There was a 90% increase in publicly extorted victims of ransomware attacks in 2023. According to Check Point Research's 2024 Annual Security Report, such ransomware attacks now account for 10% of all malware detected by Check Point's sensors. Indeed, the Check Point...

With the proliferation of software-defined everything (SDx) technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), and software-defined storage, organisations across various sectors are experiencing transformative...

The simplicity of a recently discovered phishing scheme originating from the Middle East has seen fraudsters in other countries copying it, putting mobile users' financial information at risk, warns Kaspersky. Attackers, typically under the guise of a postal service,...

Death rates among adults in the 30 days after being admitted to critical care with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 infection appear considerably higher in Africa than globally. This is according to a prospective observational study from 64 hospitals in 10 African...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Google have signed a new agreement to work together and lead global tourism's recovery through innovation, education, and market intelligence. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) builds on past co-operation between the...

The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has launched its National Accounting and Maths Olympiad (NAMO), a reboot of its annual National Accounting Olympiad. Unlike previous years, the 2021 competition will be held in a case study format where...

Revenue from next-generation technologies has boosted Telkom's earnings for the year to 31 March 2021. Growth, now driven by the mobile business, saw EBITDA grow 11,7% to R11 973-million, with EBITDA margin expanding by 2,8 ppts to 27,7%. Group revenue grew 0,4% to...

Commonwealth health ministers have today issued a joint statement after their annual meeting in which they called for swift and equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for everyone around the world. In the statement on behalf of the 54 Commonwealth member countries, they...

An international coalition of 27 think tanks has called on governments to reject a proposal at the World Trade Organisation to cancel intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines. The Joint Declaration credits IP for the research collaborations and manufacturing...

The winners have been announced of the Gov-X Innovation Challenge, a three-month challenge that saw teams of young innovators working to overcome cybersecurity and online risks. The challenge was a public-private sector collaboration in which over 90 ideas were...