Dero crypto miner spreads using exposed container environments
Kaspersky Security Services experts have identified a sophisticated cyberattack campaign targeting containerised environments to deploy a miner for the Dero cryptocurrency. The attackers abuse exposed Docker APIs - parts of Docker, an open-source container development...
Cyber breach costs M&S millions
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has suffered a cyberattack that has been adversely affecting for at least a month, with effects expected to continue for another two months. The breach is expected to cost the company about 300-million pounds in lost profits this year....
Google on the hunt for 15 black-owned SA startups
Applications for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Black Founders programme are now open to black-owned startups in South Africa. The company says the fund is indicative of its commitment to supporting startups in South Africa and recognising the important...
Inclusive participation key for African growth
The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) event wrapped up last week (26 September 2024) in New York, themed: “Unstoppable Africa: Shaping Global Ambitions for Agenda 2063”. The summit emphasised inclusive participation and solution-driven solutions, culminating in...
Positive sentiment creeping into new vehicle market
While the country welcomed the cut in interest rates during September, it wasn’t enough to stimulate new vehicle sales during the month. According to data released by naamsa | the Automotive Business Council, the South African new vehicle market declined 4,1%...
Industrial printer market remains flat
Worldwide shipments of industrial printers grew a modest 0,1% YoY in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. However, the market saw shipment growth of 1% compared to the first quarter of 2024. "While the...
Altera debuts FPGA portfolio
Altera, an Intel company, has unveiled an array of FPGA hardware, software and development tools that make its programmable solutions more accessible across a broader range of use cases and markets. The company revealed new details on its next-generation, power- and...
US massively ahead in data centres
The widespread adoption of cloud computing has transformed the data centre landscape and, although it significantly cut the number of organisations operating their own data centres, it has also fueled a surge in the global data centre count. Still, no market is even...
UCT and IDIA unveil VR software for astronomy data visualisation
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Astronomy and the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) – a partnership between UCT, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria – have released new virtual reality (VR)...
Gavi-supported vaccines save millions of lives
More than 1,3-million future deaths were averted in 2023 thanks to vaccination programmes supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This achievement, which translates to more than two lives saved every minute of the day, is highlighted alongside historic progress in...
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Face value: the ethics of facial recognition biometrics
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redPanda Software partners with Flooid
RedPanda Software has been appointed by Flooid, which provides a cloud-based unified commerce platform, to be its go-to-market and distribution partner in South Africa and other markets. Findings from the Online Retail in South Africa 2021 study, which was released in...
Global recognition for Decision Inc at SAP hackathon
Decision Inc was the second runner up at the recent global SAP Hack2Build rapid prototyping initiative. The annual hackathon, held over eight days in March, is designed to drive early stage inspiration, use case exploration, and technology adoption for SAP partners....
Sophos acquires SOC.OS
Sophos has acquired SOC.OS, which provides a cloud-based security alert investigation and triage automation solution. The solution consolidates and prioritises high volumes of security alerts from multiple products and platforms across an organisation's estate,...
Unicorn Group launches pan-African incubation program
Unicorn Group has launched its fourth incubation program for entrepreneurs on the African continent. This incubation program, described as the first 'truly' pan-African program, will run concurrently across six African countries - Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya,...
Ransomware reaches new, dangerous levels of sophistication
Once a niche criminal enterprise, ransomware has become big business, complete with R&D departments and sales and marketing divisions. The deeply layered onion that is today's ransomware attack landscape has been wreaking havoc in large enterprises in South Africa...
The Great Resignation lands on SA shores
The Great Resignation, a term coined by psychologist Anthony Klotz, is a post-pandemic movement that saw a wave of resignations take hold across the United States (US) and other parts of the world. In 2021 alone, more than a quarter of America's total workforce...
Service bots help you do more with your WhatsApp channel
Digital customer service channels have evolved rapidly over the past two years, prompted by work from home and lockdown requirements. Part of this evolution has been the much stronger emergence of WhatsApp as a customer service channel. Ryan Falkenberg, co-CEO of...
Storage AIOps adds predictive analytics and automation
In an ever-complex technology environment, artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is increasingly being used to enhance IT operations. By Lourens Sanders, solution architect at Infinidat Harnessing the power of deep machine learning, AIOps delivers the...
Achieving flexibility, agility and cost efficiency in the e-commerce era
E-commerce companies and platforms in South Africa experienced a rise in activity and profits triggered by Covid-19 lockdowns and social distancing restrictions in early 2020, while retailers and other businesses that had not previously developed an online presence...
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