The introduction of Popia brings responsibilities, but also opportunities as South Africa becomes viewed as a country with proper data regulations
Social media has changed the way wars are fought and oppression is resisted, resulting in governments disrupting connectivity
The internet service provider says it solved a massive security flaw. But one expert disagrees
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“We know a lot about real-world criminology. We don’t know anything about cyber juvenile delinquency.”
A new Bill threatens our digital rights and raises the spectre of internet censorship.
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Russia is trying strategies to circumvent the secure HTTPS internet protocol.
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OpenSSL’s security loophole, dubbed Heartbleed, has revealed a fundamental truth about the internet: we should not take goodwill for granted.
After backing a successful Kickstarter project, but not seeing the product in development, Liron Segev believes he may have been the victim of a scam.
Mozambique’s government intends on mooting a Bill that will criminalise "insulting" SMSs, emails, and internet posts.
The potential audience for online shopping is growing at its fastest rate ever, but that also means more shoppers are still being scared away.
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The deadline for implementating 3D Secure was at the end of February, meaning that all e-commerce sites now have to offer their customers the service.
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Retailers moving into the online space for the first time face risks that don’t exist in the bricks-and-mortar world.
After a few easy open-source internet searches, Alistair Fairweather found out more about his privacy-vigilant victims than he ever thought he would.
A criminal gang has been covertly targeting the M&G’s online readers with a sophisticated security scam. Help us ensure they don’t succeed.
Researchers have uncovered information about a botnet found to have stolen two-million passwords from social networks and other online services.
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Experts say South Africa’s "paper thin" law enforcement has made the country fertile ground for cybercriminals, a problem that is costing SA billions.
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Alistair Fairweather thinks the US government needs to condemn the NSA’s attack on one of the world’s most important resources – the internet.
The Protection of Personal Information Bill has been signed into law. But what does it mean for you?
Russia and Turkey have joined SA in expressing outrage over revelations that the UK and the US spied on foreign delegates at G20 meetings in 2009.
The massive brands the world trusts with their information have been struggling to respond to evidence that they leaked user’s information to Prism.
Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report has revealed a 42% surge in targeted attacks in 2012 compared to the prior year.
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Social network sites pose risks to the information security of businesses and other organisations, a technology law expert said on Monday.
A hall of shame has been launched for South Africa’s worst spammers
Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an internet flaw.
A giant vulnerability in the internet’s design is allowing criminals to redirect traffic silently to websites under their control.