These days, it’s hard to know whom to trust online, and how to discern genuine content from fakery. Some degree of trust…
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The City of Johannesburg has shut down its website and online services, reporting a cyber-attack following a series of ransom notes sent to the city. The ransom, sent by a group calling itself the Shadow Kill Hackers, is demanding 4.0 bitcoin from City of Joburg.
Smart TVs have evolved so quickly that it’s difficult to believe they only arrived on the scene a few years ago. They continue to develop, with manufacturers continually looking to outdo one another with everything from functionality to sound and image quality.
Back in June, Google discovered a range of security flaws in iPhone software that injected malicious code into phones. Here’s what happened.
Digital conflict and military action are increasingly intertwined, and civilian targets – private businesses and everyday internet users alike – are vulnerable in the digital crossfire. But there are forces at work trying to promote peace online.
Unlike a nuclear weapon, which would vaporize people within 100 feet and kill almost everyone within a half-mile, the death toll from a large-scale cyberattack would be slower. People might die from a lack of food, power or gas for heat or from car crashes resulting from a corrupted traffic light system.
If you thought last week’s ransomware attack on City Power sounded like a movie script, it’s because that kind of scary possibility has been fictional fodder for years. Films have long proposed the idea of hackers taking over a computer network for their own nefarious ends.
Cybercrime is not just a concern for corporate technology departments. Schools, scout troops, Rotary clubs and religious organizations need to know what to look for and how to handle it.
if you use Zoom video conferencing software on your Mac computer, any website you’re visiting in your web browser can turn on your device camera without your permission.
Facebook and its suite of social media platforms (Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp included) are experiencing technical issues in South Africa.