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...
Scam Email Titled “The Cape Law Society Past Due Membership Invoice”
It has been brought to the Cape Law Society’s attention that an email titled “The Cape Law Society Past Due Members Invoice” has been...
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...
Hackers breach thousands of Microsoft customers around the world
A sophisticated attack on Microsoft's widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis, as hackers race to infect as many...
Will our homes become too smart for us?
The Internet of Things (IoT) - a term with which we are becoming increasingly familiar - refers to the interconnection of computing devices and...
When you can – and can’t – legally record someone in South Africa
Smartphone videos dominated the headlines over the course of March 2017, most notably in an altercation at a Spur restaurant in Johannesburg and a...
The legalities of the digital signature
Digitalisation and digital transformation have seen a significant organisational shift from paper-based processes and procedures. Most organisations have adopted alternative methodologies for signing documents...
Protecting Your Practice from Interruption
The need to protect the electronic data and related systems has always been top of mind to most legal firms. It falls, however, on...
Crime Alert – Tender Scam Targeting Small Business
A new scam targeting businesses is becoming more prevalent. The Modus Operandi is that the scammer will approach a small business that is registered on...
A new ransomware attack called Bad Rabbit looks related to NotPetya
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that a new kind of malware was spreading around Europe. The apparent ransomware which researchers are calling Bad Rabbit bubbled...
Security-Related and Giveaway Phishing Email Subject Lines Get the Most Clicks
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, revealed the results of its Q4 2019 top-clicked phishing report.
The...
Attorney Firms warned against new wave of targeted cyber attacks
Corporate companies are by no means immune to cybercrime, with McAfee’s latest report1 indicating that it cost the global economy as much as $600...
