Author: Richard Ford

Black Friday has become a make-or-break moment in retail. With online sales climbing by over 30%during the four-day window from Black Friday to Cyber Monday when there are already over 1 billion e-commerce transactions annually in SA, this single weekend represents the biggest revenue spike of the year for most retailers. It’s also a lucrative time for cybercriminals. This year, the threat has evolved beyond the misspelled emails of the past. Thanks to easily accessible AI tools, scams have a new, sophisticated dimension, making it harder than ever to distinguish between a real deal and a clever fake. It just…