AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Heightened hacktivism, geopolitical cyberattacks expected in 2023

Forecasts from the Trellix Advanced Research Centre anticipate spikes in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, hacktivism fuelled by tensions from opposing political parties, and vulnerabilities in core software supply chains. "Analyzing current...

Cybercriminals are after your bank account this festive season

According to a 2021 Interpol report, South Africa had 230-million cyber threat detections between January 2020 and February 2021. Additionally, the country recorded a 100% increase in mobile banking application fraud and is estimated to have suffered 577 malware...

Smart speaker access reaches 13% of Internet users

More than 13% of internet users surveyed across the Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States had access to a smart speaker in their households in November 2018. Smart speaker penetration ranges from 6 percent in Japan,...

Russian companies under attack

Check Point Research has released research regarding recent suspicious activity directed against Russia-based companies. Over the past few weeks, Check Point Research have been monitoring suspicious activity directed against Russian-based companies that exposed a...

Calling all resellers: cast your vote now

It's that time of the year when the Channelwise Awards recognise and salute the cream of our industry. The annual awards are based on the valued and trusted opinion of South Africa's reseller community. "Please take the time to do the survey and vote to ensure that...

All change for EOH board

Asher Bohbot has resigned as chairman of EOH Holdings, citing King IV compliance that states a former CEO should not serve as chairman of a company for a period of three years. Bohbot, a founder of EOH, was CEO for 19 years. He has resigned, effective 28 February, but...

Why the outrage over sugar tax job losses?

Martin van Staden, legal researcher at the Free Market Foundation, offers his opinion on the implications of the sugar tax, and what lessons can be learnt. The Sunday Tribune reports that as many as 350 000 jobs are at stake in the industries reliant on sugar....

Selby bridge repairs to severely affect traffic

Johannesburg motorists will have to choose alternative routes as the M2 motorway between Crown Interchange and Maritzburg Street is to be totally closed to allow for bridge rehabilitation. The City of Johannesburg has announced that the rehabilitation of Selby bridge...

Department of Labour’s ICT systems to go offline

The Department of Labour's ICT and related services will be offline from tomorrow (21 February) until 24 February, impacting operations and service delivery at Labour Centres across the country. The disruption is as a result of the department relocating its data...

White dwarf mystery uncovered by citizen scientist

A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf -- an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has died -- ringed by dust and debris. Astronomers suspect this could be the first known white...

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