Cyber crime

South Africans have been called on to be more careful and responsible when sharing information regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on social media. This is to combat the rise of misinformation (fake news), which may be harmful to the society.

As with what other countries are already experiencing, the cybercriminals may pretend to be providing coronavirus screening and testing, providing coronavirus vaccines being imported from other countries, providing medical advice on coronavirus.

In South Africa, SIM swap fraud more than doubled in the last year, according a report of South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC).

Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it arrested 32 suspected Yahoo Boys (Internet fraudsters), during an early morning sting operation.

Hip-hop artists in Nigeria unpack the realities of the country's cyber fraudsters.

Consumers suffer huge financial losses as fraudsters intercept e-mails.

Each year cyber security attacks become bigger, more severe, and more costly to recover from, but their occurrence is one which most South African organisations are worryingly unprepared for.