Ndabeni-Abrahams denies flouting procurement processes

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams refutes media claims that she and members of her family have interfered in the procurement processes at the post office.

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

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White paper

Oct 5, 2020

White paper: The state of ransomware 2020

Results of an independent study of 5 000 IT managers across 26 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces new APT, cyber mercenary risks

Endpoints are the most common entry points into an organisation’s infrastructure, with 68% of organisations having fallen victim to endpoint attacks, says Kaspersky.

Staff Writer

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Networks Unlimited Africa

Oct 1, 2020

NZ stock exchange attacks teach important lessons

The New Zealand Stock Exchange DDOS attacks remind enterprises to check their first and last defence security lines, says Risna Steenkamp, GM: ESM at Networks Unlimited Africa.

Exclusive Networks Africa

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Trend Micro South Africa

Oct 1, 2020

Locked down by alert fatigue and vulnerable to cyber crime

With a relentless stream of messages flooding their devices, most employees working from home are suffering from some sort of alert fatigue and are less sensitive to cyber attacks, says Zaheer Ebrahim, sales engineer at Trend Micro SA.

SA companies must raise their awareness of domain spoofing

Domain spoofing is the creation of Web sites that mimic, to an incredibly accurate degree, the domains of legitimate businesses.

Attacks against automation, oil and gas industries grow

Bad actors are shifting their focus from mass attacks to distributing more focused and targeted threats.

REvil ransomware group dangles $1m carrot

The group is looking to hire partners in crime with penetration testing and other hacking skills.

Duxbury Networking recognised as Sophos SME/Mid-Market Distributor of the Year for 2020

This year’s winners are unsung heroes that have clearly differentiated themselves as trusted security advisors, says Harish Chib, MEA VP, Sophos.

Trend Micro study finds 39% of employees access corporate data on personal devices

Trend Micro’s Head in the Clouds study surveyed more than 13 000 remote workers across 27 countries to find out more about the habits of distributed workforces during the pandemic.

Trend Micro