Internet Security

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

“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.

Russia is trying strategies to circumvent the secure HTTPS internet protocol.

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.

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.

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.