Critical industry attackers are changing their tactics
Today, Sophos While manufacturers in critical industries are improving their defenses against ransomware, adversaries are shifting their tactics to maintain pressure. This is according to Sophos’s latest State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production (PDF)...
Old passwords increase security threat
Kaspersky’s latest research reveals that the majority of compromised passwords not only violate password-safety guidelines but also remain unchanged for extended periods, which drastically reduces their security. Although passwords still remain one of the major...
Cybersecurity professionals continue to seek improvements
Despite the majority of South African cybersecurity experts in large organisations being happy with their current protection, they are constantly on the lookout for stronger and more flexible security solutions. A new study - Improving resilience: cybersecurity...
AI-powered coding competition empowers 90 kids
When RocketHour decided to host an AI-assisted coding competition during the July school holidays, it aimed to explore how AI changes the way we teach and how accessible it makes complex tasks for younger students. And it demonstrated that 90 11-to-13 year-olds, a...
Nation-state actors exploit SharePoint vulnerability
High-profile local and global sites alike have fallen victim to a newly-uncovered vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint. In South Africa, National Treasury is among the customers affected, while international users like the US nuclear weapons agency have also been...
AI drives major infrastructure shift for SA enterprises
As AI assistants, agents, and data-driven workloads reshape how work gets done, they’re creating faster, more dynamic, more latency-sensitive and more complex network traffic in South Africa. This is the headline finding from a Cisco study into the architectural...
Visa opens first African data centre in Joburg
Visa has opened a new data centre in Johannesburg, the company’s first in Africa, as part of three-year R1-billion investment into South Africa. The data centre, which is already operational, ensures that local transactions are processed securely, seamlessly and...
Trump administration make AI a priority
US president Donald Trump has signed three new executive orders aimed at strenthening the US’s dominance in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. The executive orders come hours after the government released a National AI Action Plan that details strategies to...
Meat prices push grocery bills up
Meat was the biggest driver of food inflation after surging to a 25-month high of 6,6% year-on-year and 2,2% month-on-month in June 2025. This is according to Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Commercial. The foot and-mouth (FMD) disease outbreak...
New backdoor targets MS Exchange servers
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered a new backdoor based on open-source tools, dubbed GhostContainer. The previously unknown highly customised malware was discovered during an incident response (IR) case, targeting Exchange...
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Passkeys will offer passwordless, unphishable web browsers
South Africans have become used to excellent in-app security when it comes to banking and other online transactions. Looking ahead, passkey technology will mean we could soon enjoy the same unphishable, biometric-based solution in the browser, boosting consumer...
Tech evolution levels the retail playing field
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The evolution of ethics in an age of AI and big data
Over the past decade, advancements in big data and artificial intelligence (AI) have drastically transformed our world, creating many new opportunities, but also giving rise to many challenges, particularly about ethics. This transformation is especially evident in...
Data culture, governance key to maximising generative AI capabilities
Data security and reliability have always been core pillars of a data program. But rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have made these components all the more important. Ensuring AI is fuelled by accurate, comprehensive data is key to realising its full...
Embedding a culture of security
Security culture. This is more than training employees, sneaking fake phishing tests and putting cybersecurity on the budget. It's a culture of using security solutions as part of the very fabric of the organisation to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure the...
Rewriting recruitment …
The recruitment model needs to be disrupted and reimagined if it wants to keep up with a radically evolving talent landscape, writes Lindsay Cowan, CEO of One Degree. The projected gross volume of the gig economy is anticipated to exceed $455-billion in 2023. This...
How network surveillance can revitalise SA’s train network
South Africa's public transport systems are pivotal. Yet, Cape Town's recent minibus taxi strike exposed its vulnerabilities, affecting both commuters and the region's economy. By Marcel Bruyns, sales manager: Africa at Axis Communications The Western Cape felt the...
Delta Scan wins Africa leg of Start-Up World Cup
Delta Scan, with its engineering drone-based inspection technology and digital analysis, has walked off with the African leg of the Start-Up World Cup Pitch Competition at Africa Tech Festival that played out in Cape Town last week. "I appreciate the belief the judges...
The rise of the micro datacentre industry
Micro datacentres today play an all-important role in supporting edge computing infrastructure, bringing computing closer to the source of data whilst reducing latency, and improving performance. It is a role that is set to evolve and grow, with the micro datacentre...
Strong passwords for a better Black Friday
The digital era we live in is a double-edged sword. While it offers convenience and accessibility, it also poses risks, especially when it comes to our personal data and online security. One critical aspect that is often underestimated is the power of using strong...
Mid-Level Java Engineer (JHB Onsite) – Gauteng Rosebank
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Junior analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre
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Junior analyst at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
Collect basic tactical and operational intelligence or information as specified under guidance and generate operational intelligence products in support of the FIC mandate to inform decisions.• Collect basic evidence as specified under guidance and generate products,...
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Business Analyst (Mining Value Chain) at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Johannesburg
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