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​" –...

Generative AI among top emerging risks for enterprises

The mass availability of generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Bard, became a top concern for enterprise risk executives in the second quarter of 2023, according to Gartner. "Generative AI was the second most-frequently named risk in our second quarter...

Pig butchering scams are using AI tools

Sophos has released new findings on CryptoRom scams, a subset of pig butchering (shā zhū pán) schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments. The latest report is "Sha Zhu Pan Scam Uses AI Chat Tool to Target iPhone and...

Coronavirus still boosts endpoint, network security sales

Sales of enterprise security products in Europe continue to be impacted by the Covid crisis, with businesses updating endpoints and networks to make sure employees can work securely from home, according to the latest data published by Context. After remarkable growth...

John McAfee indicted for tax evasion

John McAfee, the cybersecurity entrepreneur and crypto personality, has been arrested in Spain and is awaiting extradition to the US. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division and US Attorney D Michael...

Covid is changing claims trends, risk exposures

The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the largest economic loss events in history for companies and insurers alike. However, it's not only the magnitude of the impact which is unprecedented: claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and...

Altron wins appeal against Tshwane judgement

Allied Electronics (Altron) has won its appeal against an earlier judgement for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. The Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday overturned with costs the previous judgment of the High Court in Pretoria in its entirety. According to...

Startup gets R450 000 at AlphaCode demo day

Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) startup incubator AlphaCode has taken another step to find the next unicorn in financial services when it chose Oyi Medical Card and awarded it R450 000 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded...

Nvidia to build UK’s most powerful supercomputer

Nvidia is building the UK's most powerful supercomputer, which it will make available to UK healthcare researchers using AI to solve pressing medical challenges, including those presented by Covid-19. Expected to come online by year end, the "Cambridge-1"...

Nvidia, GSK apply AI to medicine, vaccine discovery

NVidia has announced a partnership with global healthcare company GSK and its AI group, which is applying computation to the drug and vaccine discovery process. GSK has recently established a new London-based AI hub, one of the first of its kind, which will leverage...

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