QR code phishing attacks surge
Kaspersky has reported a spike in phishing emails containing malicious QR codes. Detections for these jumped from 46 969 in August 2025 to 249 723 in November 2025 – a more than fivefold growth – as cybercriminals increasingly exploit QR codes, a trend that will...
US-based TikTok open for business
The new TikTok USDS joint venture has been officially established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump on 25 September 2025. Investors in the company including the software giant Oracle; Emirati investment firm MGX; and investment firm...
Youth education a security imperative in Africa
With organisations experiencing an average of 2 207 cyber attacks per week according to Check Point’s Threat Intelligence Report, cyber security is a major problem facing enterprises, governments, and seasoned professionals. Today’s digital threats target schools,...
AIoT drives transformation in manufacturing and energy
AIoT, the convergence of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, is enhancing efficiency, security and decision-making at manufacturing, industrial and energy companies worldwide. Key findings from the IDC InfoBrief, How AIoT Is Reshaping Industrial...
ISPA celebrates its 30th birthday at ZANOG@iWeek2026
This year marks ISPA’s 30 year anniversary since a group of competing ISPs united in a move that would ensure fair competition in the South African market. ISPA, its members and supporters have been working to liberalise the South African internet over the past three...
Shadow IT: The cost of technology that can’t keep up
A KPMG survey of more than 48 000 employees found 58% intentionally use AI at work, and a third do so weekly. In software and IT, 97% of developers now rely on generative AI (GenAI) tools for coding, documentation and testing (arXiv). While the returns are faster...
The great simplification: Why compliance technology’s next phase is reintegration
Tool sprawl has become a major challenge for financial services institutions (FIs) after years of buying disparate, single-function regulatory technology (regtech) solutions. By James Saunders, co-founder and chief technology officer at RelyComply Today, many...
Maximise AI value with cost-conscious innovation
AI holds immense potential to drive human progress, reshaping industries and unlocking new opportunities for growth. By Marc Layne, sales director of Dell Technologies South Africa Yet for many businesses across South Africa, the path to AI adoption is paved with...
Annual job hopping makes for a grim cybersecurity season
Many South Africans will be switching jobs come January and February after year-end bonuses and some post-holiday reflection. By Heino Gevers, senior director of technical support at Mimecast SA And, while HR departments are geared up to contend with the expected...
Battery energy storage systems enable uptime at Nigerian industries
The most recent collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, which caused widespread electricity outages across the country, underscored once again the disruptive energy issues that local industries face on a regular basis. By Gary Chomse, regional director for Central...
Integrated security platforms key to protecting modern cloud applications
Cloud-native applications have transformed the way businesses operate, enabling faster innovation, greater agility, and enhanced scalability. By Saurabh Prasad, senior solution architect at In2IT Technologies Yet, with this evolution comes an equally complex security...
Infrastructure boom, liability boom …
South Africa is entering an ambitious new phase of infrastructure investment, with the government having committed R1-trillion to development over the next three years and President Cyril Ramaphosa calling on the private sector to quadruple that figure to R4-trillion....