MTN SA and Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board join forces to combat network infrastructure theft and vandalism
By Staff Writer 5 March 2024MTN South Africa, in partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board, has announced an innovative collaboration aimed at addressing the escalating issue of... FULL STORY >
Deception technology crucial to unmasking the silent theft of data
By Industry Contributor 26 February 2024By Iniel Dreyer, MD at Data Management Professionals South Africa (DMP SA) FULL STORY >
Cybercriminals exploit the Israeli-Hamas conflict through scam emails and websites
By Staff Writer 23 October 2023Kaspersky has identified a scam campaign exploiting the Israeli-Hamas conflict, as attackers are attempting to capitalise on people's willingness to aid those impacted by deceiving potential victims into making... FULL STORY >
The short answer to long passwords
By Staff Writer 12 October 2022Gur Geva, Co-Founder and CEO of iiDENTIFii, explains why passwords are headed the same way as the dinosaurs, and why we will be safer without the need for them. FULL STORY >
Cyberthreats in South Africa are rising, but businesses still lack strong identity protection
By Industry Contributor 4 February 2022Microsoft’s threat and data research shows just 22 percent of Cloud Identity Solution and Azure Active Directory users have implemented strong identity authentication protection FULL STORY >
Car jamming surges - tips to reduce this problem
By Staff Writer 29 November 2021Netstar data shows uptick in remote jamming of vehicle immobilisers in run-up to Black Friday and peak shopping period. FULL STORY >
How cable theft affects our communities
By Industry Contributor 20 October 2021By Selby Khuzwayo, Openserve regional officer (North-Eastern region) FULL STORY >
Vodacom: Battery stealing syndicate busted
By Ryan Noik 5 March 2020Vodacom today announced the arrest of suspects belonging to one of the largest syndicates behind battery theft in South Africa. FULL STORY >
MTN appeals to consumers to report battery theft
By Staff Writer 29 November 2019“Battery theft is a crime that compromises the safety and welfare of every South African, but it is not a crime that we can fight alone." FULL STORY >
Vodacom unpacks its state of operations
By Ryan Noik 16 August 2019Vodacom offered a frank and revealed of the state of its mobile network in South Africa, explaining where R9 billion worth is going and what the main threats are to its customers ongoing connectivity. FULL STORY >
Battery theft a major problem says MTN
By Staff Writer 16 August 2019The severe damage and vandalism of cell tower results in 53 base stations shut down permanently. FULL STORY >
Ideco reveals plan and new app to combat identity theft
By Ryan Noik 26 September 2017In a bid to combat the scourge of identity theft, South African biometrics company Ideco unveiled its next generation identity assurance ecosystem.. FULL STORY >
New solution to beat identity theft from Ideco
By Press Release 21 July 2016The Future of Who I am, according to Ideco. FULL STORY >
New voice recognition technologies to bring call centres woes to an end
By Ryan Noik 17 June 2016The end of frustrating telephone verification processes are in sight, as new voice recognition technologies have matured sufficiently to be used widely by call centres in confirming the identity of customers on the phone. FULL STORY >
Social media websites place consumers at an increased risk of theft
By Staff Writer 16 September 2015According to the 2015 SA Social Media Landscape report, more than 11.8 million South Africans were registered and active on Facebook in 2014 alone FULL STORY >
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