Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

Strategy for Africa to unlock tech benefits set

Regulators have endorsed a set of guidelines to maximise the benefits of transformative information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-24) in Kampala. The "GSR-24 Best Practice Guidelines" agreed by ICT regulators include...

Google Translate adds more SA languages

Google Translate has expanded its support to include 110 new languages, including South Africa's TshiVenda and siSwati, bringing the total number of South African languages available to nine. Part of Google's 1,000 Languages Initiative, which uses AI models to support...

Chief supply chain officers urged to conserve resources

As inflation and supply shortages are projected to continue, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must adopt resource conservation strategies to mitigate risks to their organisations, according to Gartner. "CSCOs foresee that the anticipated increases in inflation and...

IBM files lawsuit to protect IP rights

IBM has filed a lawsuit against LzLabs, saying the Switzerland-based company has violated IBM's intellectual property (IP) rights by infringing upon company patents protecting various aspects of IBM's high-performance mainframe systems. In the legal action filed in US...

AstraZeneca launches R&D Postdoctoral Challenge

AstraZeneca has launched a global R&D Postdoctoral Challenge to help accelerate ideas to transform the treatment of some of the world's most complex diseases. The challenge invites final year MD and/or PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from across the...

Meerkat pulls mysterious radio circles in space into sharper focus

Astronomy’s newest mystery objects, odd radio circles or ORCs, have been pulled into sharp focus by an international team of astronomers, including the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Jordan Collier, using the world’s most capable radio telescopes. First revealed...

Fraudsters can hack a payment card in 6 seconds

Researchers estimate that an average payment card can be cracked in just six seconds. A study released by NordVPN analysing 4-million payment cards from 140 countries finds that the most common method to hack a payment card is brute forcing. This type of attack is...

Crypto-trading scam demands fake profit tax

An international cryptocurrency trading scam called CryptoRom targets iPhone and Android users through popular dating apps like Bumble and Tinder. New research from Sophos, "CryptoRom Swindlers Continue to Target Vulnerable iPhone/Android Users", is based on first...

Cryptoscam fleeces users of their crypto wallets

There has been a noticeable development in the prominence of cryptocurrency-related phishing scams over the past few years, linked to a boom in digital currency. In 2021, Kaspersky products detected and prevented over 460 000 crypto-related phishing attacks overall -...

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Unravelling a financial cyber-attack

A Russian company contacted Kaspersky Lab asking to investigate an incident when more than $130,000 was nearly stolen from its corporate account. The company representatives suspected malware was behind this incident. That suspicion was confirmed in the very first...

Avaya, Wind River collaborate on vSwitch

Avaya is collaborating with Wind River to take a significant step toward data centre simplification through the development of “hands-free” vSwitch network services configuration. This capability, which the companies expect to submit to the Open Source domain, can...

LG brand ambassador opens for The Fray

LG Electronics is proud to announce that Connell Cruise, official LG G3 brand ambassador, will be the opening act for The Fray, when they perform to the Johannesburg audience on, 19 September 2014.  LG is giving fans a chance to win tickets to the concert at The Dome...

Hybrid cloud is the future of enterprise IT

Cloud computing is universally accepted as one of the major disruptive forces impacting IT today. But few enterprises are ready to migrate all their data and applications to a public cloud. With key concerns including latency, security and control over critical data...

Capitalising on African mobile trends

According to Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends report and Ericsson Mobility Report 2014, there has been significant growth in mobile. Mobile data traffic globally has accelerated by 81%, with video being a strong driver. Founder of free content distribution app...

Ericsson grows TV product portfolio

Since the acquisition of Mediaroom in September 2013, Ericsson has accelerated efforts and investments to further extend its television and media leadership in the Pay TV space. As part of this effort, Ericsson has announced a number of solutions that deliver new...

ITIL still going strong after 25 years

In a short amount of time the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has positioned itself as the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. Now that ITIL is in its 25th year, local industries are still keen (if not more so), to...

Eaton achieves VCE certification

Power management company Eaton recently announced that its integrated power management solutions suite is now certified as Vblock Ready through the VCE Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Eaton can now deliver advanced power monitoring, management and control...

SWIFT’s Sanctions Screening service grows

SWIFT announces that its Sanctions Screening service has surpassed the 230-customer milestone just two years after its introduction as the first solution in SWIFT’s financial crime compliance services portfolio. Sanctions Screening is a shared service that screens...

Companies should leverage speech analytics

Speech analytics delivers priceless customer information. The technology has been around for some time, yet is now gaining greater status in the contact centre due to smarter apps being developed in response to other current and major IT trends, in particular big...

Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment

About our client:Our client is a well-established and highly regarded South African software development company that develops, supports and consults software solutions for the academic sector. With offices in Jhb and Cape Town, they are progressive with regard to...

AI/ML Machine learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer As an AI/ML Machine Learning Engineer, you'll lead a sizable team, setting direction and goals for impactful projects, ML system design, and excellence. You'll develop scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data...

SCRUM MASTER

Skills and Experience At least 3 -years' experience in Scrum Master role,Experience managing IT software development OR IT Infrastructure projects.Good understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in the...

Junior Business Intelligence/Sell Out Analyst

Responsibilities:To assist the Head of Product/Key Account Managers with the responsibilities assigned to the team. Responsibilities are divided between two major business units - one involving the management around product and sell out reports from retailers and...

Business Analyst at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town

About our client:Our client is a well-established and highly regarded South African software development company that develops, supports and consults software solutions for the academic sector. With offices in Jhb and Cape Town, they are progressive with regard to...

AI/ML Machine learning Engineer – Remote Remote

Machine Learning Engineer As an AI/ML Machine Learning Engineer, you'll lead a sizable team, setting direction and goals for impactful projects, ML system design, and excellence. You'll develop scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data...

SCRUM MASTER – Gauteng Menlyn

Skills and Experience At least 3 -years' experience in Scrum Master role,Experience managing IT software development OR IT Infrastructure projects.Good understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in the...

Junior Business Intelligence/Sell Out Analyst – Gauteng Johannesburg

Responsibilities:To assist the Head of Product/Key Account Managers with the responsibilities assigned to the team. Responsibilities are divided between two major business units - one involving the management around product and sell out reports from retailers and...

Senior Java Developer (CPT Hybrid) (1-Year Contract)

ENVIRONMENT:DEVELOP high quality maintainable code to meet complex changing environments as your coding expertise as an energetic & passionate Senior Java Developer is sought to join the team of a leading Digital Production Agency. As the Senior Developer, you...

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