Users exposed with pirated software

When someone urgently needs to edit a text document or an image, but doesn’t have the time or opportunity to find a trusted source, the most probable solution is to download the first openly distributed or even cracked application they can find, which are rife...

Kaspersky, ENISA boost IoT security recommendations

In November 2017, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published “Baseline Security Recommendations for the Internet of Things in the context of critical information infrastructures”. The main aim of the study is to offer...

The ‘PITfalls’ in SARS’ 2017 Tax Statistics

National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service released the 10th annual edition of the tax statistics for South Africa on 12 December 2017. By Des Kruger, partner and Wesley Grimm, candidate attorney at Webber Wentzel The document provides data on the key...

Google Cloud Platform users get Gemalto security

Gemalto providing Google Cloud Platform customers with the ability to manage and maintain full control of their encryption keys on Google Cloud Platform. Gemalto’s SafeNet Luna Hardware Security Module (HSM) and SafeNet KeySecure now both fully support Google...

ESET, Microsoft help disrupt Gamarue botnets

Security researchers at ESET, in collaboration with Microsoft and law enforcement agencies — the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Interpol, Europol, and other stakeholders in cybersecurity — have taken down a major botnet operation known as Gamarue...

Use Computer Security Day to strengthen resilience

All organisations should use Computer Security Day on 30 November 2017 as an opportunity to improve their ability to recover from disaster. This is according to Padma Naidoo, head: advisory services at ContinuitySA, who adds: “Computer Security Day was...