African users more likely to fall victim to phishing
KnowBe4 has released its 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation's Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), indicating how many of their employees are likely to fall for phishing or social engineering scams. This year's report shows that...
Cybersecurity skills shortage is biggest risk to MSPs
The biggest day-to-day challenge facing Managed Service Providers (MSP) is keeping up with the latest cybersecurity solutions/technologies, according to Sophos' inaugural MSP Perspectives 2024 report, with 39% of respondents citing it. Alongside this, MSPs indicated...
Employee Tax Incentive abuse exploits unemployed youth
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Is your router secure?
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Post Office warms the public on new scam
The SA Post Office has received several enquiries about a new scam designed to mislead members of the public to pay money into a fraudulent account, and into sharing the details of their credit card with the scammers. The emails and SMS messages appear to originate...
$18,5bn pledged to connect the unconnected
A global pledging event organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) this week has rallied unprecedented support from governments and companies to expand Internet access everywhere as a key aspect of sustainable development. The Partner2Connect (P2C)...
Global investments in contactless services spike
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For customers, experience is as important as products
This new digital-first world has changed the norms of commerce, work, and everyday life, prompting customers and brands to re-establish how they connect. This is the message from the fifth edition of Salesforce’s State of the Connected Customer report that shares...
PC shipments into MEA grow while tablets decline
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing device (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, is expected to decline 6% year on year in shipment terms for the second quarter of 2022, according to International Data...
SA to get first electric minibus taxis
Fuel price relief for minibus taxi operators could be at hand as a project team of companies and research institutions have announced a research partnership to investigate and advance the feasibility of an electric minibus taxi in South African conditions by testing...
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