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...

Vuma takes significant stake in Herotel

Vumatel, one of the country's leading providers of fibre connectivity, has acquired a 45% stake in ISP Herotel. The acquisition will accelerate Herotel's vision of bridging South Africa's digital divide, fostering economic growth and connecting more of the country's...

Atlas VPN comes to the aid of Ukraine journalists

As Ukraine is hit with a wave of DDoS attacks during the current invasion by Russia, Atlas VPN is giving free subscriptions to journalists in the country to ensure the free flow of information. "As we stand for freedom online and beyond, we wish to help journalists...

SA users love a second-hand deal

South Africa's second-hand economy is thriving, with 95% of respondents claiming that have used or will opt for second hand goods and vehicles in 2017. A survey by Gumtree reveals marked differences between genders and age groups when it comes to second hand shopping....

Chip cards taking over in the payments space

More than 2,15-billion payment chip cards were shipped globally in 2016, an increase of 4% on 2015 figures. This is according to the Smart Payment Association (SPA), the trade body of the smart payments industry, which has revealed top level findings from its 2016...

Lenovo moves forward on new strategy

Lenovo has made good progress in implementing and executing its new "three-wave strategy," designed to meet the critical business challenges of today, while positioning itself for continued long-term profitable growth. As part of Lenovo's transformation, the company...

Guard your digital ID or risk getting fired

Safeguarding our digital identities will become a crucial task in our near futures as the digital and cyber worlds increasingly merge. Passwords and two-factor security rule the online world for most of us but in the near future biometrics will play a leading role,...

SA lags in Digital IQ

Organisations around the world have not done enough to keep up with the digital era - and leadership is falling short, with many chief executives not yet fully engaged in the initiatives of digital transformation. African companies match their global peers in many...

SA left behind on the SDN adoption curve

Software-defined networking (SDN) is taking the world by storm as organisations seek greater control, performance and management across the data centre and the network; and recognise the benefits SDN can offer in terms of cost savings on capital and operating costs,...

Chinese vendors lead smartphone surge

Global sales of smartphones to end users totalled 380-million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 9,1% increase over the first quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. Mobile phone buyers are spending more to get a better phone, resulting in the rise in average...

Poor controls doubled IoT DDoS attacks

The number of denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks doubled from 3% to 6% in 2016, due to the lack of sufficient security controls in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Of all IoT attacks, 60% originated from Asia, 21% from EMEA...

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