The South Africa Institute of Business Accountants (SAIBA) partnered with the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC to assist KwaZulu-Natal's small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the aftermath of the recent unrest. The two organisations hosted a...

A now-repaired flaw in Microsoft Azure exposed thousands of client databases, giving hackers unrestricted access to their accounts and databases. Nir Ohfeld and Sagi Tzadik, security researchers at Wiz, describe how they exposed the  breach that affects Azure’s...

There is a growing trend among cybercriminals to target and even filter out specific countries when designing ransomware and other malicious cyberattacks. This is one of the findings from SophosLabs research that includes information from millions of endpoints...

Many consumers are installing apps on their devices without being aware of the potential consequences. Kaspersky Lab has discovered that a shocking 63% of consumers globally neglect to read the license agreement carefully before installing a new app on their phone and...

Basetsana Kumalo, Dolly Mokgatle and Leanne Manas have been appointed as ambassadors and mentors for the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign on Thursday 26 May. Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day (TAGCTWD) is targeted at Grade 10 to Grade 12 South African...

The South African arm of MMM Global Republic of Bitcoin, the pyramid financial scheme based on the virtual Mavros currency, has frozen its members’ money – but is urging them to deposit new funds and recruit more members to “restart” the system. The international arm...

It is estimated that, through technological innovation, the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to increase agricultural productivity in Africa by 70% by 2050 - and this is exactly the figure by which demand for food in Africa is set to increase based on...

Most South African CIOs and business leaders believe they are not at all prepared for the technological shifts taking place in the economy, with the result that their current business plans will have lost their relevance within only three years. In addition, many...

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland will be down for a couple of days, thanks to a weasel Cern described the problem as "electrical perturbation" that has affected all accelerators. It describes the causes of the fault as a short circuit caused by a "fouine" on a...

An Australian entrepreneur has identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin. Craig Wright told BBC News that he is Satashi Nakamoto, the inventor of the digital cash system. However, while Wright has satisfied some on the Bitcoin community about his identity, others...