Privacy and cybersecurity awareness continues to decline
The world’s online privacy and cybersecurity awareness continues to decline, according to new research from cybersecurity specialists NordVPN. Based on 31 analysed markets with the highest numbers of responses, people globally knew best how to create strong passwords...
Tropic Trooper in new strike on Middle East target
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has discovered a new Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign carried out by the Tropic Trooper group. This operation has been targeting a governmental entity in the Middle East for over a year aiming to conduct...
Networks come under multiple consecutive attacks
A Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, "Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger" reveals that the prominent ransomware gangs Hive, LockBit and BlackCat consecutively attacked the same network. The first two attacks took place within two hours, and the...
APT group takes over IT infrastructure for industrial espionage
Kaspersky ICS CERT has detected a wave of targeted attacks on military-industrial complex enterprises and public institutions in several Eastern European countries and in Afghanistan. The cybercriminals were able to take control over victims' entire IT infrastructure...
Malware goes after education targets
Enterprises in the education sector are under a barrage of malware attacks. Data presented by Atlas VPN reveals that the global education industry has been the primary target for cyberattacks in the last 30 days. Over 80% of malware attacks globally were aimed at...
US terrorism victims file complaint against Ericsson
A group of Americans has filed a lawsuit against Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, alleging co-operative efforts with terror organisations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Ericsson is accused of making protection payments to designated foreign terrorist...
Intel, Aible to fast-track enterprise analytics and AI
Intel has announced it is collaborating with Aible to enable teams across key industries to leverage artificial intelligence and deliver rapid and measurable business impact. The deep collaboration, which includes engineering optimisations and an innovative...
Innovation Exchange Challenge winner could solve plastic use in consumer goods
Global Alliance Africa, a project delivered by Innovate UK KTN and Unilever have announced Sharon Rapetswa as the winner of their Innovation Exchange Challenge, which aims to help the multinational consumer goods company find inventive solutions and innovative...
This is how much electricity it takes to mine bitcoin
According to an analysis by CryptoMonday it takes an estimated nine years of household-equivalent electricity consumption to mine one bitcoin. CryptoMonday CEO Jonathan Merry comments: "Conceptually, it doesn't seem like bitcoin mining should require enormous amounts...
Why women are still underrepresented in senior management
Research from Grant Thornton and PwC shows that women represent only 20% to 29% of senior management in South Africa, even though they are half the population. Lindiwe Sebesho, president of the South African Reward Association (SARA) and master reward specialist, says...
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Infor facilitates last-mile configuration
Infor, the industry cloud company, has announced its new Micro-vertical Specialisation Program for the Infor Partner Network (IPN), an initiative designed for partners to showcase unique strengths and capabilities with Infor solutions in specific niche markets. By...
Sophos offers one-click server lockdown
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VMware outlines future of business mobility
VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, outlined its vision for the future of business mobility with new solutions, services and partnerships to enable organisations to transform business processes. The company’s strategy aims to free businesses from more than a decade of client-server focused IT – which enabled mobile access to a limited number of productivity applications – and now deliver a more user- and application-centric experience for the enterprise.
Standard Bank unveils incubator accelerators
As part of Standard Bank’s commitment to developing entrepreneurs and ensuring the sustainability of their businesses, the bank has added two accelerator programmes, SW7 Tech Accelerator and Ignitor Bootcamp to its business incubator in Rosebank – both dedicated to equipping SMEs with practical tools, knowledge, advice and skills that are essential for their growth.
Taking cybercrime seriously
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DocuSign acquires ARX
DocuSign recently announced its acquisition of Algorithmic Research(ARX). The acquisition builds on a three year business partnership between DocuSign and ARX, bringing together ARX’s best-in-class CoSign digital signature technology with the world’s leading digital transaction management (DTM) platform, to empower customers to transact business with full trust and confidence anywhere in the world.
Smart Ethernet switches for SMBs from DCC
Small to medium businesses (SMBs) can now take advantage of enterprise-class networking control combined with consumer-like ease of use with the Dell Networking X-Series from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This family of smart, managed 1 Gigabit Ethernet...
Security for virtualised environments
In a recent survey conducted by CIO magazine, the security of virtual servers and virtualised infrastructures rank near the top of the list of security concerns for IT decision makers. Neil MacDonald, security and infrastructure analyst at Gartner, told the...
SMEs seek streamlined finance solutions
SMEs are looking for four things from their business systems and payment solutions - 24/7 availability, access to data wherever they are, and seamless secure integration within their business applications and third-party apps and services. That’s according to Charles...
Sophos acquires Reflexion Networks
Sophos has announced that it has acquired Reflexion Networks Inc., a leader in cloud-based e-mail security, archiving, e-mail encryption and business continuity services. The acquisition will enable Sophos to add cloud-based e-mail security to Sophos Cloud, the...
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