CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered protection, has announced the release of the fourth annual CrowdStrike Falcon OverWatch threat hunting report: Nowhere to Hide: 2022 Falcon OverWatch Threat Hunting Report. The global report reveals a record 50% year-over-year (YoY) increase of hands-on intrusion attempts, and distinct changes...
Cloud-first security solutions provider Barracuda Networks has found that HTML attachments are by far the most used by cybercriminals for malicious purposes. The company’s analysis of millions of email attachments over the past month revealed that a whole 1 in 5 HTML attachments were malicious. By comparison,...
The most secure African countries for cybersecurity has been revealed via the latest Global Cybersecurity Index from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). According to the ITU, the recent index shows a growing commitment worldwide to tackle and reduce cybersecurity threats. The newly released 2020 index indicates that...
An INTERPOL report has highlighted a bleak outlook for South African businesses as the threat of cyberattacks continue. The report, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, revealed that while the broader African continent had experienced some attacks against critical infrastructure and frontline services, South Africa was...
The latest report from cybersecurity company Trellix has found that more than three quarters (86%) of cybersecurity professionals believe they have been targeted by nation-state threats. The report also highlighted that professionals felt they needed increased government support to fight cyber attacks as 9 in 10 respondents...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been recognised as one of the leaders of cybersecurity in Africa in an award ceremony at the opening of the summit on cybersecurity. The summit, being held in Togo's capital Lomé, saw the distinguished president receive and accept the African champion...
Lomé has played host to Africa's first ever cybersecurity summit with several Africa officials and private industry leaders in attendance. The event has been postponed because of the pandemic but went ahead this week in Togo's city of Lomé. The event has been co-organised by the...
Kenya is to host one of the two giant data centres in Africa that is being implemented to improve Internet speeds and make it harder for cyber attackers. The new data centres will have multiple servers with a high bandwidth to support spikes in traffic and...
UAE-based Tech First Gulf (TFG) has announced its commitment to East Africa with its East Africa Roadshow, which will spotlight partners’ and customers’ journeys to success. Taking place from 1st to 10th March 2022, the event will hold live workshops across four countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia...
A report by security company Chainalysis has found that cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2021. This was a 30% increase year on year compared to 2020. The latest figure makes up a significant fee of the $33 billion worth of funds cybercriminals have...
