Most South African businesses treat email as infrastructure — something that either works or doesn’t, and that nobody thinks about beyond mailbox size limits. That comfortable inattention lasts right up until the moment a regulator, an auditor, an opposing attorney,
Your phone buzzes. A message from what appears to be your bank, and the message reads: ” Unusual activity detected on your account; verify immediately, or it will be suspended. There’s a link. You click on it and get redirected
As South African businesses strengthen their defences against email-based phishing attacks, cybercriminals have increasingly turned to voice-based social engineering to bypass these improved defences. Vishing—voice phishing—represents a growing threat that exploits phone conversations to manipulate victims into revealing sensitive information or taking
Data loss can strike South African businesses from countless directions—ransomware attacks, hardware failures, human error, theft, fire, flooding, or the ever-present challenge of load shedding damaging equipment during power fluctuations. Without a robust backup strategy, any of these events can
When South African businesses think about data breaches, the immediate concern is often the ransom demand—a lump sum attackers request to restore access to encrypted systems or prevent stolen data from being published. However, this represents only a fraction of
As South African businesses increasingly rely on wireless networks for daily operations, a particularly insidious threat has emerged: Wi-Fi phishing. This attack method exploits the trust users place in wireless networks to steal credentials, install malware, and compromise business systems.
South Africa’s business sector is under siege. While much of the cybersecurity discussion focuses on sophisticated hacking techniques and ransomware gangs, there’s a far more insidious threat quietly draining billions from South African organisations every single year: phishing attacks. The
If you’re running a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in South Africa, here’s an uncomfortable truth: you’re not safer just because you’re smaller than the big corporations. In fact, the opposite is true. South African SMEs have become the primary
Cyber threats are no longer rare events — they are a daily business reality. From phishing attacks to ransomware and data breaches, organisations of all sizes are exposed. In 2026, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT function — it
Ransomware has become one of the most devastating cyber threats facing South African businesses today. As more business operations take place online and companies rely on digital infrastructure, being locked out of those systems can be a death blow. From
