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

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

The cost of supply chain resilience

Resilience in supply chains remains vital but may prove too expensive for many firms. In the new report, S&P Global Market Intelligence's supply chain analysts highlighted the continuing need to build supply chain resilience in 2024 is clashing with reduced...

More collaboration, specialisation from cybercriminals

New findings from Trellix's CyberThreat Report: November 2023 from its Advanced Research Centre indicates that collaboration is taking place between ransomware groups and nation-state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. They are believed to be adopting and...

Ericsson and Samsung sign global patent license agreement

Ericsson and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from 1 January 2021....

Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes first one-way trip

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to an airfield 129m to the south. After arrival above its new airfield, Ingenuity climbed to an altitude record of 10m and...

Most consumers will pay up for a sustainable future

The Covid-19 pandemic has elevated consumers' focus on sustainability and willingness to pay out of their own pockets - or even take a pay cut - for a sustainable future. This is according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) survey of over 14 000 consumers...

Qualcomm vulnerability puts Android users’ privacy at risk

Check Point Research (CPR) found a security vulnerability in Qualcomm's mobile station modem (MSM), the chip responsible for cellular communication in nearly 40% of the world's phones. If exploited, the vulnerability would have allowed an attacker to use Android OS...

How do cybercriminals compromise passwords?

One of the most important parts of avoiding compromise is understanding how cybercriminals may attempt to gain access to critical data. Attack techniques continue to evolve and become more sophisticated, giving cybercriminals a vast toolkit to use to exploit users....

Which social media platforms have the most content violations?

Donald Trump, Azealia Banks, and Wiley are all celebrities who have been permanently banned from social media platforms, for reasons spanning from harassment, copyright violations, to the spreading of fake news. They join thousands of other social media users who are...

How to make the shift to virtual selling

A shift in sales enablement strategy is required for a more permanent shift toward virtual selling, according to Gartner. As a result, sales leaders need to optimse their approach to virtual seller enablement in areas such as sales enablement technology, onboarding,...

Ransomware attack disrupts US fuel supplies

The movement of oil across the US has now been disrupted for three days as ransomware closed a pipeline that supplies about 45% of the fuel to the eastern parts of the country. Colonial Pipeline was forced to close about 5 500 miles of pipeline when if got hit with a...

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Phoenix distributes Norton in East Africa

Following the announcement last year of the distribution agreement between Phoenix Distribution and Symantec, through which the specialist security distributor is responsible for Symantec’s Norton portfolio, the two companies have expanded their partnership to East...

EMC ranks 13th in best workplaces

EMC has announced that it has been named the 13th Best Multinational Workplace in Europe by Great Place to Work, the experts in workplace excellence. EMC’s ranking was announced at the Great Place to Work’s "Best Workplaces in Europe 2013" award ceremony which...

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An increasing amount of companies are investing in enterprise social networking (ESN), those internal platforms that are designed to foster collaboration, productivity, increase knowledge and encourage communication among employees. “The success of social networking...

Never trust a CSP with a server room

There’s a perception that cloud computing has a fuzzy "edge" that makes it difficult to tell where being online ends and the cloud starts, says Alexander Mehlhorn, CEO of Framework One.  This makes it easy for the unscrupulous to pull the wool over the eyes of the...

Unpacking Windows 8

With the clamour surrounding the Windows 8 launch settled down, the question on many business decision-makers’ lips is how this innovative new operating system can be harnessed for their organisation, says Rudi Greyling, chief technology officer and innovation...

Thuthukani partners with EMC

Thuthukani Technology Solutions has announced it has entered into a partnership with EMC and is now a certified solutions provider. This will help bring Thuthukani in a position to provide technology solutions across a larger area. Thuthukani Technology Solutions is...

Social media integration engages customers

More than ever, companies need to find new ways to distinguish themselves from their competition. To win more customers, they need to create a unique customer experience, and must command consumer attention in increasingly innovative ways. “The fact is, creating...

Preparing for the mobile workforce

The days where employees were confined to desks in front of a company-owned-and-controlled personal computer are long gone. Workers are increasingly mobile, jetting off to different locations around the country (and the globe), and they no longer keep office hours,...

Hosted video benefits key industries

Connection Telecom’s recent launch of its VideoConnect hosted video conferencing platform in the SA market could prove a tipping point for mass adoption of the medium. Industries across the board are finding a seemingly endless list of applications for the solution...

New appointment at Schneider Electric

Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric, has appointed Zanelle Dalglish as head of sustainable development for southern Africa. Dalglish holds M.Com and B.Com Human Resource Management (Honours) degrees from the University of Pretoria, is fluent in...

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