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People at risk of data heartache, and they have themselves to blame

People love their digital devices. Yet, they put it at risk with dangerous behaviour that compromises security. New research by Kaspersky Lab reveals a contradiction in the way people treat their data – although they a...

VeeamON Forum Africa: cloud and availability a strategic South African...

At the recent VeeamON Forum Africa event, Veeam® Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™, found that over 80% of South African IT workers believe that lo...

Lending potential in Africa

Kenya and South Africa are leading the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending market in Africa. However, 90% of online alternative finance originated from platforms headquartered outside of Africa, evidencing the...

Gartner: end-user spending on communications services in SA will grow 0.7% in...

End user spending on communications services in South Africa is forecast to total R122 billion in 2017, a 0.7% increase from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. “The forecast growth rate is slight, mainly due to...

Mobile Trojans steal Android users’ money through WAP-billing services

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered an unusual rise in mobile Trojan clickers that are stealing money from Android users through WAP billing – a type of direct mobile payment taken without any additional r...

Spammers cashed in on WannaCry epidemics to promote fraudulent protection...

In Q2 2017, cybercriminals involved in spam distribution tried to capitalise on public fears when the WannaCry ransomware epidemic struck in May. Knowing that there are lots of people out there infected with this...

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