According to Peter Harvey, the founder and CEO of payment gateway provider PayGate, Yuppiechef is one of the most successful online businesses staying one-step ahead of fraud attempts.
24 May 2012 06:39An barcode seller, offering prospective clients any barcodes they want, including several that are owned by GS1 Global or offering a barcode symbol can be stretched to "whatever size required", is operating in South Africa without authorisation. The codes cannot be used in the South African retail industry.
11 May 2012 15:56According to a recent study conducted by Entersekt, a mobile security company, and carried out by OnePoll, 41% of people believe online transactions are akin to playing Russian roulette and women are more cynical about online security than men are.
3 May 2012 09:48
In the light of the increasingly sophisticated and frequent robberies in the jewellery industry, it is recommended that retailers of high-end value goods seek the advice of specialist insurers.
23 Apr 2012 09:51MasterCard, in collaboration with local mobile-centric payments and financial services company Oltio, has introduced MasterCard Mobile to the South African market to provide even greater access, convenience and security for online shoppers.
19 Apr 2012 11:34Entersekt, the Stellenbosch-based mobile security software development company, has had its transaction authentication solution approved by MasterCard Worldwide as compliant with the group's standard for the online environment.
11 Apr 2012 10:50Over holiday periods, when companies may be short staffed, credit-vetting procedures may not always be strictly adhered to and this increases the dangers of fraud and specifically white-collar crime.
5 Apr 2012 07:01
Nedbank plans to implement an interactive transaction authentication (ITA) system, designed by Stellenbosch based Entersekt, a mobile technology company offering banks an innovative solution for secure online and mobile banking. Known as 'Approve-it', it will provide greater protection against online fraud for their customers.
26 Mar 2012 09:28
There have been 17 piracy events in Tanzanian waters and
Business Live says that international shipping lines are seriously concerned about the safety of their vessels as they transit east African waters according to Defence Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu.
28 Feb 2012 06:17
[Fred Mitchell] Anyone who owns a cell phone, which really is probably everyone reading this, misplaced their cell phone at least once or twice. Fortunately, dialling the number from a friend's cell phone or landline has assisted in finding the cell phone either under a car seat, in a pocket or in the depths of a handbag. When, however, the cell phone has been switched to silent mode or if it has been stolen, the solution to locating a small mobile device is not so simple.
22 Feb 2012 06:55This Valentine's Day, South Africans can expect the quest for love to be leveraged, as an effective social engineering ploy to enable the bad guys to infect unsuspecting users with malicious code.
14 Feb 2012 09:56Accurate asset tracking has become essential for companies that manage many valuable, moveable corporate assets. However, according to Jacques Swanepoel, MD of Cellfind, GSM location-based services (LBS) are an attractive alternative or back-up option for GPS asset-tracking solutions in a range of corporate applications, as they are cost-effective, easy to use and simple to integrate with any business environment.
1 Feb 2012 13:03
[Paul Vecchiatto] The blackout by an estimated 10 000 US internet companies including online encyclopaedia Wikipedia as an objection to proposed US anti-piracy laws mirrors the SA government's attempts to control the low of information through its Protection of State Information Bill (POIB), experts say.
19 Jan 2012 12:36
The Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications, Sikhumbuzo Kholwane, has condemned the hi-tech cyber heist of R42m from the Postbank.
17 Jan 2012 11:36
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