In SA, telecoms tops the list for fraud attempts
The rate of suspected digital fraud attempts in telecommunications where the consumer was in South Africa when transacting was the highest among industries analysed in 2023 at 15,5%, having increased by 78% year-over-year (YoY). The logistics industry experienced the...
It’s no longer ‘business as usual’ in cybersecurity
The prospect of offensive attacks using artificial intelligence (AI) is prompting increases in cybersecurity budgets as organisations try to understand the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on their security, says research group GlobalData. AI is already used for threat...
Hidden parasite discovered in Microsoft Exchange add-on
Kaspersky has uncovered a previously unknown IIS module (a piece of software aimed at providing additional features to Microsoft web servers) they have since dubbed Owowa that steals credentials entered by a user when logging into Outlook Web Access (OWA); it also...
Act now to avert climate catastrophe, warns Nobel laureate
The poorest countries will bear the worst effects of climate change and the highest costs in terms of economic production and higher mortality, according to Nobel laureate Esther Duflo. The 2019 Economics Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the Massachusetts...
What do South Africans think, feel and worry about most?
On Thursday, 5 March 2020, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed that a suspected case of Covid-19 had tested positive. This was South Africa's first reported case - a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy with his wife and were part of a group...
Fewer than a quarter of consumers completely trust the health industry
The world is currently undergoing a crisis of trust, and every organisation must act. Indeed, Edelman's 2021 Trust Barometer found that in the last year, trust has dipped across nearly every single industry sector -- including healthcare. Marc Benioff, chairman and...
Public sector slow to address cybersecurity issues
There's nothing quite like a global pandemic with legally enforceable lockdowns to expose the public sector's dependence on ageing digital infrastructure. While the SolarWinds "sunburst" attack made headlines in 2020 for its impact on private corporations like Cisco...
Digital transformation set to take off across the region
Digital transformation investments in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) are set to double across the 2020 to 2025 period, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). The researcher says that digital transformation spending in...
Cisco opens Umbrella Cloud Security data centres in SA
Cisco South Africa has launched two Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) data centres in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, they offer local customers closer access to the cloud anytime, anywhere. "South Africa is a key market for Cisco and...
Top five payment scams to look out for
All businesses are at risk of being scammed at some point, and just one incident can cost a company millions. Ryan Mer, CEO of Know Your Payee (KYP) platform provider eftsure Africa, says that fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and...
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EOH initiative to grow Oracle skills
The EOH Youth Job Creation Initiative aims to address Oracle partner needs and skills development in the local market place. The intention behind this initiative is to build and expand Oracle skillsets within South Africa. EOH is one of the largest ICT providers in...
PUPs wreak havoc
In the last few years, the spectre of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) has reared its head. Myriad complaints litter tech forums, asking about this hazard, and complaining that they’ve been hacked, or infected, yet the vast majority of these ‘infections’ can be...
Airtel, Movirtu sign agreement
Airtel, one of the world’s largest mobile services providers, has entered into a group-wide framework agreement with Movirtu, an innovator in virtual SIM solutions. The group-wide agreement follows Airtel’s successful launch of the Movirtu Share service in Madagascar....
Kemp ADC now offers HP controller
Kemp Technologies has announced that its full featured Virtual LoadMaster ADC now provides L2-7 load balancing with SDN Adaptive technology through the HP VAN (virtual application networks) controller. This allows customers to build application environments that truly...
Intuate Group, Skyera ink reseller agreement
Intuate Group has announced the signing of a reseller agreement with California-based Skyera - a start-up that designs software and hardware for enterprise solid-state storage systems, which deliver unprecedented flash density and efficiency. This partnership will...
OKI ES9541 printer available from DCC
The OKI ES9541 is the first digital printer in the industry to offer the option of printing with a fifth colour. The printer is now available from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). It offers lower total cost of ownership (TCO) with outstanding print...
DCC offers Huawei All-in-One HD VC solution
Small medium enterprises (SMEs) and remote branches rely on constant communication with one another and video conferencing (VC) is an ideal solution that minimises the need for travel when it comes to business meetings. However, VC traditionally required a significant...
Digilogix wins BDS award
Bytes Document Solutions, which celebrates its golden jubilee in 2014 has presented Xerox concessionaire Digilogix with the Concessionaire of the Year Award for 2013. The award was presented at the recent Golden Globe Awards, an event hosted by Bytes Document...
Certified enterprise agile training from DVT
Software and services specialist DVT is offering a unique training course this month, specifically aimed at program and project managers that want to take their agile implementation skills to the enterprise. The Leading SAFe training course covers the fundamentals of...
The IT department’s carbon conundrum
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