SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

NASA engineering sparks battery innovation

Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing energy on Earth, enabling intermittent renewable energy sources to provide steady power. These extremely durable batteries were made...

Oracle Cloud rolls out Nvidia Blackwell GPUs

Oracle has optimised its first wave of liquid-cooled Nvidia GB200 NVL72 racks in its data centres. Thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs are now being deployed and ready for customer use on Nvidia DGX Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to develop and run...

Intel, Altera debut edge and FPGA offerings for AI

Intel and Altera, an Intel company, have announced new edge-optimised processors, FPGAs and programmable market-ready solutions extending powerful AI capabilities into edge computing. These products will power AI-enabled edge devices applicable to industries across...

Nvidia unveils next-gen supercomputer

Nvidia has unveiled its next-generation AI supercomputer - the Nvidia DGX SuperPOD, powered by its GB200 Grace Blackwell superchips - for processing trillion-parameter models with constant uptime for superscale generative AI training and inference workloads. Featuring...

Every second corporate device is infected with malware

The share of corporate devices compromised with data-stealing malware has increased by one third since 2020, according to Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence, and 21% of employees whose devices were infected ran the offending malware repeatedly. In response to...

Do you know what you’re eating?

A new paper published in Nature Food from the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) exposes a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the foods we eat. It unveils a meticulously curated list of 1 650 nutritionally and culturally diverse foods for...

Surge in cyberthreats will boost security in healthcare

The global healthcare cybersecurity market will reach $56,3-billion by 2030 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 18,5% over the forecast period, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The integration of healthcare and information technology has led to...

Nvidia optimises new switches for AI

Nvidia has launched a new wave of networking switches - the X800 series - designed for massive-scale AI and the world's first networking platforms capable of end-to-end 800Gb/s throughput. The company says the new switches, Nvidia Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and Nvidia...

Crypto ATM market to hit $2bn by 2028

The global crypto ATM market is forecast to surpass $2-billion by 2028, according to a new report from Stocklytics. "The surge in global crypto adoption is driving the expansion of crypto ATMs," says Edith Reads, financial analyst at Stocklystics. "These ATMs offer...

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The healthcare environment can benefit greatly from the thoughtful application of technology to help improve operations and outcomes. HP offers a range of solutions designed to help healthcare professionals in their work and also to safeguard the safety of staff and...

Is your personal data safe?

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Knife Capital extends fund for SA opportunities

Having deployed most of its R180-million Section 12J Venture Capital Fund, KNF Ventures, Knife Capital has announced that it is extending the fund for new investors to participate and build on the success and momentum created. One of the main challenges to the growth...

More cybersecurity predictions for 2020

With data breaches hitting headlines daily, security professionals are constantly concerned about the next big threat. Whether it's ransomware, phishing or endpoint attacks, there's always something on the horizon waiting for its turn in the spotlight. KnowBe4 Africa...

A peek into the next decade of storage

Over the next decade, we are going to see another wave of huge volumes of data created, driven by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and data lakes. By Eran Brown, chief technology: EMEA for...

Banks have to help customers improve finances

The South African banking sector continues to go through remarkable evolution due to its competitive nature and rising consumer expectations. Raj Makanjee, chief executive of FNB Retail, says financial pressure on households is one of several factors that is...

Pressure growing to protect customers’ personal information

Cybersecurity and legal experts are warning that an increase in cyberattacks and the pending implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) expose South African companies to increased regulatory, reputational and financial risk. Brian Pinnock,...

Data privacy in 2020: be careful and stay safe

It's International Data Privacy Day on 28 January - and this year, I'm hoping people take it seriously. By Daan Lotter, head of innovation at Itec South Africa Right now millions of people have no idea about how their personal information is being used and abused in...

Is your business at risk by being too ‘trusting’?

As organisations continue to implement digital transformation and adopt emerging technologies, it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure their networks against cyberattacks, as the ecosystem in which their critical information resides has become significantly...

AI helps unlock data potential of banks

Artificial intelligence (AI) provides banks with the means to make better use of the massive amount of data at their disposal. In doing so, they can identify opportunities for growth faster and gain significant competitive advantage at a time when more agile digital...

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