SA’s key industries come under fire from DDoS attacks

South Africa has become one of the most targeted countries globally for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against certain key industries, including financial and computer services. New data from NetScout’s Threat Intelligence Report for the second half of...

With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

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...

Meta launches new genAI tool, opens access to all

Meta and Microsoft have introduced the next generation of the open source large language model Llama. Llama 2 is free for research and commercial use, with the support of a broad set of companies and people across tech, academia, and policy. The launch sees the...

Encouraging uptick for the BETI in June

After months of sideways movements, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) recovered in June 2023 providing an encouraging outlook for South Africa's economy in the second quarter. "The BETI increased in June 2023 to an index level of 133.6 compared to...

Security focus must shift to remote working

Enterprises must adapt to address telework security challenges long-term. This is one of the findings from Fortinet's 2020 Remote Workforce Cybersecurity Report, which shows how organisations are increasing their investments to secure remote work at scale. The survey...

Africa Data Centres to source fibre optics in Africa

Africa Data Centres and Benya Cables are entering into a strategic supply agreement to secure continuous sourcing of critical fibre optic technology and equipment. The agreement is for supply into seven of the biggest countries across Africa. Benya Cables, based in...

Africa’s Business Heroes whittled down to top 20

The 2020 Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), has shortlisted the top 20 finalists competing for a spot at this year's finale. The 20 entrepreneurs...

Experian confirms data breach

Consumer, business and credit information services agency Experian South Africa has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach that has exposed customer records. The breach is thought to have exposed some personal information of as many as 24-million South...

Covid-19 dominates cybersecurity landscape

Threats related to the Covid-19 crisis defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020, according to ESET's Q2 2020 Threat Report shows. "Our telemetry showed a continued influx of Covid-19 lures in Web and email attacks, as well as an increase in...

Move on digital transformation now or risk failing

Kathy Gibson reports - We need to get on to the digital transformation journey and move along it quickly to take advantage of the opportunities. This is the word from Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, who reiterates how Covid-19 has...

Millennials think they’re too boring to be hacked

Online security tops the charts as the most important factor for millennials looking to find their "digital comfort zones" at home, despite the fact that over a third of them globally (37%) think they're boring to be the victim of cybercrime, a new study by Kaspersky...

Positive signs for businesswomen in Africa

While key areas such as advancing and retaining female employees have shown some progress over the past few years, there is more work to be done in other areas such as equal access to leadership roles. This is according to Mercer's When Women Thrive 2020, Sub-Saharan...

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