Latest articles on Ransomware

UCT leads in countering cyberattacks on varsities

Article Van Rensburg - 26 May 2017

"The challenge for university cybersecurity is to govern security in a way that doesn’t hamper research, teaching or learning."

Data loss will make you wanna cry

Article Staff Reporter - 19 May 2017

Cut your losses and don’t pay cybercriminals a ransom. You won’t get your files back anyway

Datajacking computer files is big business

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2016

The easy solution is to pay the ransom, but there is no guarantee that your files will be decrypted.

What to do if your data is held hostage

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2016

If malicious ransomware gets your computer in its clutches, it is possible to retrieve it – but you’ll have to cough up.

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Capture claims plague new private-security bargaining council

Sabelo Skiti - 5 Jun 2020

Unhappy members of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector say corporate governance standards are being flouted

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A lifeline for the homeless people in eThekwini

Paddy Harper - 5 Jun 2020

eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep

National

Didiza must investigate ‘paralysed’ Ingonyama Trust Board – Parliament

Paddy Harper - 4 Jun 2020

Labour disputes and withheld funding for noncompliance have rocked the board, which is supposed to administer about three million hectares on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini

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Special Reports

Auditor-General of South Africa seeks request for information

Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2020

Suitably qualified and experienced vendors are sought to supply tools to assist in the support of financial statement audits

Special Reports

Former bursary student hits a six and lands top job at WPCA

Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2020

Thuthuka Bursary recipient Tennyson Botes decided to make a difference in his community — and he's doing exactly that

Special Reports

SANRAL to professionalise its finance division with world-class professional accounting designations

Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2020

'It is about how I can get my staff to acquire more skills and sharpen those skills that they already have,' says SANRAL CFO Inge Mulder

Special Reports

Empowering his people to unleash their potential

Staff Reporter - 2 Jun 2020

'Being registered as an AGA(SA) means you are capable of engineering an idea and turning it into money,' says Raymond Mayekisa

Special Reports

What is an AGA(SA) and AT(SA) and why do they matter?

Staff Reporter - 2 Jun 2020

If your company has these qualified professionals it will help improve efficiencies and accelerate progress by assisting your organisation to perform better

Special Reports

Mining company uses rich seam of technology to gear up for Covid-19

Staff Reporter - 1 Jun 2020

Itec Direct technology provides instant temperature screening of staff returniing to the workplace with no human contact

Special Reports

Covid-19 and Back to School Webinar

Staff Reporter - 29 May 2020

If our educators can take care of themselves, they can take care of the children they teach

Special Reports

5G technology is the future

Staff Reporter - 29 May 2020

Besides a healthcare problem Covid-19 is also a data issue and 5G technology, with its lightning speed, can help to curb its spread