Remote Access Fraud
Imagine falling victim to Remote Access Fraud… You wake up one morning to find you’ve lost some money. Not the loose change your children...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Apr 5, 2020
- 4 min
COVID-19 outbreak: How to avoid cyber criminals taking advantage
We have been overrun these past few months with everything Coronavirus, COVID-19-related, and with it, a near-constant stream of...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Cameras and Microphones | Are you being watched?
Are we being spied on via our cameras and microphones on our personal devices? Built-in device cameras and microphones are great. They...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
Online Gaming and Cyber Crime – are you playing, or being played?
When it comes to games – especially online gaming, it’s one thing to play, but it’s altogether something else to be played! Three...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Get your Free Resources for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Are you and your organisation ready for Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2019? This is your opportunity to share key cybersecurity knowledge...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
Access Control in the digital world
We all want to feel safe. We all want to feel secure. We all want to know that the things we value are safe and secure. Safety and...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Apr 8, 2019
- 10 min
Facebook and fencing yours in
It’s safe to say Facebook isn’t safe. Just last month (Thursday 21 March 2019) Facebook announced yet another data breach – the third in...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Mar 21, 2019
- 5 min
Cryptojacking – the rising crime of mining digital currency
To jack somebody (for something) is to steal something from somebody, especially something small or of low value. Being jacked isn’t...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Feb 13, 2019
- 5 min
Blockchain Security Benefits
In building, a wall made of 500 connected, overlapping small concrete blocks with steel is stronger than a wall made of one, large...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jan 25, 2019
- 4 min
Watering hole attacks – what are they and how to prevent them?
A watering hole is a waterhole from which animals regularly drink, right? True. Or a pub, bar or restaurant – any place where people...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Dec 4, 2018
- 7 min
A brief history of computer viruses
We all know the feeling; a sore throat, sneezing, congestion, a cough, a runny nose…oh no, the dreaded cold virus! No human is immune....
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Oct 23, 2018
- 3 min
What is a SIM Swap Scam?
In June of this year (2018) an 85-year-old South African pensioner had R300 000 – roughly USD $20 000, stolen from his bank account in a...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Sep 12, 2018
- 4 min
Destruction and disposal of sensitive data
Nothing short of grinding your physically-stored data into granola dust for scrap-yard-hungry robots will do. Only physical drive...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Aug 29, 2018
- 5 min
Data Protection Regulations – Understanding GDPR & POPI
We all know the intrusive feeling of those irritating and unwanted emails, texts and phone calls that plague us – seemingly daily, from...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jul 24, 2018
- 4 min
Geolocation | Yes, your devices tell us exactly where in the world you are
Have you ever wondered how the colossal entity that is the Internet – including apps, websites, companies and even private individuals –...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jul 11, 2018
- 4 min
Saying too much on your Social Sites? Social Media Privacy and Security
Can you imagine a world without social media? No Snapchat, no Instagram, no Twitter, no Facebook! A world where children and adults woke...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jul 5, 2018
- 4 min
Cyberbullying: know the signs, manage the risk – for children, teens and adolescents
We all know of or remember a bully; especially from our childhood. That person, who by force, threat, or coercion abused, intimidated or...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jun 26, 2018
- 4 min
The Internet of Things | Allowing more ‘things’ to think and act for us!
Have you ever wondered about all this talk of “things” being “smart”? “Smart” phones and “smart” cars, “smart” homes and “smart” bars…...
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
Cybersecurity – it is no longer just ‘an IT Problem’
No business risk in the 21st century has created more challenges and concern to boardrooms and C-suites than cybersecurity risk....
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Esteffan Coetzee
- Jun 12, 2018
- 4 min
Identity Theft and How to Protect your Identity
There is only one you right? You’re unique. No one else like you. But despite this obvious fact, more than 16 million Americans were...
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