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​" –...

Study details the impact of intimate partner violence

A study by a University of Cape Town (UCT) masters student, Caron Zimri, has revealed that intimate partner violence (IPV) can lead to traumatic brain injury. Reading heart-wrenching stories in the news that highlight the IPV scourge that incessantly plagues women and...

Azure users can access Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU

Microsoft Azure users can now turn to the latest Nvidia accelerated computing technology to train and deploy their generative AI applications. Available now, the Microsoft Azure ND H100 v5 VMs using Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs and Nvidia Quantum-2 InfiniBand...

SA’s expanded unemployment rate jumps to 42%

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on September 29 that employment in South Africa declined by 2,2-million during the lockdown-hit second quarter of 2020. Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Africa Strategy&, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy&...

Search is on for the next fintech unicorn

Applications are open for the next AlphaCode Incubate programme which aims to identify, partner and grow innovative financial services entrepreneurs. Successful applicants will receive funding, guidance from performance coaches and a panel of advisory experts, access...

Why do hackers hack?

The main reason that hackers initiate attacks is to be challenged. This is one of the findings in survey data acquired by Finbold.com, which indicates that about 68% of hackers initiate attacks in order to be challenged. The survey featured over 3 150 respondents from...

CPS to liquidate

Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will go into liquidation, after a bid to have it placed under business rescue failed. The South African Social Services Agency (Sassa) won't back down over a debt it is claiming from CPS, making business rescue unlikely to succeed,...

Infrastructure spend for public cloud overtakes traditional IT

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private...

Virtual cloud supports new world of work

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – Change of the magnitude that we are going through can be very challenging, but it also brings new opportunities to reimagine how we deliver IT services. That’s the word from Tom Gillis, senior vice-president and GM of the...

A new vision for the future of work

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – The world has completely changed, but the last few months have seen tremendous growth and impact for organisations around the world. “Using Horizon and Workspace One, our VMware customers have been able to work and thrive...

Zoom takes its workforce remote with Workspace One

Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld 2020 – When it comes to quickly scaling a service, arguably the best example is how Zoom coped with exponentially-expanded usage this year. Aparna Bawa, chief operating officer of Zoom, points out that the online meeting service went...

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