Tag Archives: security breach

The 4 Most Damaging EMail Attachments

10 Jun

Email attachments have been blamed for viruses, malware and complete and utter computer breakdowns many times in recent years. Despite the plethora of warnings stating “do not open attachments from unknown senders” and “do not click on links in Emails”, still people, and entire corporations fall victim to the plight of an infected or malicious […]

Protect yourself and your business against mobile device security threats.

16 Oct

You know the saying that the team is only as strong as its weakest link? Well, that’s also true of mobile device security. When trying to secure a system and network, even if you have put every effort into ensuring the setup is perfect, it just takes one end user to make a bad decision […]

Digital tech crime in the spotlight: Interesting tricks used by card fraud criminals

22 May

At the end of 2017 the statistics on card fraud were made available to the public and how interesting they were. A quick review of the stats provided by SABRIC (South African Banking Risk Information Centre) shows that over the course of 2017, credit card fraud increased by 1% while debit card fraud actually decreased […]

South Africans are ‘pwned’ in worst data leak ever

28 Nov

Having your personal information and data compromised can mean serious problems for both private individuals and corporations. The biggest data leak to date in South Africa, was recently discovered by Troy Hunt, the regional director of Microsoft. The information that Hunt found online contained over 30 GB of data detailing the ID numbers, income details, […]

Yet Another Netflix Security Breach! Security Solutions for Businesses!

22 Jul

The middle of June 2014 saw yet another collection of Netflix passwords leaked online, which of course means bad things for the users of the site as well as the company itself. Many Netflix users were up in arms as their passwords were leaked online and their data and security of their personal information compromised. […]