At a recent breakfast briefing on cybersecurity hosted by Neotel and the Mail & Guardian, information security consultant Beza Belayneh referred to cybercrime in South Africa as a “crisis”, and called on the government to make it a national security concern. He said the state needs
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Mobile operator MTN said on Wednesday afternoon it has worked closely with the South African Police Service to arrest an individual suspected of stealing airtime vouchers worth about R5m. Reports elsewhere said incorrectly that the thief, who was apprehended on the West Rand in Gauteng, had stolen
In January, in the flurry of resolution that accompanies the new year, Dino Maloko (not his real name), 40, decided to bite the bullet and pay off his credit card. He was over R40 000 in the red, and he wanted to start the year off right. So he made a large payment into his bank credit card account and got his card debt
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) is launching a new, member-driven programme in an attempt to root out malicious software infecting the computers of SA Internet users. The project, called iCode, is a voluntary system in terms of which Ispa members will notify customers if network traffic patterns suggest their PCs have
His seven online aliases, which include Anarchaos, POW and yohoho, suggest that Jeremy Hammond, as somebody who spends much of his time at a keyboard talking to other people with aliases online, is a distrustful man. He now has even more reason to be. According to indictments revealed last week, Hammond and four other hackers were
Sitting at your desk doing Internet banking may make you feel safe. After all, it is not a bank, where someone can steal your bulging wallet when you step outside. But that friendly e-mail claiming to be from your bank and asking you for your details could cost you and
Communications minister Roy Padayachie has downplayed recent statements by his deputy, Obed Bapela, that government may seek to allow law enforcement agencies, through the courts, to get access to the records of people using the popular BlackBerry Messenger
It’s every geek for themself this week as Ben Kelly, Nic Callegari, Sam Beckbessinger and Simon Dingle discuss Firefox 4 and browsers in general, Facebook Places, Crysis 2, and much more
Virtual. Cyber. Avatar. These are the kinds of words we still use to describe the Internet, and by extension our interactions with each other when we use it. They speak of fantasy and unreality, of a place disconnected from the gritty business of real life.