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Facebook South Africa
Yesterday

WhatsApp does not share user contacts, says Facebook SA
Facebook South Africa responds to the Information Regulator, saying users’ contacts will not be shared across the social media giant’s platforms.
Sibahle Malinga
Read time 2:20
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COVID-19
Yesterday

COVID-19 vaccines flogged on dark markets for $250 to $1 200

Researchers at Kaspersky have scrutinised 15 different marketplaces on the dark Web and found advertisements for three major COVID vaccines.

Staff Writer
2:00
Atlas VPN
Thursday

Remote desktop protocol attacks surge by 241%

Research shows that COVID-19 dramatically accelerated RDP attacks.

Staff Writer
4:10
Kaspersky
Thursday

Stalkerware in the year of COVID-19

Russia, Brazil, the US, India and Mexico are at the top of Kaspersky’s 2020 list of countries where users are most impacted.

Staff Writer
3:30
Facebook
Thursday

Information Regulator worries SA will get less WhatsApp privacy

In a letter to Facebook, the Information Regulator highlights concerns that EU citizens will receive higher privacy protection than South Africans.

Sibahle Malinga
4:40
Ransomware Resiliency Report
Thursday

Ransomware resiliency in a multicloud era

IT organisations are supporting a decentralised working model with cloud as the backbone; standardisation is critical in closing the resiliency gap.

Veritas Technologies Corporation
3:20
Voice biometrics
Wednesday

Pandemic to speed up adoption of voice biometrics

COVID-19 will accelerate the use of voice biometrics to improve security, particularly in the contact centre and financial services sectors, says Forrester.

Sibahle Malinga
3:00
Ransomware
Wednesday

MSPs need to take the lead in mitigating ransomware risks

Managed service providers have an important role to play in protecting businesses form ransomware attacks, according to Redstor.

Tracy Burrows
3:30
DDOS attacks
Wednesday

In the eye of the storm

A new and unenviable record has been set, as distributed denial of service attacks crossed the 10 million mark during 2020 alone.

Networks Unlimited
4:20
Modeen Malick
Wednesday

SaaS backup, recovery eases cloud migration challenges for financial services

One of the biggest roadblocks to cloud adoption in financial services has always been security concerns, says Commvault.

Commvault
3:10
Obscure Technologies
Wednesday

Obscure Technologies appointed main distributor for Proofpoint in SA

Obscure has also named Rynier Schoeman as the new Proofpoint business unit manager.

Obscure Technologies
4:20
Arcserve
Wednesday

Arcserve unveils Unified Data Protection 8.0

The solution defends organisations’ entire infrastructure from accidental data loss and ransomware.

Arcserve Southern Africa
7:40
Andre Kannemeyer
Wednesday

Reducing cyber attacks in the retail IOT realm

The traditional security products most companies have come to know and trust will not help manage the risks and consequences of the new connected retail frontier, says Andre Kannemeyer, CTO at Duxbury Networking.

Duxbury Networking