Lack of budget for talent hinders security
Despite all the efforts companies and organizations worldwide put into preventing cyberattacks, global cybercrime has snowballed to $9,2-trillion in 2024 and is expected to grow by another 70% to $15,6-trillion by the end of a decade. This shocking figure is more...
GNSS satellite receivers remain vulnerable to cyberattacks
Almost 4 000 global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) satellite receivers were vulnerable to attacks on the Internet in 2024, according to new analysis from Kaspersky, putting both organisations and users at risk. This can be mitigated, the security firm adds, by...
Europe dominates global Internet penetration rates
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Floki, Bone ShibaSwap the biggest meme coin gainers
Despite criticism, meme coins continue gaining traction fuelled by their growing online communities. According to data presented by BitcoinCasinos.com, Floki and Bone ShibaSwap are the biggest gainers among the top five meme coins, as their market caps surged 351% and...
300m to use cryptocurrencies in 2024
The 2022 crypto winter has had a brutal impact on the entire market, wiping hundreds of billions of dollars off the global crypto market cap and wounding thousands of crypto companies across the world. But, despite the headwinds and setbacks, investors' interest in...
Security and risk management spend set for growth
End-user spending on security and risk management in the middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is forecast to total $2,8-billion in 2023, an increase of 10,4% from 2022, according to Gartner. “Security and risk management leaders in MENA are expected to increase...
Majority of Africans tricked into believing deepfakes are real
The Top Risks Report 2023 by the Eurasia Group defined advances in deepfakes and the rapid rise of misinformation as ‘weapons of mass disruption’ and it is not far from wrong Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and powerful facial recognition and voice synthesis...
Researchers drive hyper-local climate modeling
The do-it-yourself climate modeling movement is here. Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have been launching Nvidia Jetson-driven edge computing Waggle devices across the globe to collect hyper-local climate information. Waggle is...
More than 1m people have asked to be forgotten
Between 2015 and 2021, more than 1-million"right to be forgotten" requests were submitted to Google and Microsoft Bing, with half of the requests being from Western European countries. When the Covid-19 pandemic started, “right to be forgotten” cases rose by nearly...
Execs battle to discuss new solution adoption with IT
A Kaspersky study has revealed that every third C-level executive globally (34%) struggles to speak about adopting new security solutions with their IT or IT security colleagues. For those surveyed in South Africa, this figure is 39%. Globally, however, many feel that...
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True value of IoT lies in it being the Internet of Humans
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10 pivots boards must make in 2017
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Sophos strengthens protection in new XG Firewall
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Gemalto speeds processes at Uganda’s borders
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