In Q3 2022, Kaspersky researchers saw a sharp increase in crypto miner variants – an overall growth of over 230% compared to the same period last year. The number is three times more than in the third quarter of 2021 and now exceeds 150,000. Of all corporate users that wereRead More…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) raised an alert about the ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with the cars.Read More…
Governments representing more than half a billion people are urgently calling on global technology companies to better protect user data, through a joint statement released by the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO).Read More…
Acronis announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Center in Lagos, Nigeria. The new data center, one of the 111 new data centers being deployed by the company, gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutionsRead More…
INTERPOL and The Nigeria Police Force announced the results of Operation Falcon II, joint operations that led to the arrest of 11 Nigerian business email compromise (BEC) actors. Collaborative in its approach, this operation leveraged intelligenceRead More…
While the number of attacks from online resources (known as web threats) blocked by Kaspersky in Kenya and Nigeria combined for the second quarter of 2021 decreased to 14.9 million from the 16.4 million blocked in the first quarter of the year, the number of unique malicious URLs detected andRead More…
There was a reduction in the number of phishing attacks recorded and blocked by Kaspersky (www.Africa.Kaspersky.com)in South Africa (17% decline), Kenya (48% decline), and Nigeria (13% decline) for the first half of this year when compared to the same period in 2020. While the decline does suggest and support researchRead More…
Although Africa is not necessarily considered a focus area for the more sophisticated types of cybercriminal activity such as targeted attacks or advanced persistent threats (APTs), the continent is certainly not immune to these or other types of cyber risks, warn Kaspersky researchers.Read More…
