DeepFakes: when seeing isn’t believing

Deepfake technology is rapidly becoming easier and quicker to create and it’s opening a door into a new form of cybercrime. Although it’s still mostly seen as relatively harmful or even humorous, this craze could take a more sinister turn in the future and...

The importance of XDR for cyber protection

With 35% of South African organisations expecting an imminent cyberattack and a further 31% bracing for it to happen within a year, according to local research conducted by Trend Micro, attention is turning to whether existing solutions are up to the challenge of...

Enhance cybersecurity practices

October is cybersecurity month and to promote cybersecurity awareness, Steven Cohen, MD of Triple S Solutions, a full-service information technology business, offers the following nine simple but important points to stay safe. * Companies sending invoices should make...

The new cyber-norm

Today is D-Day for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands sent through by hackers last week. Bryan Hamman, Regional Director at NETSCOUT, which offers NETSCOUT Arbor, specialising in advanced DDos protection solutions, offers this explanation of DDoS...

Protect yourself on business trips

Business executives who are keepers of secrets of the company are high-priority targets for cyber espionage. Especially, when traveling, precautionary measures – including those outside the world of IT – are essential, and they must be accompanied by an...

Do you know what’s lurking in your network?

Is there a ghost in your machine? And no, this is not the beginning of a Halloween story – but perhaps it is fitting that ‘International Cybersecurity Awareness month’ takes place in October, the month of Halloween. This is according to Stefan van de...