Credit card fraud on the decrease

FNB and Visa have reported a 15% reduction in credit card fraud. This is according to research on fraud awareness ad card fraud trends carried out by Columinate, and launched at the launch of the 10th Annual Card Security Week (CSW). “We found that while the overall...

Kalahari and takealot set to merge

Leading local online retailers Kalahari.com and takealot.com have announced that they will be merging operations. The merger will enable the companies to offer a wider product selection and improved delivery services. The decision was based on the fact that local...

Human origins in SA skeleton

A team of international researchers, including University of Cape Town (UCT) Emeritus Professor Andrew Smith and Professor Alan Morris, has unearthed the remains of a skeleton from which they have extracted mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that can provide clues to early...

One-fifth of Android users in danger

According to the results of the Mobile Cyber-threats survey carried out by Kaspersky Lab and Interpol between August 2013 and July 2014, every fifth Android-based device protected by Kaspersky Lab security solutions was a target of malware at least once during the...

Details on how HP will split in two

As expected, Hewlett-Packard yesterday announced that it is splitting into two separate, publicly traded companies. More details have now emerged on the split. One will comprise of HP’s enterprise technology infrastructure, software and services businesses, which will...

SA security appliances market declines

In Q2 2014, the South African security appliances market declined 0,6% in value year-on-year to $11,92-million, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published by international market intelligence and research agency IDC. In spite of the Q2 market...