Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to theĀ Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

What happens inside a cybercrime war-room?

South African businesses are most affected by crypto mining attacks by self-spreading malware, coin miner modules, and infections spread via users downloading a "cracked" version of legitimate software. "Living off the land" attacks are also on the increase, with...

Why is Open RAN important?

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - While the IT industry has steadily shifted to open and interoperable systems, the telecommunications industry has kept its systems stubbornly closed - but the new era of rapid change and innovation means that openness is...

Apple, Nokia settle disputes

Nokia and Apple have settled all litigation related to their intellectual property dispute and agreed a multi-year patent license. "This is a meaningful agreement between Nokia and Apple," says Maria Varsellona, chief legal officer at Nokia, responsible for Nokia's...

Juno uncovers Jupiter’s well-kept secrets

Early science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth,...

Why did BA’s systems go down?

It's still not clear exactly what caused British Airways' massive IT system failure that grounded all of the airline's flights over the weekend. But some fingers are pointing to recent decisions to outsource some key IT functions. As of yesterday afternoon, most of...

Tech firms embark on radical transformation

Increasingly empowered customers and business users, external services, new methodologies, automation, and cognitive technologies will result in a significantly smaller, faster and more specialised tech organisation says Forrester. New research by Forrester says the...

Scorecard helps cities improve reslience

An updated Disaster Resilience Scorecard to help cities and local government agencies improve their preparedness and reduce risks from disasters was launched today at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Developed for the UN Office for Disaster Risk...

Advanced analytics drive genomic research

Intel and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new architecture, the Broad-Intel Genomics Stack (BIGstack), which delivers a five-times improvement to Broad's genomics analytics pipeline using Intel's CPUs, Omni-Path Fabric and SSDs. The stack also...

Online safety starts with education

The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) has some practical advice for children, parents, teachers and new Internet users available as downloadable and printed posters. The ISPA believes that protecting children in cyberspace is all about education...

Mobile operators’ spectrum safe – for now

News that a decision has been made to proceed with implementing the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper holds both positive and negative consequences for the sector. This is the view of George Kalebaila, research director for telecommunications, media &...

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