The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell sharply to 48.8 index points in February from 53.0 in January. This was the first time since September 2022 that the headline index fell below the neutral 50-point mark, pointing to a marked...

A new Kaspersky survey exploring the use of smart home devices and attitudes toward their security reveals more than half (68%) of consumers surveyed in South Africa who own this equipment feel responsible for its cybersecurity. Millennials aged 25-34 care most about...

To expand its hybrid multi-cloud offering to customers Internet Solutions (IS) is extending its cloud platform offerings to harness local Microsoft Azure capabilities. IS's offering will expand from traditional networking, voice and hosting, to include cloud...

EMEA is a global hotspot for brute force access attacks, according to new research from F5 Labs. The new analysis forms part of the Application Protection Report 2019, which explores the fact that most applications are attacked at the access tier, circumventing...

ESET researchers have discovered new versions of malware families linked to the elusive Ke3chang group, along with a previously unreported backdoor. ESET has been tracking the APT group, which is believed to be operating out of China, for several years. The newly...

Kaspersky has identified a fake application that is designed to trick users into thinking it is a certified version of FaceApp, but goes on to infect victims' devices with an adware module called MobiDash. Once the application is downloaded from unofficial sources and...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has launched a competition aimed at getting young people in the country to come up with solutions to some of South Africa's infrastructure challenges. Called the DBSA Youth Challenge, the competition invites entrants aged...

rAge has secured its spot as one of the highlights on the electronic gaming calendar, with more than 34 000 gamers and enthusiasts attending the event last year. And this year, organisers say, visitors will once again cross the threshold at the TicketPro Dome to a...

Taxi Live Africa is a new locally-developed, mobile phone application that lets metered, private and owner-run taxi drivers to use electronic hailing. Taxi Live Africa has engaged with metered and mini-bus taxi associations on the development of the app. Following a...

A virtual assistant created on the basis of AI, which has been working on the Moscow government hotline since 2014, will now take on the Moscow Transport Department's hotline. The virtual assistant currently accepts meter readings, helps with housing and communal...