By Nevellan Moodley, Head of Financial Services Technology, BDO South Africa FULL STORY >

By Justin Asher, Head of Strategy & Marketing, upnup FULL STORY >

Cryptocurrency is going through a turbulent time. With many rates unstable, crypto scammers have turned to new ways to hook their victims, and they are now using YouTube to this end. FULL STORY >

According to Kaspersky’s latest APT trends report for Q1 2022 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors had a busy quarter. Both recently uncovered and ongoing campaigns conducted by new and... FULL STORY >

The advanced and persistent actor, Lazarus – infamous for its growing financial motivations, has hit cryptocurrency businesses with new, Trojanized decentralized finance (DeFi) apps FULL STORY >

Cryptocurrency may be moving from fringe to frontline finance, but that does not mean it is free from risk. Anna Collard, at KnowBe4 Africa, explains how to manage these risks. FULL STORY >

The average South African crypto buyer is most likely to be male, spends about R450 on the first purchase and holds onto it for about eight months, according to data from crypto platform Luno. FULL STORY >

What does 2022 hold in store for crypto? Voices from Luno speculate. FULL STORY >

Marius Reitz, Luno’s GM for Africa, provides an overview of the important milestones during the year. Luno is South Africa’s homegrown crypto platform now operating in over 40 countries. FULL STORY >

By Roland Innes, MD of DYNA Training, a company within the Workforce Training and Consulting Cluster, part of Workforce Holdings FULL STORY >

SARS is tightening tax collection on cryptocurrency transactions, which makes it important to distinguish between events that will trigger income tax rates or CGT rates. FULL STORY >

Kaspersky has reported that the number of new modifications of miners more than quadrupled in March 2021 when compared to the previous month, showing an escalating threat to cryptocurrency. FULL STORY >

Answers provided by Brian McCabe, Head of Market Insights, Paxful FULL STORY >

According to Kaspersky, web skimmers are the threat to watch out for, rising in the past year and expected to continue in the year ahead. FULL STORY >

What is the mobile payment potential like in South Africa, and where should we look for innovation in that space? The CEO of the US-based Ark Invest, Catherine Wood offered her insight at the recent SingularityU Exponential... FULL STORY >