How to minimise PHP threats
Attackers may have used the PHP security flaws made public on 21 October before anyone else knew about them, says Tomas Stamulis, chief security officer at cybersecurity specialists Surfshark. Also, on sites that haven’t installed the PHP fix yet, attackers could take...
ESG, infrastructure constraints put AI progress at risk as data centre delays mount
Data centre growth driven by demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is colliding with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and infrastructure constraints, according to GlobalData. Annual data centre power consumption is expected to rise from 590 terawatt-hours...
Lazarus rises again with new threat campaign
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has revealed its findings on a new cyberespionage campaign attributed to the Lazarus APT group – Operation FlashHole. The campaign has already affected at least three organisations in South Korea across the...
AI phishing puts SMEs in firing line, but many still see no need for cyber cover
Micro enterprises face severe financial exposure to cyber risk due to a dangerous perception gap regarding their actual risk - many small business owners falsely believe they are too insignificant to be targeted. However, the rise of AI-powered phishing tools now...
Partnership aims to support small business exports
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and South Africa's Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) have signed a memorandum of understanding to support South African businesses to expand into regional and international markets. The agreement establishes...
Users urged to update PHP now to fix critical vulnerabilities
A global cybersecurity crisis is currently underway, following the emergency disclosure of two critical, unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in PHP, collectively dubbed "PHP2Shell.”. Tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, these flaws...
CEO confidence shows resilience in a troubled year
By Kathy Gibson – The world is currently in an uncertain place as we experience an unprecedented pace of change. Tola Adayemi, CEO of KPMG One Africa, says business leaders are grappling with volatility, uncertainty, confusion and ambiguity. “CEOs have to make choices...
As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive
By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...
These are Gartner’s top strategic technology trends for 2027
Gartner has unveiled the top strategic technology trends it believes organisations need to explore in 2027. “The critical friction today is that AI systems operate in an architectural vacuum, generating software faster than humans can review it, creating unmanaged...
Avoid the hidden costs of AI agents
Cisco’s latest Splunk State of Observability 2026: Restoring Predictability in the AI Era report exposes a significant disconnect: the urgency to deploy AI agents is rapidly outpacing the ability to monitor them. This year’s research surveyed 2 050 ITOps and...
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Pay transparency is a requirement and an opportunity
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Owning the security tools is not the same as being secure
Most companies believe they are protected right up until they have been breached. So why do the tools create a false sense of safety, and what closes the gap between tools and actual security, asks Mohammed Pochee, cybersecurity product manager at Vox. There is a...
Supply chain attacks have become an industry of their own
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Your supplier has a password. Your business has the problem
Your cyber security is only as strong as the people you've allowed through the door, and some of those people don't work for you. That is the uncomfortable reality of third-party risk. By John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2 Software Modern businesses depend on IT providers,...
There’s a widening gap between Zero Trust strategy and implementation
South African organisations are under growing pressure to digitise, innovate and compete in a more connected economy. Yet every new cloud workload, SaaS application and remote connection has the potential to expand the attack surface, writes Mandy Duncan, country...
When compliance gaps turn into expensive lessons
The latest regulatory action against a major financial institution, resulting in a R28 million administrative penalty for shortcomings under the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), is a timely reminder that compliance cannot be treated as a once-off exercise. By...
Cyber resilience can strengthen SA’s sovereign AI ambitions
Cybersecurity Awareness Month gives businesses a timely opportunity to look beyond traditional cyber awareness and assess whether their AI environments are ready for real-world risk. As South Africa's sovereign AI ambitions accelerate, the core question is shifting...
Your APIs were never built for this reader
Enterprises love to call themselves API-first. Almost none of them are ready for what's about to start calling those APIs. Eighty-two percent of organisations now describe themselves as API-first, according to Postman's 2025 State of the API Report. It's a comfortable...
The AI is inside: Securing the business in the age of autonomous AI
South Africa, according to the Microsoft Global AI Diffusion monitor, is leading the continent in generative AI adoption with 23,1% of the working-age population actively using AI in their daily activities. Companies have introduced AI into daily operations rapidly,...
Whistleblowing: A governance responsibility for every organisation
Recent corruption investigations in South Africa have once again highlighted the important role whistleblowers can play in bringing potential wrongdoing to light. While much of the public debate has focused on government and state institutions, the same question...
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