Warning to people using Netflix and YouTube in South Africa
Cybercrime is on the rise in South Africa, with browser cookies being stolen to log in to platforms such as Netflix, YouTube, and Reddit.
-
-
2026 | Africa | Banking | competition | cybercrime | SAFM Market Update
Standard Bank rides R26bn earnings momentum
With laser focus on growing revenues and earnings, and by being ‘paranoid’ about what its competitors are doing. Group CEO Sim Tshabalala elaborates.
-
52% of South Africans risk having their IDs or passports stolen from their smartphones
52% of South Africans store identity documents or passports in easy to grab visual formats on their smartphones, raising security concerns.
-
Two sentenced after stealing R1.07-million from South African man over the phone
An Eastern Cape man was scammed out of R1.07 million after criminals contacted him pretending to be bank employees, who then allegedly used Hollywoodbets accounts to try and launder the stolen funds.
-
cybercrime | Cybernews | cybersecurity | data breach | data leak | Security
Historic 24-billion record data leak puts South Africans at risk
Cybersecurity experts warn South Africans online to change their passwords after a 24 billion record 8TB data leak was discovered recently.
-
Amathole District Municipality | cybercrime | cybersecurity | eastern cape | Ghost Vulnerability | Security
District known as the cradle of democracy whose government has the worst cybersecurity in South Africa
The most poorly secured government network in South Africa belongs to the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape which has 94 “critical” vulnerabilities in a single server, some as old as from 2015.
-
Important state-owned company can’t afford to protect South Africa from cybercrime
SITA is unable to upgrade government ICT systems to protect them against cyberattacks because it must have permission and funding from each individual department.
-
Pick n Pay delivery app breached and limited shopper credit card details leaked online
Pick n Pay has confirmed that a version of its Asap! on-demand delivery platform was breached and customer card details are now being sold online.
-
R1.6 billion missing after hackers ran free inside major South African metro’s systems
A long spree of undetected hacks saw the City of Ekurhuleni lose over R2.5 billion.
-
Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) | cyberattack | cybercrime | Information Communication Technology (ICT) | Information Technology (IT) | Security
Government wasted R12 billion on failing IT systems
The South African government has spent R12 billion on IT projects, but the country still suffers from system failures and cyber threats.