Just one week after its launch on July 5, Meta's new microblogging app Threads had already amassed an impressive 100-million sign-ups. However - as is often the case with popular trends - scammers have wasted no time in capitalising on its popularity. Kaspersky...

The value of cross-border e-commerce will exceed $3,3-trillion in 2028, from $1,6-trillion in 2023, according to a new study from Juniper Research. With disposable income rising in developing markets, eCommerce merchants and marketplaces are pivoting towards them....

A massive 93% of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019. This is according to a report on the state of malware and mobile ad fraud by mobile technology company, Upstream. The "Invisible Digital Threat" data is based on deployments...

Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies detected a 39% rise in attacks (attempts to download or run malicious files) under the guise of...

Pieter de Villiers, founder of Clickatell and Tinashe Ruzane co-founder of FlexClub are the latest South African entrepreneurs to join the global Endeavour network during Endeavor's 92nd International Selection Panel (ISP). Clickatell provides a chat commerce platform...

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - An uncertain economy is top of mind for South African organisations. But IT is a subset of the total economy and there are still opportunities for the industry, says Jonathan Tullett, research manager - IT services:...

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - The message from CIOs is very clear - there is money on the table as long as the industry offers value. This is according to Wilson Xavier, research director - IT services: META at IDC, who adds that enterprise IT is...

As digital disruption and transformation take hold across industry sectors and economies, speed-to-market pressure is growing. However, many organisations are struggling to ramp up transformation to deliver value at the velocity of business change securely, according...

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton - Attaining the future enterprise is the key outcome of all digital transformation exercises - and it's up to the IT organisation to make sure it happens. Indeed, organisations are going to spend $5,2-trillion in...

Ninety three percent of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019, according to a report on the state of malware and mobile ad fraud by mobile technology company, Upstream. The "Invisible Digital Threat" data is based on deployments...