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R903,000 gone in 10 minutes: Small business takes on Standard Bank

R903,000 alleged cyberheist case heads to the high court

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The email that came from the supplier, but didn’t really

Business email compromise is the most damaging financial scam, costing R55.5bn over 10 years. It doesn’t require hacking

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The crypto theft that changed everything

A six-month North Korean con drained $285m from Drift in 12 minutes, exposing DeFi’s central myth: that technology can eliminate trust

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How a perfectly faked SMS can empty your bank account

South Africans are bombarded with phishing scams. The tools to curb them exist, but until companies deploy them, nothing will change

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AI won’t crack the blockchain. It’ll burn everything else

Anthropic’s Mythos can find thousands of software vulnerabilities. For crypto exchanges, wallets and smart contracts, that changes everything

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South Africa’s next big scam: APP fraud

South Africa’s instant-payment boom has fuelled a surge in APP fraud – and most firms aren’t insured. Here are 20 ‘safety pins’ to stay safe

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Love gone wrong: scammers exploit online romance

As Africa goes digital, a darker trend is emerging: romance scams that prey on trust and loneliness. From scam centres to AI fakery, no-one is safe

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Inside a digital scam that cost a billionaire $400m

Cloned websites, fake firms and offshore accounts: how a digital syndicate allegedly stripped $400m in shares from a billionaire investor