OpenAI has warned that its upcoming AI models could pose a “high” cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly. The AI models might either develop working zero-day remote exploits against well-defended systems or assist with complex enterprise or industrial intrusion operations aimed at real-world effects, the ChatGPT maker said in a blog post. As capabilities…
The cybersecurity industry has spent years perfecting how to defend laptops, servers, identities and APIs. Yet some of the most important systems in our lives, the industrial ones that keep society up and running, were never designed for cybersecurity at all. As they connect to modern networks, the stakes rise dramatically. These are the machines,…
Africa’s trade ambitions hinge on a simple truth often obscured by headlines about ports, power and tariffs. Trade expands rapidly when exporters, financiers and insurers have frameworks to identify, price and transfer the underlying risks. Specialty insurance – the bespoke, technically sophisticated cover that protects complex, high-value and high-frequency commercial activity – is not a…
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has warned that artificial intelligence is both an opportunity and a risk for South Africa’s financial sector, especially when it comes to information security. In a wide-ranging report, Artificial Intelligence in the South African Financial Sector, the FSCA said AI presents a number of risks related to consumer protection…
Erik Du Toit, sales specialist and consultant, OpenText. Sensitive data used to be easy to define. It was the information you knew you had – customer records, identity numbers, bank details, contracts, board material and so on. You protected it by protecting the systems it lived in. And while that mental model still shapes many…
Carl Bosma, director for Risk Advisory Services and telecommunications lead at BDO SA. Cyber attacks, security breaches and technology disruptions are top global risks, and a reactive, compliance-led approach is no longer fit for purpose in today’s ‘permacrisis’ environment. This is according to new research from auditing and business services firm BDO. BDO Global’s 2025/26…
Security leaders are recognising that modern data security requires more than enforcement, says Fortinet. Insider-driven risk has become one of the most urgent and complex challenges in enterprise security. This is one of the key findings of the 2025 Data Security Report conducted by cyber security solutions provider Fortinet. The study is based on a…
The South African Reserve Bank has flagged cryptocurrencies as a new risk to domestic fiscal stability. It said this in the second edition of its Financial Stability Review for 2025, which covers the six-month-period from June to November. In a presentation on Tuesday, Nicola Brink, head of department for financial stability at the Reserve Bank,…
Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal Reserve policy easing faded. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, fell 2.1%, breaking below US$84 000 to hit a seven-month trough of $83 447.07 in Asian trading….
As the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) on the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) convenes in Geneva, critics warn that secretive proceedings are eroding public trust in global tobacco policy. Most sessions are closed to independent scientists, journalists, Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) advocates, and anyone suspected of having links with…
