protections – such as strong passwords and high levels of cybersecurity awareness – in place to protect them against a rising...

Focus on biometric security could lead to job creation

Covid-19 and its global impact has seen South Africa’s economy and job market sink significantly. Last year it was reported that the local economy shrank more that the government’s predicted 7% initial forecast in 2020. Moving forward to SONA (State of the...

Evina joins the GSMA to strengthen mobile payments security

Evina, a specialist in cybersecurity for mobile payments, has joined the over 400 companies and 750 operators that are part of the GSMA, the international association that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Evina’s cooperation with the...

Secutel wins information security certification

Secutel Technologies, a developer of physical security technology and provider of cloud-based solutions, has achieved the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 27001 certification. “With solutions that are aimed at the physical security of...

Trend Micro debuts security platform on AWS

Trend Micro has announced the AWS Marketplace debut of its comprehensive platform, Trend Micro Cloud One, designed to protect across cloud-based environments with services designed for applications, network, workloads, file storage, containers and cloud security...

Clients protected from malware in infected marketplace app

Kaspersky experts have found malicious code in version 3.17.18 for the official client of the APKPure app store. To date, products belonging to 9,380 Kaspersky users have detected and blocked the threat. According to the researchers, the code was found in the...