ID-based attacks rife as phishing, authentication abuse on the rise

Phishing accounted for more than half of cybersecurity incident response engagements in the second quarter of 2026, while authentication abuse was observed in 65% of engagements, according to the latest Incident Response Trends report from Cisco Talos. The findings...

Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Roman space telescope begins its quest to the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit where it is hoped it will reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 AM EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...

Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Concerns over cloud security boost CNAPP market

The cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) market reached nearly $700-million in 2Q 2024 - achieving an impressive 42% year-over-year growth – according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. This acceleration reflects enterprises' focus on securing cloud...

New SteelFox malware targets popular software

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a new and ongoing malicious campaign that exploits popular software such as Foxit PDF Editor, AutoCAD, and JetBrains. The attackers employ stealer malware to capture victims' credit card information and details about their infected...

NASA space missions pinpoint sources of CO2 emissions on Earth

A duo of Earth-observing missions has enabled researchers to detect and track carbon dioxide (CO2) emission changes from a single facility, using the world’s fifth-largest coal-fired power plant as a test case. In the recent study, researchers used space-based...

Insurers shift focus to customer experience, operational efficiency

Improving the customer experience and operational excellence, not growth, is the driving force of a majority of insurance digitalization initiatives in 2023, according to a new Gartner survey of insurance CIOs and technology executives. The 2023 Gartner CIO and...

Privacy predictions for 2023

This year we will witness the formation of an even more diverse market for behaviour tracking due to local law enforcement. Moreover, smartphones will take over traditional paperwork and the idea of a metaverse will become part of our reality. These are excerpts from...

Intel data centre processors drive next-gen innovations

Dubbing it one of the most important product launches in its history, Intel has unveiled its 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids), the Intel Xeon CPU Max Series (code-named Sapphire Rapids HBM) and the Intel Data Centre GPU Max Series...

AI efficiency meets sustainability

Accelerated Nvidia Hopper systems with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors -- including Nvidia DGX H100 and 60+ systems from Nvidia partners -- provide 25-times more efficiency than traditional data centre servers to save big on energy costs. AI is at the heart of...

PC shipment slump continues, recovery not likely this year

Global shipments for traditional PCs fell below expectations in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) as 67,2-million PCs were shipped, down 28,1% from the prior year, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

BETI is back on track

Ending the year positively, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for December 2022 improved despite the ongoing, dismal economic context. "After six consecutive months of declines, the BETI rose to an index level of 132.1 in December, almost on par...

CFOs need to rethink the finance function

Evaluating finance function strategy, scope and design is the top priority for chief financial officers (CFOs) in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner. A survey of 157 CFOs in November 2022 ranked the top 10 priorities for CFOs for this year, and 90% of respondents...

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A success story of offline and online tutoring

South Africa's largest tutoring company this month reached a milestone by signing up its 10 000th learner, and clocking more than 150 000 tutoring lessons. That's good going for an idea that was shot down by a university professor as being doomed to failure, when its...

Big data: a secret weapon for SMEs?

According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big business, as small and medium sized companies are becoming more significant daily....

Curb unethical behaviour in a tough economic climate

Times are tougher, with the weak rand, rising cost of fuel and food coupled with the overall inflation meaning that many South Africans face ongoing financial stress. Such weak economic conditions can lead to an increase in unethical behaviour, conflict of interest,...

The most common reasons for corporate data loss

There is no doubt that one of the main assets of a company is the data it stores. Information about its customers, financial or employee planning, among other types of records, should be adequately protected and available whenever they are needed. For this reason,...

NASA protects critical data with NetApp

AltaVault enables NASA to protect mission-critical data, optimise cloud footprint and drive down cost. "With one of the largest cloud footprints of any U.S. federal government agency, NASA had very specific requirements for how to support its backup to the cloud...

Orange completes Airtel Burkina Faso acquisition

Orange, together with its subsidiary Orange Côte d'Ivoire, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) in January 2016, Orange has obtained all...

Fitbit helps to manage a better sleep

Fitbit has released a simple yet powerful set of sleep tools to help users improve their sleep consistency and overall health. Sleep plays a critical role in health and wellbeing, from protecting against cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, to boosting...

Evolving to bimodal IT: become agile, stay stable

One of the tell-tale signs of ICT evolution within emerging markets is the advent of bimodal IT, or the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery - one focused on stability, the other on agility. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 75% of IT...

Business success through smarter HR

Attracting and retaining the best talent is widely recognised to be an important success factor, if not the success factor, when it comes to achieving competitive advantage. "Unfortunately, too many companies continue to rely on poor information when it comes to...

Beyond data towards insight

Big data has redefined our world. It's constant and rapid flow originates from a wide variety of sources and has allowed the opportunity for organisations to access greater intelligence, writes Mark Heymann, senior director: commercial at TransUnion. Organisations,...

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Our client in Solar / Renewable Energy industry is currently looking to employ a Technical Support Technician based in Rosebank, Johannesburg.Candidates staying in the area will be given preference.A wonderful career opportunity awaits you.Requirements:Proven...

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