Phishing aims to steal your money

Cybercriminals are trying harder than ever to acquire confidential user information and steal money from bank accounts by creating fake sites mimicking financial organisations. According to the data collected for Kaspersky Lab’s study, Financial Cyber Threats in 2013,...
Technology to ID sinkhole threats

Technology to ID sinkhole threats

New research from NASA indicates that technology could help to identify sinkholes before they happen. New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near...

SA corporates see BYOD as a threat

Most companies see the bring your own device (BYOD) trend, where employees use their personal mobile devices for work purposes, as a growing threat to business. However, the percentage of companies taking measures to minimise this threat is relatively small, according...

BYOD seen as growing security threat

Only about 17% of companies in South Africa have a fully developed mobile device security policy for their corporate networks. Meanwhile, the number of IT security incidents involving cell phones and tablets is on the rise, and most companies have no plans to limit...

Android under the threat spotlight

In a short space of time, Android has claimed the lion’s share of the mobile market – in fact, more than 900-million Android mobile devices have now been activated. Unfortunately, this popularity has put a large target on the platform’s back. This popularity...