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Cybersecurity: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy `I have nothing to hide` was once the standard response to surveillance programs utilizing cameras, border checks ...

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Cybersecurity â€` Browsers - Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy `I have nothing to hide` was once the standard response to surveillance programs utilizing cameras, border checks, ...

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Cybersecurity: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government

`I have nothing to hide` was once the standard response to surveillance programs utilizing cameras, border checks, and casual questioning by law enforcement. Privacy used to be considered a concept generally respected in many countries -- at least, ...

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Governments and nation states are now officially training for cyberwarfare: An inside look

Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, and others are now running training exercises to prepare for the outbreak of cyberwar. Locked Shields is the largest simulation and TechRepublic takes you inside.

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SA tech startup digitises car wash service

Founded in 2017, My Washbay is a local tech startup that is focused on digitising and reinventing the car wash industry by providing a tech-based service for car wash owners, adding value for its customers.

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A bank in every pocket

Confidence in African digital payment solutions is essential to minimising fraud and corruption while improving the free flow of funds to boost business and economic activity. Their value is illustrated in statistics released by the South African Ban ...

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Damning evidence about mass airtime theft from Vodacom subscribers

New evidence reveals widespread airtime theft and fraudulent WASP subscriptions on Vodacom’s network and shows that the company failed to act decisively against the criminals. The latest evidence follows an industry investigation which revealed ai ...

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Security Jobs: What’s Hot and What’s Cooling

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, telecommuting was gaining momentum. Analysis from FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics shows that remote work grew 44 percent in the last five years and is predicted to increase even more post-pandemic

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Glamorous mum begs for help after being stranded in the world`s `rape capital` because she can`t fly home due to Australia`s harsh COVID-19 restrictions

• Melissa Inkster was due to fly home from the Democratic Republic of Congo • Her flight to Australia was cancelled on Saturday due to caps on flight arrivals • The mum-of-two, who left Australia in March, is now stranded alone in Kinshasa

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South Africans Abroad Refused Passport Extensions While Home Affairs Extends Visas for Foreigners

The Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently announced a further extension of visas for foreign nationals in South Africa. However, in the words of the Democratic Alliance (DA), he has “bizarrely refused” to make any provision for Sou ...

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KZN girl may lose R8m German inheritance because home affairs won`t implement court order

A young South African girl risks losing out on an R8m inheritance because of `lackadaisical, wilful and mala fide` actions of home affairs officials who refuse to implement an order of court.

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Dedicated office to issue death certificates not necessary says Home Affairs

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Eastern Cape wants a temporary Home Affairs office dedicated to the issuing of death certificates in East London.

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Africa`s people are under cyber attack and why we need more cyber security awareness and training on the continent

Africa has become the new hunting ground for cyber criminals and fraudsters looking to exploit user vulnerabilities.

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Impact of remote working, changing office market could be far-reaching

Ever since the Covid-19 hard lockdowns began in all seriousness across the world earlier this year, the world has been abuzz with talk of how the crisis has changed the world, and at the centre of much of the debate has the sudden forced move to work ...

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Kaspersky Threat Intelligence â€` Catching targeted cyberattacks before they even happen

A recent flood of cyberattacks has crippled multiple businesses and government institutions around the world. By way of example, earlier this year, websites related to religion, voluntary programmes, charity, and several other areas were compromised ...