SA’s key industries come under fire from DDoS attacks

South Africa has become one of the most targeted countries globally for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against certain key industries, including financial and computer services. New data from NetScout’s Threat Intelligence Report for the second half of...

With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

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Heightened water stress will see businesses under scrutiny

Drought and flood events in recent years have highlighted the importance of water as a strategic global resource and climate change will impact access to water, forcing many countries to modify how they manage resources, according to a new S&P Global Market...

HCP shipments fall as demand softens

Shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) in Western Europe (WE) declined 11,6% YoY to 3,4-million units in Q3 2023, according to recent research by International Data Corporation (IDC). While the situation tends to differ by country and brand, supply chain issues have...

CEOs look forward to economic boom

More CEOs anticipate an economic boom (60%) than stagnation (40%) in 2021 and 2022. This is according to a recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner, which shows that most respondents (35%) anticipate returning to or exceeding 2019 revenue levels as early...

Global chip shortage to persist for another year

The worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, according to Gartner. "The semiconductor shortage will severely disrupt the supply chain and will constrain the production of...

Absa to implement finance and procurement programme

A programme to transform Absa's finance and procurement processes as part of its digitisation journey has made significant progress as its Kenyan operations switched to an integrated, fully cloud-based solution last month. The programme will go live in South Africa...

Euro ink tank printer output hit 1bn pages in Q1

The European market for refillable ink tank printers hit a new milestone in Q1 after the year-on-year volume of average number of pages printed (ANP) soared 33% to top 1-billion, according to Context. The findings come from a relatively new printer metric launched...

Smart city startups set to triple revenue by 2025

Smart city startups worldwide are expected to generate $110,7-billion in revenue by 2025, a trifold increase in five years, according to data presented by AksjeBloggen.com. Smart cities aim to cater to the growing urban population while improving on safety,...

Formerly unknown rootkit secretly controls networks

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered TunnelSnake, an ongoing advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign, active since 2019, which has targeted regional diplomatic entities in Asia and Africa. The attackers deployed a previously unknown rootkit dubbed Moriya. This piece...

Post Office action could stifle e-commerce in SA

The SA Post Office has launched court action against PostNet and the SA Express Parcel Association, aiming to make the Post Office the only operator that can deliver packages weighing 1kg and less. If the court rules in the Post Office's favour, the impact on courier...

FBI confirms DarkSide as oil pipeline hacker

The FBI has confirmed that the Darkside ransomware is responsible for the compromise of the Colonial Pipeline networks. "We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation," says the FBI in a terse statement issued yesterday....

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