Old software endangers SA healthcare

Kaspersky’s new Healthcare report 2021 shows that 40% of healthcare organisations in South Africa have medical...

End of the password

By CHRIS BUCHANAN, client solutions director for Dell Technologies South Africa

Hackers target high net-worth individuals

By ALPHUS HINDS, chief information security officer (CISO) for Standard Bank, CIB International

Who’s got your mail?

The concentration of email service providers - mainly Google and Microsoft - increases the impact of...

What SA’s new Cybercrimes Act means to you

Interfering with other people's computers is looking for trouble with SA's new Cybercrimes Bill.

Why security needs synchronicity

By ANTONY RUSSELL, CTO at Telviva

Nuclear ransomware is coming

KnowBe4’s predicted cyber security trends for 2022 include warnings that a major power station or utility...

What we’ve learned from cybersecurity in 2021

By PANKAJ BHULA, regional director for Africa at Check Point Software Technologies

These are SA’s top digital scams during lockdown

Although the financial sector remains one of the most targeted industries, various security measures ensure customers...

Ransomware attacks cost R1m+ for 1 in 4 SA victims

Africa is on the radar of the world’s cybercriminals, and with social engineering and phishing among...

Internal fraud – who commits it and why

International Fraud Awareness Week is taking place from 14-20 November, highlighting an increasing problem that organisations...

Multichoice invests in security

Aura, the leading African-based security and medical response marketplace, has secured R62 million in a Series...

Cybercrime: how to not make the headlines

By CHRIS NORTON, regional director for Veeam Africa

Massive increase in cyber-attacks across SA, Kenya, Nigeria

The increase in cyber threats recorded by Kaspersky in the first half of this year across...

Third World War is Digital

Is cybersecurity ready for the third world war, fought on digital soil? So asks NEAL BOTJE,...

Amazon offers free training for cybersecurity awareness

Amazon is providing businesses and individuals around the world with free access to the same cybersecurity...

The malicious insider: Behind the security front door

Cybersecurity awareness is more than building defences against external attacks, it’s also being aware of the...

How multi-factor authentication protects you

Kaspersky research reveals 29% more South Africans were attacked with password stealers in 2021.

How scammers use Google Forms for identity theft

From cyberbullying to cybercrime, scammers and bad actors have been abusing Google’s online document platform, which...

SA financial orgs face pressure to increase security

98% of IT decision-makers working in South African financial service institutions are under pressure to level...