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No love on the net as criminals attach Valentine's Day

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:56:00 +0200

This 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.
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GSM location-based services, attractive alternative to GPS asset tracking

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:03:00 +0200

Accurate 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.
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Wikipedia blackout mirrors SA's secrecy law

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:36:00 +0200

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.
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Parliament condemns R42m heist from PostBank

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:36:00 +0200

The Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications, Sikhumbuzo Kholwane, has condemned the hi-tech cyber heist of R42m from the Postbank.
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Postbank hacked - R42m gone

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0200

Postbank lost R42m to an international hacking syndicate and according to Business Report, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has launched a high-level investigation into how the cybercriminals managed to steal the money from the South African Post Office's banking subsidiary.
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Coffee plot turns sour for officers

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:25:00 +0200

An alleged plot by three police officers to scam a company out of R1.6-million worth of coffee creamer turned sour when they appeared in court on Monday, 9 January, charged with possession of stolen goods.
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Make sure your backup solution works for you

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:09:00 +0200

In today's digital age, regulations around data retention are becoming of increasing concern to businesses of all sizes across industry sectors. While the duration of requirements for retention may vary from industry to industry, the South African Revenue Service requires that documents be kept for a minimum of five years for tax and auditing purposes, which means that often large amounts of digital data must be archived for at least this minimum prescribed period.
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A bunch of thieves!

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:52:00 +0200

You can't trust any airline or airport staff with your precious bags. Guaranteed, some sneaky handler will get into your luggage on at least one trip.
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Online shoppers cautioned again

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0200

To ensure cyber-shoppers avoid being scammed while hunting for the best holiday deals and presents online, ESET Southern Africa has issued the some important advice for South African online shoppers:
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Strict measures in place for matric certificates

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:25:00 +0200

Umalusi has reassured the public that it has a variety of security measures in place to ensure the validity of a certificate and strict procedures which govern the issuing of a certificate. This follows the recent arrest of two culprits who were selling fake certificates.
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