Mar 24, 2014
Sophisticated cyber “gangs’ are gaining traction, resulting in the theft of sensitive data, intellectual property and customer details. These gangs not only have the motivation, but the ability and techniques to carry out these attacks, which are focused...
Jan 29, 2014
Minister of Home Affairs Naledi Pandor announced last week that 100 000 South Africans will have smart ID cards by 31 March. She further announced that another 25 Home Affairs offices have been digitised, in addition to the three used during the smart ID card pilot...
Jan 27, 2014
The average cost of multimedia files that a user might lose from a device as a result of a cyber-attack or other damage is estimated at $418, according to the Consumer Security Risks Survey conducted by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. Many of these losses could...
Dec 12, 2013
Christmas is a great time for cybercriminals to take full advantage of online shoppers with new and improved ways of stealing users’ confidential information. While it’s convenient to shop online, it’s also easy to fall victim to an attack – even by visiting a...
Aug 23, 2013
Despite news of hacking, industrial espionage, corporate data theft, data leaks and other breaches and assaults on enterprise information coming to the fore and grabbing headlines almost daily, a shocking amount of businesses – especially smaller ones – are still...
