Threats set to be more sophisticated in 2015

Kaspersky Lab has compiled a list of the top emerging threats in the APT (advanced persistent threat) world. The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has spent several years studying APT campaigns and closely observing more than 60 threat actors...

Try before you buy with Vodacom, WDS

Deciding on which smartphone to choose is not always easy. But now a virtual try-before-you-buy tool is helping Vodacom customers in South Africa answer the question while encouraging smartphone adoption. Partnering with Xerox customer care company WDS, Vodacom has...

UberSleigh takes to CT streets this Xmas

Uber, the app that connects riders with drivers, is partnering with online store, Kalahari.com, to make Christmas shopping easier for Capetonians this festive season. From 18 to 24 December, between 10am and 4pm daily, Uber riders will be able to do all their...

Prepaid airtime users get R750k back

Net1 Mobile Solutions (N1MS) has rolled out its Umoya Manje promotion, which will run until 31 December 2014. There is no participation fee and users become eligible to win their share of R750 000 in cash prizes by using the service during this time. “The festive...

Sony strikes back with DDoS attack

Sony Pictures is using typical hacker tactics in an attempt to prevent compromised information from being downloaded. The information was lost in hacker attack on the Sony systems a couple of weeks ago and has now been made available for download. The data includes...

Digital maturity benefits financial firms

Financial services firms are the organisations that see the greatest business benefit in digital maturity. “It is perhaps unsurprising that financial services businesses of all sizes are the most likely across sectors to recognise the importance of achieving digital...