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Hotspots locked with a click

21 May 2013 by
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Hotspots locked with a click

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled its Secure Hotspot feature that automatically helps protect open Wi-Fi communications without the need for manual configuration of devices.

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PDFs used to deliver malware

20 May 2013 by
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PDFs used to deliver malware

ESET has uncovered a hacking campaign targeted at stealing data from different organisations, particularly in Pakistan, and with limited spread around the world.

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Cloud needs 'agentless security’

15 May 2013 by
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Cloud needs 'agentless security’

Virtualised desktops, servers, data centres and cloud computing solutions should be afforded the same level of security as physical machines, is the word from global security specialists Trend Micro.

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Durban to get own namespace

15 May 2013 by
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Durban to get own namespace

The application for an exclusive Internet namespace for Durban (under the dotDurban domain) has passed the initial evaluation phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

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Joburg broadband network switches on July 1

14 May 2013 by
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Joburg broadband network switches on July 1

The City of Joburg Broadband Project will go live on 1 July 2013 after a 3-year rollout project and BWired will operate the network for 12 years.

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Dot.Africa comes to Durban

14 May 2013 by
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Dot.Africa comes to Durban

The Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum will be held on 12 - 13 July 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The event aims to establish a platform for the DNS community across Africa and to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent.

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Paying the toll for VoIP fraud

13 May 2013 by
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Paying the toll for VoIP fraud

One of the last arguments against VoIP is that it is susceptible to fraud. But, ROB LITH, Business Development Director at Connection Telecom believes that breaching VoIP security is more complex than hacking an analogue telephone system.

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Spam stays steady

13 May 2013 by
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Spam stays steady

According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in Q1 2013, the amount of spam in e-mail traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55%. The increase in the proportion of emails with malicious attachments was also small, reaching 3.3%, while the share of phishing e-mails fell 4.25 times to 0.0004%.

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Mr Ananzi bows out

13 May 2013 by
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Mr Ananzi bows out

Mark Buwalda, managing director of Ananzi, South Africa’s first local search engine has resigned after working at the company for over 15 years.

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Make your keywords work

10 May 2013 by
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Make your keywords work

There are thousands of words and phrases you can pay for via Pay Per Click (PPC) and optimise through SEO, but only the most relevant of them will really work hard for you, says MICHAEL WALKER, search and analytics director at digital media consultancy, Acceleration Media.

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