Beating cybercrime 101
“The risk to the legal profession in South Africa is exacerbated by our being the second most targeted country in the world with regard...
Shredding Old Computers ‘Into Dust’ is the Best Way to Protect Law Firm Data
“Gone, but not forgotten” isn’t really a sentiment that law firms want applied to data that they thought was destroyed. Unfortunately, retiring old laptops,...
Beware these dangerous online scams in 2019
Criminals have increasingly begun relying on social engineering to compromise user credentials as the level of security at major institutions has increased. The selection...
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...
Google caught secretly recording conversations through your mobile device
Google has allegedly been tapping into Android users’ mobile devices to secretly record private conversations, The Sun reported online. According to the report, the technology giant’s...
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...
Google Quietly Records Your Voice on Your Phone
By now, people who are ignorant to the capabilities of mass surveillance are fatally far behind in their understanding. We’re going to go over...
SA cybercrime bill to curb growing cyber criminality enters its final legislative cycle
As South Africa’s business sector continues to expand across a myriad of digital platforms, cybercrime continues to threaten this burgeoning digital sphere. “There are...
Using Wi-Fi to ‘See’ Behind Closed Doors Is Easier than Anyone Thought
With nothing but a smartphone and some clever computation, researchers can exploit ambient signals to track individuals in their own homes. In theory, they say, it...
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Africa: so what?
In May this year, the European Commission's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. The GDPR is a new data privacy and...
How To See And Block All The Apps Tracking You On Facebook
Facebook is currently facing a scandal over the use of its data by British political research company Cambridge Analytica. Most people forget that when...
Has your firm been hit by ransomware (yet)?
A recent study claims that one in two South African law firms have had at least one ransomware attack in the past two years. ...
