Small businesses in South Africa, according to Steve Flynn, Sales and Marketing Director of ESET South Africa, are particularly susceptible to cyberattacks. Why? Business owners frequently suffer severe financial repercussions because they fail to take the appropriate security measures for their digital assets. SMEs appear hesitant to take the same digital preventative steps to secure […]
Category Archives: Industry News
21
Jul
Jul
According to a recent announcement from the mobile instant messaging app WhatsApp, Android users can now transfer their data to iPhone. This follows Mark Zuckerberg’s 14 June announcement that more devices would soon be able to use the feature. Your account information, profile picture, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media, and settings will all […]
21
Jun
Jun
z0ccc, a security-focused web developer, has designed a web application that demonstrates how other websites track users’ Internet activities using Chrome extensions they have installed. “Extension Fingerprints” determines which Chrome extensions a user has installed and generates a unique tracking hash for each of them. “Chrome extensions may be recognized by retrieving their web-accessible resources,” […]
20
Jun
Jun
Price increases have been announced by Telkom South Africa for fixed-line phone and broadband prices, as well as various mobile tariffs and services. The price increases will take effect on August 1, 2022.
14
Jun
Jun
There’s no denying that Internet access has profoundly impacted our lives. Businesses have experienced remarkable increase in how their teams use the internet to do work, market themselves, and interact cross-functionally over the last 20 years. As internet users’ reliance and need on wireless access grows, Wi-Fi technology will become more important. The History of […]
07
Jun
Jun
According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp may soon require users to input a second verification code when logging in on a new device. Users will soon be required to enter two distinct delayed codes when signing into WhatsApp on new devices, in addition to a six-digit verification code. WhatsApp will display the following message when logging in […]
27
Jan
Jan
The Walt Disney Company has stated that its streaming service, Disney+, will launch this winter in South Africa and 41 other countries (between 21 June and 22 September 2022). South Africans will have access to Disney+ original material as well as a large library of episodes and films from companies including Marvel, Star Wars, National […]
26
Jan
Jan
Switching off South Africa’s 2G and 3G networks will be a difficult task for mobile network operators and the country’s independent communications authority (Icasa).Operators will have to collaborate with Icasa to streamline the network shutdown, which MTN and Vodacom have estimated may take several years.“This process will be tightly controlled and communicated by industry stakeholders,” […]
11
Jan
Jan
WhatsApp has put out a slew of new features and modifications to the beta versions of its Android and iOS apps to kick off the new year.
03
Jan
Jan
Interpol’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, which breaks down the most prominent dangers on the continent so that businesses and consumers can better plan and protect themselves, has brought cybercrime back into the spotlight. According to the Interpol Report, the top five threats in Africa are: online scams; digital extortion; business email compromise; ransomware; and […]