3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (419+ words) Africa has overtaken every other region in the world for iGaming fraud, according to a new report from identity verification firm Sumsub, with fraudsters increasingly relying on stolen identities and AI-generated content to bypass operator defences. The Sumsub iGaming Fraud…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (675+ words) Businesses are looking in the wrong direction. The real danger is not AI itself, but what happens when criminals use it to remove the one thing that used to slow them down: human effort. Cybercrime is a bigger threat to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (806+ words) With more than six decades of pioneering cash security in South Africa, Fidelity Services Group has unveiled a purpose-engineered Cash-in-Transit (CIT) vehicle designed to redefine crew protection, threat deterrence, and operational resilience in an increasingly complex criminal environment. Cash-in-Transit crime…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (331+ words) Across South Africa, ongoing disruptions in energy and water systems, logistics networks, and municipal services continue to increase operational, financial and logistical pressure on both public and private sector organisations. Many businesses are being forced to invest in backup power,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (241+ words) A ​new survey​ of fraud-management, anti-money laundering (AML), and compliance team leaders at South African banks depicts a country still searching for a solution to meaningfully reduce an onslaught of fraud. South African banking leaders depict a fraud landscape where…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (399+ words) Longstanding legislation and newly gazetted regulations are creating serious legal risk for South African employers, according to one of South Africa’s leading occupational health and wellness providers. Workforce Healthcare, which operates 101 occupational health clinics and nine mobile medical units, is…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (10+ words) President Ramaphosa Establishes Task Team to Tackle Fuel Crisis Business explainer...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (644+ words) Attacks are scaling faster. Ransomware activity has increased 25% year-on-year and the number of infostealers over email has increased by 84%. Threats are combining technical compromise with human manipulation more effectively with 42% of companies reporting a sharp increase in phishing and social…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (669+ words) Business explainer Hackers Hit Stats SA and Demand R1.7m Ransom South Africa’s national statistics office has confirmed a cyber security breach targeting its human resources database, with a hacking group demanding $100,000 (R1.7 million) in ransom and threatening to release 154 gigabytes of stolen…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (349+ words) Over the past decade, founders have had to navigate a business environment defined by constant change. Economic growth has been uneven, interest rates have moved sharply, the pandemic disrupted entire sectors overnight, and infrastructure constraints such as load-shedding have altered…...