Ransomware groups weaponise stolen data to force payment
Sophos has released a new dark web report, "Turning the Screws: The Pressure Tactics of Ransomware Gangs," which details how cybercriminals are weaponising stolen data to increase pressure on targets who refuse to pay. This includes sharing the contact details or...
How much value is in your email address?
With the number of global email users projected to hit 4,73-billion by 2026, email has become one of the most important platforms for communication in the digital age. For many people, an email address is their main digital identity - and fraudsters can do a lot with...
Russia the most targeted country for data breaches
Russia reported the most data breaches in Q1 2022, with over 3,5-million incidences representing an 11% surge over Q4 2021. That increase saw it leapfrog the US as the most affected country globally, according to CryptoMonday analysis. Jonathan Merry, CEO of...
Nvidia accelerates data centre democratisation
Nvidia has become a founding member of the Linux Foundation's Open Programmable Infrastructure (OPI) project, while making its NVidia DOCA networking software APIs widely available to foster innovation in the data centre. Businesses are embracing open data centres,...
Afrinurse hackathon finds solutions to nursing challenges
Few occupations are as essential to a country's people as is nursing. Yet the nursing sector has seen very little innovation over the years, even as medical technology in hospitals steadily evolves. Looking to bring nursing into the 21st century, AfriNurse in...
If you are online, you are a cybersecurity risk
Kathy Gibson reports from All Things Cyber Security - Everyone has something that can be stolen - and we make a big mistake in not realising that all of us can provide access to lucrative cybercrime targets. This is the word from Professor Elmarie Biermann from the...
Floods, load shedding, war weigh on manufacturing confidence
Confidence levels across the manufacturing sector dropped 14 points to 29 in the second quarter, according to the latest Absa Manufacturing survey. "After a fairly upbeat set of results in the first quarter of 2022, additional headwinds have caused a decrease in...
Network automation unlocks massive growth opportunities across 5G
With the 5G network moving to the cloud, the network is now software-based and requires automation to succeed operationally and financially, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. The company's recent analysis finds that network automation enables all parts...
Greenest tech firms pave way for sustainable future
Thirty-eight of the world's 150 leading tech companies are on track to become carbon neutral by 2030, with several aiming to be carbon negative soon after, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance...
Kaspersky warns on ToddyCat escalation
Kaspersky researchers have reported an ongoing campaign carried out by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, dubbed ToddyCat, which focuses on compromising multiple Microsoft Exchange servers using two malicious programs - Samurai backdoor and Ninja Trojan. The...
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Secure the payment process to minimise fraud
As the Internet of Things (IoT) connects more and more devices, the potential for hacking, theft of sensitive information and other cyber-crimes extends to an ever-increasing numbers of devices, says Simeon Tassev, director of Galix. The reality is that cyber-crime...
Planned versus unplanned downtime
In the age of the always-on business, downtime is increasingly unacceptable -- even when it’s planned and announced in advance, says Veeam regional manager for southern African, Warren Olivier. “In 2015 any business that has any kind of online component must accept...
Choosing storage to suit your business
For those in the market for storage for their home or small and medium business (SMB), the discussion of the moment is deciding between local or cloud based storage, says Anamika Budree, sales manager, Branded Products at WD South Africa. On both sides of the fence...
Most matriculants not ready for university
If you are not entering university with at least a 70% average on your matric results, then you probably aren’t going to make it through your first semester of studies. This is the hard-hitting view of Peter van Nieuwenhuizen and Jacques De Villiers of The Growth...
Soft skills training through game play
The world of C-Suite leadership is a lonely space. Those whose titles start with the letter "C", such as chief executive officers, chief operating officers and chief information officers carry the ultimate burden of responsibility and risky decision-making rests on...
Enterprise apps must mimic consumer apps
Companies that want to drive the best results from mobilising their business processes need to give their employees access to apps that are as simple, attractive, integrated and rich as the consumer mobile apps they use every day. This means organisations and their IT...
Cloud or bust: how ERP is changing
The world is going cloud crazy and it’s not difficult to see why, says Alan Sher, director HansaWorld South Africa. Where enterprise resource planning software is concerned, the old paradigms of immense cost, lengthy deployments and fiendish complexity are giving way...
Coded in Braam explores hybrid apps
Continuing its tradition of supporting the local tech community, ThoughtWorks is hosted the first Coded in Braam event of the year on Saturday 28 March. This hands-on session introduced developers to Spring Boot, a tool based on the Spring IO platform that introduces...
CommProve wins monitoring contract
CommProve has announced its working with an African telecommunications regulator to monitor the quality of service (QoS) of multiple mobile network operators (MNOs) in country. “Typically, a telecommunications regulator has no way of determining the actual customer...
Change your employee engagement strategy
It is widely acknowledged that there is a shortage of software engineers worldwide, and that the best ones are in incredibly high demand. It is also acknowledged that in the service industry, the way a company’s employees engage with their clients can make or break...
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