CyberSec Consultants

21/02/2025

CyberSec Consultants Managing Director, Nathan Desfontaines spoke at the 2025 ITWeb Governance, Risk & Compliance Conference highlighting notable successes for many organisations that have implemented well documented policies and procedures pertaining to risk governance but raised concerns around the lack of effective implementation and adoption thereof.

Nathan Desfontaines is an information security risk professional, researcher and coach. He assists organisations of all sizes with their information security, security governance, privacy and regulatory compliance. Desfontaines is a leader in ensuring the success of information security through a co...

25/08/2023

Sitting at his home in Johannesburg, a cyber-criminal hacked into the Eastern Cape education department's online payment system and paid himself R600 000 - money that was meant to feed needy pupils at public schools in the province.

Sitting at his home in Johannesburg, a skilled cyber-criminal hacked into the Eastern Cape education department's online payment system and paid himself R600 000 - money that was meant to feed needy pupils at public schools in the province.

03/05/2023

WhatsApp recently announced that users can now log in on up to four different devices using the same phone number.

25/04/2023

Our Managing Director, Nathan Desfontaines, Speaking At The 2023 ITWeb GRC Summit

18/06/2022

Shoprite South Africa's “possible compromise” was a hack — and the attackers are extorting the company

It turns out the breach at Shoprite was more than a “possible compromise”. A hacking group says it stole the company’s Money Transfer client records, including photos of government ID cards.

13/06/2022

Shoprite South Africa warns of data compromise

Shoprite customers who did money transfers to and within Eswatini and within Namibia and Zambia may be affected.

01/06/2022

Threat Actor, SpiderLog$ used Cyril Ramaphosa's data to draw attention to glaring vulnerabilities in South African security systems, especially those employed in government departments — including defence and state security.

Hacking group SpiderLog$ warns, “South Africa is a playground for hackers.”

23/05/2022

A China-linked cyberespionage group is targeting South Africa's telecommunications and banking sectors

A China-linked cyberespionage group has taken a particular interest in South Africa's telecommunications and banking sectors.

14/05/2022

Personal details for more than 3.6 million Dis-Chem Pharmacies customers accessed in data hack

An "unauthorised person" gained access to personal details belonging to more than 3.6 million Dis-Chem customers in April.

05/04/2022

United States says South Africa is one of 135 countries targeted by four alleged hackers who it believes are on a mission to compromise critical infrastructure worldwide.

The US is hunting four alleged hackers who it believes are on a mission to compromise critical infrastructure worldwide. eNCA speaks to cyber law expert Professor Sizwe Snail Ka Mtuze.

04/04/2022

How long it takes hackers to crack your password based on how many characters it has - 2022 Update

Credit - Hive Systems

03/04/2022

Apple and Meta provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials

Hackers impersonating law enforcement officials convinced Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. to give them customer data.