Sophos has uncovered how research contests run by cybercrime forums are helping to inspire new methods of attack and detection evasion. The contests mirror legitimate security conference 'Call For Papers' and provide the winners considerable financial rewards and...

According to the Digital Superstitions survey by Kaspersky, 43% of the respondents from South Africa do not post photos with their partners or spouses on social networks. Posting personal photos on social media can have certain negative consequences. Due to data...

IT spending expectations remain uneven, with significant differences across countries, industries, and companies, according to the latest update to the IDC Covid-19 Tech Index. Overall sentiment in the US has dropped in the past two weeks, as businesses adjust to...

Due to the coronavirus, global retail sales in 2020 are expected to decline by an average of 9,6% globally, a loss of $2,1-trillion. This is according to Forrester research, which also predicts that it will take four years for retailers to overtake pre-pandemic...

South African children have become more active on the Internet as the national lockdown progresses. Comparing their activity in the first week of January and the last week of March, the overall number of websites visits grew by 200%. This became evident from the...

Researchers at Check Point have uncovered the five-year, ongoing cyber espionage operations of a Chinese APT group targeting several governments in the Asia Pacific Region. First reported in 2015 the group, called Naikon, was responsible for attacks against top-level...

Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of Covid-19 and 29-million to 44-million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa finds....

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a 22% fall in international tourist arrivals during the first quarter of 2020, the latest data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) shows. According to the United Nations specialized agency, the crisis could lead to an annual...

Kathy Gibson is at the Deloitte Digital Dialogue – The world has become a more unequal place, with growing inequality not just within societies, but also between countries. Dr Martyn Davies, MD: emerging markets and Africa; and dean of the Deloitte Alchemy School of...

With the Covid-19 nationwide lockdown in its sixth week, South Africans spending patterns over the past weeks mirror the changes in the 38 days ending 3 May 2020 with daily transactions peaking in March then dropping by 49% more recently. “As we see in our data,...