Covid-19 tops the list of threats in 2020

Covid-19 related threats were the single largest type of threat in the first half of the year. In just six months, Trend Micro blocked 8,8-million Covid-19-related threats, nearly 92% of which were email-based. Cybercriminals shifted their focus from January through...

Lombard Insurance also falls victim to cyber-attack

Another South African financial services company has become a cyber-attack victim. Lombard Insurance Company has admitted to its systems being breached, but details on how customers have been affected are still sketchy. Customers have been warned that their personal...

SA firm to supply major UK wind farm

Pretoria-based Etion Create has been selected as one of the preferred suppliers in the Sofia offshore wind farm project in the UK, one of the largest in the world. Etion Create, an original design manufacturer of advanced electronics equipment based in Centurion...

Counterfeiting seen as a business threat

Findings from a recent HP survey in EMEA found that over 97% of customers see HP’s Customer Delivery Inspections (CDIs) as a valuable service for their business, and 96% feel they protect them from falling victim to fraudsters. Customer Delivery Inspections,...

Datacentrix wins at BeyondTrust partner awards

BeyondTrust has awarded Datacentrix the title of ‘Implementation Partner of the Year’ for the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) region. The announcement was made at BeyondTrust’s recent ‘Go Beyond’ virtual partner festival. “Datacentrix went to market...

Quantum computing milestone for IBM

IBM has achieved its highest Quantum Volume to date. Combining a series of new software and hardware techniques to improve overall performance, the company has upgraded one of its newest 27-qubit client-deployed systems to achieve a Quantum Volume 64. IBM has made a...