R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
I have been a loyal Afrihost customer for several years, but since August 2014, Afrihost’s internet service deteriorated with many consumers complaining about throughput and the Afrihost executive team skirting the issue for several months without providing anyone with concrete...
South Africa’s CellC CEO Jose Dos Santos “proudly” announced that from today, 1st July 2015, CellC in co-operation with Facebook will offer zero-rated internet access to Facebook and a handpicked number of South African websites. In simple terms, you download a Facebook app...
In one of my previous posts about SSL implementation is poor across South African financial institutions, I raised the issue that most local banks do not implement security properly. As of yesterday, Google Chrome as launched enhancements, highlighting the insecurity of...
With the recent security issues across many South African mobile iOS applications, I thought it would be an important exercise to establish how well South African financial institutions have implemented transport layer security across their online financial services. Anyone can run...
SourceDNA has released a report titled “AFNetworking Strikes Back: 25,000+ Apps” which highlights that over 25,000 iOS apps face exposure due to a security flaw (which has been fixed about a week ago) in a commonly used networking library. I originally...
Update: A second vulnerability was found – read the follow-up post here: Several South African iOS apps vulnerable A security report was released which higlights that more than 1500 iOS apps are affected by a SSL MiTM attack in AFNetworking 2.5.1. It turned...
A decade filled with Xenophobic attacks and the South African government is incapable of containing a situation where shops and homes owned by Somalis, Zimbabweans, Ethiopians, Malawians and other immigrants have been targeted, forcing families to flee to camps protected by...
While everyone is still trying to figure out how to pronounce “fracas” and what it is (“a noisy disturbance or quarrel”) there are already rumours out, that suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson will be replaced by BBC TV presenter...
Reminder: Submission deadline 15th July 2015 4pm – please send an email to [email protected] with this: Dear Film and Publications Board, I am writing to add my voice on proposed Online Content Regulations as invited by Notice 182 of 2015 appearing in...
John Mueller confirmed in today’s Google Webmaster hangout one of my questions, which frequently is spread as FUD by “SEO experts”: Our website syndicates our products to 3rd party websites (affiliates, price comparison, deal sites) which link back to our products...
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