Businesses in Africa prepare for EU General Data Protection Regulation
Businesses in Africa that process customer data from the European Union (EU) must ensure they are fully compliant with the EU General Data Protection...
How to Protect Yourself and Your Company after the Experian Data Leak
According to official communications from Experian, a consumer, business and credit information services agency, an individual in South Africa claiming to represent a legitimate...
A vicious Android bug can make calls, send messages, and take photos all while...
A sinister new bug hitting Android devices is capable of making calls, sending messages, and taking pictures, all while the phone appears to be...
What A Law Firm’s Website Says About Its Cybersecurity Practices
As the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. But can you judge a firm’s cybersecurity practices by its law firm...
South Africa’s official companies database hacked
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has revealed it suffered a security breach leading to the compromise of its clients’ and employees’ personal...
Social media scams to look out for
As social media continues to gain prominence among South African consumers, platforms like Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter have also become a platform where...
Train the hybrid mind
Most people in Africa who work from home are not engaging in safe online behaviour and putting both themselves, and the business, at riskMore...
This is how easy it is to steal your ADSL username and password
Unless you have a security-minded techie in your home, chances are that little attention is paid to your ADSL or broadband router security. Despite being...
Taking Identity Management Seriously – Self Sovereign Identities
By Dawid JacobsIdentity Management Specialist, on behalf of LexisNexis South Africa
As humans we have embraced the digital and electronic developments and changes of the...
Breaches in Data Security – Rights and Responsibilities – The Rise of Data Breaches
If the discussion around data security wasn’t pertinent enough, the data breach, or hack, against the digital infrastructure of the City of Johannesburg (CoJ)...
Virgin Active South Africa hit by cyber-attack
Virgin Active has informed its members that “sophisticated cybercriminals” have launched a cyber-attack against the company.
The company said on Friday it became aware of...
Six property scams you need to avoid
As automation improves, so does the level of property scams, and while every precaution is taken, there will always be yet another way that...
