Technology a major fraud battleground
International Fraud Awareness Week (17 to 24 November 2024) is an annual global observance highlighting the scourge of fraud in society and the efforts that various sectors are implementing to address this growing challenge. "The role technology plays in fraud, and...
Most popular websites not complying with privacy regulations
An astonishing 75% of the 100 most visited websites in the US and Europe are not compliant with current privacy regulations, according to new research from Privado.ai in its 2024 State of Website Privacy Report. Despite stricter privacy enforcement in Europe, Privado...
Generative AI dominates Twitter influencer discussions
Generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) has become the latest Internet sensation with the introduction of ChatGPT and has created a rush among tech giants to put generative AI to work across industries. Against this backdrop, Twitter influencer discussions...
The changing face of financial roles …
CFOs have ambitious plans to reach a state of autonomous finance within the next three to six years that will require a significant reshaping of finance team structures to achieve, according to Gartner. "Most finance leaders, including many CFOs, are ill-equipped to...
Cloudflare thwarts biggest DDoS attack to date
Web infrastructure service Cloudflare has thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71-million requests per second. According to the company, the attack emanated from a botnet comprising more than 30 000 IP addresses...
Scammers are expanding their crypto-romance cons
Sophos, has released details of two expansive and still operational pig butchering, or sha zhu pan, rings - elaborate and lengthy financial fraud scams that can cost victims thousands of dollars - that scammers are operating from Asia. One of the rings, based in Hong...
Women are being shut out of Web3
Web3 companies - those developing radical new applications involving the metaverse, blockchain technologies, and cryptocurrencies that are set to transform many global industries - are on the cutting edge of shaping the future of the digital world. But in one aspect...
Tourists are travelling back to SA’s biggest cities
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed positive signs of recovery for the South African travel and tourism sector, with travellers heading back to its major cities. The report, researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analysed key...
What to expect from the upcoming budget
Kathy Gibson reports - Amid bearish predictions about economic growth, most (59%) of South African CEOs expect local GDP growth to decline this year. Among the challenges businesses are grappling with are structural issues, while electricity supply is having a major...
SA leads the African move to cloud
Kathy Gibson reports - South African companies expect to massively increase their investment in cloud this year. Seventy-three percent of South African respondents in the "Cloud in Africa" study released today by World Wide Worx in conjunction with Red Hat and F5 say...
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Financial sphere spices it up with gamified learning
From blockchains to mobile wallets and robo advisers, the financial realm is a veritable hotbed of technology innovation and development. Unlike many other large and established sectors (legal, medical, insurance), the financial sphere has proved to be willing to...
No way to beat the breathalyser …
When it comes to breathalysers, there are many misconceptions that exist (and persist) about what these tests can and can't do that have led to the belief that it is possible to beat the breathalyser, writes Rhys Evans, MD of ALCO-Safe. This is something often...
40% of businesses are being held hostage
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, costing organizations billions of dollars in paid ransoms and cleanup costs, while crippling employee productivity and customer service during the down times. The FBI reports that ransomware attacks cost victims $209-million in the...
Energy Utility Corporation selects IFS Applications
The Energy Utility Corporation Limited (EUCL), a subsidiary company of the Rwanda Energy Group (REG) Limited, has chosen to implement IFS Applications 9 for enhanced corporate governance and improved operational performance. The agreement includes licenses and...
Wesizwe Platinum uses SAP budgeting solution
Wesizwe Platinum, a local platinum mining corporation in South Africa with a strong corporate philosophy and sustainable mining practices. The focus of the business is the development of their flagship project - the Bakubung Platinum Mine - in the North West Province....
The Foschini Group chooses CA API for digitalisation
CA Southern Africa has announced that TFG has implemented the CA API (Application Program Interface) Management solution to drive the digitalisation of its business and supply chain. TFG is a leading fashion and lifestyle retailer that operates in 31 countries and has...
Redstor initiates counter-ransomware campaign
Redstor, a specialist cloud software and backup services provider, says an offsite, isolated data backup regime is the only sure-fire way of recovering from a ransomware attack. The company has initiated a comprehensive user awareness campaign centred on the rollout...
Mobile service provider loyalty at three-year low
The latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) for Mobile Data Service Providers reveals that South African consumers express low levels of loyalty to their mobile data service providers and are generally disappointed with the service they receive from...
Socio-economic challenges drive IoT evolution
Vodacom has shared the South African research findings of Vodafone's fourth annual Internet of Things (IoT) Barometer Report. The survey was conducted by Circle Research in April and May 2016 and involved more than 1 000 companies across South Africa, Australia,...
Stay safe in the social media and messaging realm
The realm of the internet has changed a lot in the recent years, writes Ondrej Kubovic, ESET IT security specialist. Before, browsing online meant using search engines, looking for specific content or reading your favourite news websites. Nowadays, social networks,...
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