Beware of these evolving holiday scams
With the holiday season here, it’s not only a time for magic and celebration but also a prime opportunity for fraudsters to exploit the festive rush for gifts and bargains. Amid the sparkle of year-end celebrations, cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky have identified...
How 2024 reshaped digital assets
The crypto industry in 2024 was marked by new record-breaking highs and a flood of institutional participation fueled by ongoing regulatory progress. Luno shares its 2024 highlights: ETFs and the continued rise of digital assets in traditional portfolios...
AI gives commentary, predictions in US Masters digital experience
IBM and the Masters Tournament have introduced two innovative new features as part of the Masters app and Masters.com digital experience, including artificial intelligence (AI) generated spoken commentary. Expanding on the MyGroup feature - which enables patrons of...
Organisations strive to be elite ‘Data Leaders’
Harnessing data effectively is a key attribute of the world's leading companies, giving them a competitive advantage through the ability to quickly gain insights and advance innovation. But, according to new research from Lenovo, only a minority (15%) of organisations...
The costly reality of an increasing cybersecurity skills gap
An estimated 3,4-million professionals are needed to fill the global cybersecurity workforce gap, according to Fortinet's 2023 Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report, which adds that the number of organisations experiencing five or more breaches jumped by 53% from...
Ransomware: paying the price … twice
Ransomware attackers extorted $456,8-million from victims in 2022 - 40% down from $765,6-million in the previous year but, before glasses are clinked in celebration, there are some significant caveats to consider. The recent hack of Euler Finance where $135-million in...
Closing the gender gap in the STEM-ICT arena
The gender gap in the science, technology, engineering, maths and ICT (STEM-ICT) field appears to be closing in South Africa, with more girls than boys participating in the Institute of IT Professionals SA (IITPSA )schools Talent Search for the second consecutive...
Calls for AI training to pause
Non-profit organisation Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) training. Well over 1 200 people have already added their signatures to the letter, including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon...
NASA missions study extremely rare gamma-ray burst
On Sunday 9 October 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe....
New threat actors target banks, government
Kathy Gibson reports - Cyberthreats hit South Africa with a bang in January, and have been tailing off for the balance of the first quarter. Carlo Bolzonello, threat intelligence specialist and country lead South Africa at Trellix, points out that government is the...
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Ricoh focuses on end-to-end workflow flexibility
Ricoh will showcase its expertise and innovation in the production printing space at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2017 from February 20 to 23. Ricoh will present its continuous feed and cutsheet production presses as well as recent additions to its growing software...
GirlCode launches workshop series
GirlCode announced that it will introduce The GirlCode Hackathon Workshop Series for 2017. The workshop series is designed to offer participants the opportunity to improve their craft before competing in the Hackathon event later in the year. The GirlCode Hackathon...
Secrets of success for digital trendsetters
Today's digital customers are looking for unique experiences at a hyper speed, making a super-flexible supply chain as critical as a super-efficient one. However, many organisations haven't realised the full, value-driving potential of digital technologies. One group,...
Cybercrimes Bill – much better in 2017
Lucien Pierce, consultant at BDO Cyber Lab, unpacks the new Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill and offers his opinion. The Department of Justice published the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill, 2017 on 19 January. It is, at first glance, much better than the 2016...
Microsoft continues to evolve productivity tools
Microsoft OneNote has over the years evolved from a simple note taking app to a bona fide collaboration, organisation and project management tool. OneNote 2016 continues this evolution with some great new features as well as enhancements to existing favourites. Says...
Altron joins Nokia Global Partner Program
JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) has signed a channel partnership agreement with Nokia and joined the Nokia Global Partner Program. Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. With state-of-the-art software,...
Fortifying wireless security key to a robust network
Most organisations think they have their security taken care of but ironically, CIOs today are not accounting for how their network is actually accessed. A single user may be logged on through multiple devices: a phone, a tablet, and a laptop. There could also be...
Flexible tutoring anywhere anytime
Cognition.Online has launched an app that is now coined the Uber of private tutoring. The app connects students and tutors in a unique way and provides tutors with new job opportunities. This app comes at a perfect time when the country's education system desperately...
Mitel launches cloud communications portfolio with EOH
Mitel hasannounced the expansion of its cloud portfolio in South Africa through a partnership with technology and knowledge service integrator EOH. Mitel's cloud expansion into South Africa is being driven by the region's growing economic marketplace, increasing cloud...
NU is premier Silver Peak distributor
South African value-added distributor of converged technology, data centre, networking, and security technology solutions, Networks Unlimited has been named as the first distributor for the sub-Saharan market of the global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions,...
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IT Auditor – to relocate to Malta – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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