Facebook has hit back at UK home secretary Priti Patel’s calls for a “backdoor” into planned encryption across its messaging apps, saying it would be a “gift to criminals”.
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JSE-listed technology group Altron said on Monday that it had acquired Ubusha Technologies, an identity management security company, for R360-million.
Promoted | Dimension Data on Wednesday announced it has launched a significant new practice, known as Dimension Data Security, that will sit alongside its existing businesses Internet Solutions, Dimension Data Systems Integration, Britehouse and Merchants.
Dell Technologies is exploring a sale of RSA Security, a cybersecurity business it hopes could fetch at least US$1-billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
WhatsApp users on Android can now lock the messaging app using their fingerprint.
Facebook is suing the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group for allegedly targeting some 1 400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highly sophisticated spyware.
A new technology promises to make your Web browser more private than ever, keeping your Internet activity from prying eyes. But some argue your data won’t actually be all that private.
Criminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to defraud customers, MTN South Africa warned on Monday.
Adobe exposed the data of 7.5 million of its creative software customers, a person familiar with the matter said, in the latest example of a company leaving consumer information visible on the Internet.
The group that has hacked the City of Johannesburg is demanding a ransom of four bitcoins worth the equivalent of about R450 000.