Healthcare sector losing ground against cyberattackers
Sophos' new The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023 report says cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks - the highest rate of encryption in the past three years and a significant increase from the 61% of healthcare...
Inflation fuels surge in telecom services
Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,55-trillion in 2023, an increase of 3% over 2022, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. The latest forecast is one percentage point...
Hybrid working set to become the norm
A new study has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has transformed the way that FTSE 250 companies will use workspaces in the future. Research from commercial office space operator IWG shows that three times the number of FTSE 250 companies are looking to use a...
Banking, manufacturing lead European blockchain investments
European spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $2-billion in 2021, with a robust increase over 2020, when the market experienced slower growth due to the pause in investments brought about by Covid-19. According to a new update to the International Data...
IcedID banking trojan enters malware top 10
The IcedID banking trojan has entered Check Point Research’s Global Threat Index for the first time, taking second place, while the established Dridex trojan was the most prevalent malware during March, up from seventh in February. First seen in 2017, IcedID has been...
Another zero-day exploit found in Desktop Window Manager
Early 2021, Kaspersky’s researchers, upon further analysis into the already reported CVE-2021-1732 exploit used by the Bitter APT group, have managed to discover another zero-day exploit. They are currently unable to link this exploit to any known threat actor. A...
Microsoft strengthens healthcare play with Nuance acquisition
Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,7-billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a cloud and AI software player in the healthcare and enterprise AI space. Mark Benjamin will remain...
EOH posts operating profit
EOH has reported continued financial improvements for the six months ended 31 January 2021. The revenue of R4 376-million saw a decline, mainly attributable to disposals and legacy contracts. But gross profit margin increased to 27,6% from 24,2% in the prior period....
Cape Town improves its rank in Global Cities Index
Cape Town has improved its position by 20 places in this year’s Schroders Global Cities Index, and is currently number 438 in the 2020 rankings. This places the city 20 places higher on the list since the publication of the 2019 Index. The improved ranking is the...
Almost all companies came under cyberthreat in past year
The move to mass remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic saw the mobile attack surface expand dramatically, resulting in 97% of organisations facing mobile threats from several attack vectors, according to Checkpoint's 2021 Mobile Security Report. With 60% of...
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Alexander Forbes rolls out green data centre
Alexander Forbes, an established financial services company specialising in short-term and long-term insurance, health, retirement and multi-manager investment solutions internationally, has demonstrated its commitment to green technologies, with the rollout of a...
UPSes important for SOHO, SME market
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Information Builders helps fight fraud
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Nokia introduces the Nokia Asha 501
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CIOs have to say yes to CEOs
The BYOD trend is no longer a trend. It has happened. Recent predictions from Gartner claim that global PC shipments will decline this year as tablet shipments increase, and there is anecdotal evidence that the majority of employees have accessed company-sensitive...
mPOS device a boost for SMEs
Visa’s new mobile point of sale (mPOS) device, which makes it much easier and cheaper for smaller and medium enterprises (SMEs) to accept card payments, will be showcased at the Visa stand at this year’s Tourism Indaba in Durban. Taking on a "plug-and-play" approach,...
Helping employees with garnishee orders
Last year’s violent mine worker strikes in South Africa, that led to at least 46 deaths and the closing of some mines, made headlines around the world. On the surface, it was about a wage dispute, but the major catalyst that drove the miners to such violence and...
BlackBerry continues Jam Sessions roll-out
BlackBerry is kicking off a fresh series of BlackBerry Jam Sessions for developers in Africa that aim to provide new skills, support the development of locally, relevant content and give budding entrepreneurs more opportunities to reach BlackBerry customers around the...
LAW Holdings acquires shares in AIS
LAW Holdings recently confirmed its purchase of a controlling stake in Assimilated Information Systems (AIS). As such, the LAW Group of companies, which combined provide secure Web-based workflow solutions to a wide-range of industries, now incorporates AIS following...
Connect to Learn reaches more Malawians
Ericsson has joined forces with Airtel to expand the Connect to Learn ICT solution to two schools in the Malawi Millennium Village of Mwandama, located in the southern region of Malawi’s Zomba district. Building on the launch of 50 scholarships awarded to students in...
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