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...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

Slight uptick in employment numbers

South Africa’s official unemployment rate was 32,6% in the second quarter of 2023. The results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) indicate that the number of employed persons increased by 154 000 to 16,3-million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the...

Older websites exploited for phishing scams

Scammers are now targeting various older websites that are without reliable protection as they seek an easier and more effective way to distribute phishing pages. Due to the lack of support and maintenance on these sites, they have become vulnerable to hacking through...

Trends driving a radical shift in supply chains

Supply chains are in the middle of an evolution that will change completely how chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) organise and operate their organisations, according to Gartner. "CSCOs are tasked to design a supply chain organization that fits into this new era,"...

Covid-19 disrupts mental health services in Africa

Critical funding gaps are halting and disrupting crucial mental health services in Africa, as demand for these services rise amid the Covid-19 pandemic. These are the findings from a new World Health Organisation (WHO) survey of 28 African countries, undertaken as...

Concerns that supply chain officers need to address

While the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural and organisational weaknesses of many organizations chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) should address three important CEO concerns, according to Gartner. "When we conducted the annual Gartner CEO and Senior...

Active industrial espionage toolsets uncovered

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a series of highly targeted attacks against industrial holdings dating back to 2018 - far more rare in the world of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors than campaigns against diplomats and other high-profile political actors....

Pandemic highlights Africa’s need for infrastructure spend

The Covid-19 pandemic has sharpened Africa's already urgent need for added infrastructure spending. The African Development Bank estimates Africa's infrastructure financing needs at up to $170-billion a year by 2025, with an estimated financing gap of as much as...

Work from home: you can still get fired for drinking on the job

The pandemic has undoubtedly resulted in a new way of doing things. Working from home, for at least part of the work week, has become common place but with workers now in the comfort of their own homes, does this give them free reign to consume alcohol and drugs while...

Dust a red flag for SA’s food security outlook

The sources of South Africa’s dust emissions could pose a threat to food security. A new paper in the Aeolian Research journal titled “South Africa’s agricultural dust sources and events from MSG SEVIRI” points to windborne dust from large tracts of northern Free...

Data centre spend declines, but future prospects are good

End-user spending on global data centre infrastructure is projected to reach $200-billion in 2021, an increase of 6% from 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Despite a 10,3% decline in data center spending in 2020 due to restricted cash flow during...

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