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SA firms urged to prep for more autonomous AI-driven orchestrated attacks
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (646+ words) Andre den Hond, solutions architect at Arctic Wolf, says AI is reshaping an already sophisticated threat landscape. "AI is accelerating cyber risk. We've already seen ransomware evolve from manual attacks to scripted automation and then to ransomware as a service....
ITWeb Cloud Summit 2026: Balancing speed, security and governance
1+ week, 1+ day ago (25+ words) Managing rapid AI and cloud adoption alongside security and governance will take centre stage when Motus Car Rental's Pheello Motolo addresses the ITWeb Cloud Summit....
InfoReg concerned by ‘alarming’ rate of data breaches
1+ week, 5+ day ago (904+ words) The Information Regulator (InfoReg) has, to date, received over 8 000 security compromise (data breach)incident reports, with 1 220 reported from April. This, as South Africa continues to experience an increasingly hostile cyber security environment, with data breaches and cyber attacks exposing the…...
Eight in 10 SA energy leaders don't have full visibility into their grid's cyber risk
1+ week, 5+ day ago (698+ words) ITWeb - Eight in 10 SA energy leaders don't have full visibility into their grid's cyber risk South Africa’s smarter, distributed national electricity grid has connected utilities, municipalities and vendors more dynamically than ever before – but those newly empowering connections are also…...
Spinnaker Support to lead CxO Series conversation on taking back control of enterprise technology
2+ week, 4+ day ago (195+ words) As South African organisations face mounting pressure to modernise technology, control costs and reduce operational risk, independent software support is gaining traction as a strategic alternative to traditional vendor support models. On 3 September 2026, Spinnaker Support will sponsor and lead an…...
Cause of breach on SA’s supercomputer revealed
2+ week, 5+ day ago (602+ words) The cyber security breach on South Africa’s Lengau supercomputer was caused by “vulnerabilities associated with the legacy high-performance computing system”. This is based on insights contained in a written Parliamentary reply by the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI)…...
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateways & Protect: Built for South Africa’s connected future
3+ week, 2+ day ago (588+ words) This is where the Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway range stands out: a gateway for virtually every requirement, from a compact small office to a large enterprise environment. For smaller deployments, the UCG Ultra and UCG Max offer an affordable, compact…...
OAuth token theft surges as attackers weaponise consent
3+ week, 2+ day ago (898+ words) A sharp rise in OAuth device code phishing campaigns designed to exploit Microsoft 365 and other cloud platforms is forcing security leaders to re-think enterprise trust. Account takeover is no longer about cracking weak passwords, it’s about hijacking trusted workflows that…...
Fighting 2026 threats with 2016 tools: A recipe for organisational risk
3+ week, 2+ day ago (439+ words) Financial crime has evolved and so have the rules designed to combat it. Yet many institutions still rely on outdated processes to fight that fight. This is according to Hawken McEwan, Director of Risk and Compliance at nCino KYC Africa,…...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026: Wolfpack helps organisations build their human firewalls
3+ week, 3+ day ago (499+ words) As cyber criminals increasingly target people rather than technology, Wolfpack Information Risk is encouraging organisations to rethink how they approach Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM) this October. Rather than treating awareness as an annual compliance exercise, Wolfpack's "Build Your Human Firewall…...