After analysing one kind of ransomware, Kaspersky researchers have developed a free tool that allows victims to recover their affected files without surrendering to the attackers demands. 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 >

Anupam Pahuja, VP, India, SEA, Middle East, and Africa at Paypal shares how consumers can keep themselves safe this festive season. FULL STORY >

A group of civil society organisations and technology companies around the world has come together to promote the use of strong encryption and prevent dangerous attempts by... FULL STORY >

The upcoming annual SingularityU Online Summit will be providing a platform for seven local tech start-ups to access global investors and potentially take their innovations to the next level. FULL STORY >

By Jim Magats, senior vice president of Omni Payments at PayPal. 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 >

By Seshree Govender, Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel 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 >

Southern Africa’s leading provider of tech education is set to launch coding bootcamp scholarships of up to R3.5million as a part of its upcoming international crowd investment... FULL STORY >