New Lazarus campaign exploits legitimate software
A new campaign by the Lazarus group targeting organisations worldwide has been uncovered by Kaspersky's Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). The research, presented at Security Analyst Summit (SAS), revealed a sophisticated APT campaign distributed via malware and...
New wave of fraud targets banking customers
Fraud continues to pose the risk of serious financial losses for banking customers and all indications are that there are new scams and an increasing number of the victims. This is the warning from Reana Steyn, ombudsman for banking services, who says the basic modus...
Telcos gear up to secure new wave of 5G networks
Telcos will implement a wide array of measures in 2021 to secure the next wave of 5G connectivity, according to a global survey of service provider employees by Heavy Reading and F5 Networks. As operators begin to rollout standalone 5G networks, they are moving...
Canadian software group bids for Adapt IT
Canadian software group, Volaris, has entered the Adapt IT fray making an offer to acquire more than 50% of the issued ordinary shares of Adapt IT for a cash consideration of 650 cents per share. The cash consideration represents a premium of 56,9% to the 30-day...
Top 3 dominate global online marketplace
Online marketplaces around the world enjoyed stratospheric growth in 2020, according to data from ComprarAcciones.com, with the top 100 online marketplaces globally posting sales worth $2,67-trillion. Compared to 2019, that marked a 29% increase in gross merchandise...
Cyberespionage threat groups up their game
In June 2020, Kaspersky researchers uncovered an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. The final payload is a remote administration tool that provides full control over the infected device. Further...
TonnUp launches digital channel in commodities market
South African agri-tech startup TonnUp has launched an online trading platform that aims to shake up the local commodities market by helping farmers market and sell their agricultural products within a structured and transparent environment. The platform aims to...
Consumers drive healthy printer revenue in Europe
Demand from house-bound students and workers has driven strong performance in European printer sales during the first 11 weeks of 2021, although supply issues are impacting certain product categories, says research group Context. The Context Weekly Revenue Trend Index...
Pandemic accelerates digital upskilling
A new PwC survey of 32 500 workers in 19 countries paints a picture of a global workforce that sees the shift to remote working as just the tip of the iceberg. Reflecting the fact the pandemic has accelerated a number of workforce trends, 60% of workers globally...
SA has strong appetite for remote work
One of the major legacies of the pandemic is an expectation by workers that they will be allowed to work remotely more often, according to a new study - Decoding Global Ways of Working - by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network. The study included almost 209...
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Ethiopian mine uses Q-KON services
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Telkom Mobile announces BB Q10 pre-orders
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Itec Innovate wins Dealer of the Year award
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Xtranet launches Cloud Solutions
Xtranet is excited to announce the launch of Xtranet Cloud Solutions. “Cloud computing provides computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the...
Samsung launches new A3 copiers
Samsung Electronics South Africa has launched its groundbreaking CLX-9201, 9251, and 9301 A3 colour and SCX-8123, CX-8128 A3 mono copiers that separate the printer interface from the system unit to enhance the efficiency of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). “These...
Data is everywhere except where it should be
Data is everywhere; everywhere except where it should be. Moreover, with the rapid growth of data volumes across a myriad of sources, including social media, business systems, e-mail and mobile phones, organisations are increasingly losing grip over these primal...
IT changes financial services industry
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The role of social business intelligence
One of the most important things all organisations need to remember is that a business is only as good as its people. So, how can you make sure you are getting the most out of your people? Well, says Davide Hanan, MD of QlikView SA, it could equally be said that in...
Managed services for endpoint security
Mobility has created a number of challenges for information security, most originating from the reality that sensitive information is accessible from just about anywhere on any number of devices. The traditional castle and moat model, where company data was housed on...
SMEs set to be a big force in SA
With more than 1-million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) driving more than third of the South African GDP, Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, is talking directly to these businesses about how to...
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Back-End Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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Data Centre Manager – Gauteng Centurion
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Junior Developer (SQL Programmer) – Remote – East London
Job Description:Education and Experience:Completed Grade 12 and relevant tertiary (NQF 6 or higher)2+ years solid development experience using C#, MVC, ASP.Net, MS-SQL (stored procedures, functions, views, T-SQL (CRUD), creating new tables, indexing. Must be able to...
Senior Database Administrator at M&M Consulting
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Automation Tester
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Junior Developer (SQL Programmer) – Remote – East London – Eastern Cape East London
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Senior Database Administrator at M&M Consulting – Gauteng Woodmead
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