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Global cyber attacks rise 17% as ransomware activity accelerates
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (344+ words) The company's June 2026 Global Threat Intelligence report found organisations worldwide experienced an average of 2,270 cyber attacks per week during the month, up 10% from May and 17% higher than June 2025. Among the African countries analysed, Angola recorded the highest attack rate with…...
South African banks face a new AI warning on trust and consent
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (592+ words) According to Chipo Mushwana, divisional executive of emerging payments at Nedbank, the future of banking will depend on combining digital intelligence with trust, creating more adaptive and contextual experiences for customers and their authorised AI agents: While digitisation gave clients…...
How one fintech provider is accelerating AI adoption across 1,500 banks
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (440+ words) Business-to-business (B2B) fintech software provider SBS, formerly Sopra Banking Software, has launched SBS AI Foundation, embedding enterprise artificial intelligence directly into the core banking, lending and digital banking platforms used by more than 1,500 financial institutions worldwide. Built on the SBS Data…...
Fake software websites used to spread remote access malware, warns Kaspersky
1+ week, 4+ day ago (236+ words) According to the company, the campaign uses websites impersonating the official download pages of popular free software, including OBS Studio, DNS Jumper, DS4Windows, Glary Utilities and Bandicam. More than 90 fraudulent domains have been identified across 10 languages, allowing the attackers to target…...
Accidental data leaks are still PoPIA violations
1+ week, 4+ day ago (560+ words) The Central Johannesburg Tvet College (the College) was placed under administration to address governance failures, including undisclosed criminal records and conflicts of interest among staff. As part of this process, employees' personal information was collected to verify their academic qualifications…...
Good architecture, not good vibes: Lessons from the latest Drupal security advisory - Rogerwilco
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (591+ words) Recent research from Escape.tech examined more than 5,600 publicly deployed AI-generated applications and found over 2,000 high-impact vulnerabilities, alongside hundreds of exposed secrets. Building software has never been easier. Building software that is secure, scalable and maintainable over time remains as…...
Banks face their biggest AI challenge: Managing decision risk
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (774+ words) The challenge facing banks today is not whether to use AI, but how to govern it responsibly as it becomes embedded in decision-making processes that directly affect customers, compliance and business outcomes. AI risk does not live only in the…...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.5-Cyber: What the limited release means for cybersecurity - Domains.co.za
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (412+ words) OpenAI says GPT-5.5-Cyber is designed for defensive cybersecurity work. It is a version of GPT-5.5 designed to be more useful for legitimate security workflows, with fewer refusals for approved tasks. That means it is intended to go further than…...
Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (846+ words) A session that captured this particularly well was titled Who Owns Trust Now? Retail in the Age of Fragmented Platforms. It pointed to a world where many of the platforms that retailers rely on to reach customers are fragmenting, becoming…...
From local insight to global impact: How AI in LnD is reshaping Africa’s collective image - Africa L&D Conference
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (293+ words) From local insight to global impact: How AI in LnD is reshaping Africa’s collective image Bizcommunity From local insight to global impact: How AI in LnD is reshaping Africa’s collective image The core theme for October’s main event, Reshaping Africa's…...