Cybersecurity company Trellix has released its annual threat predictions report for 2023. Forecasts from the Trellix Advanced Research Center anticipate spikes in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, hacktivism fueled by tensions from opposing political parties, and vulnerabilities in core software supply chains. John Fokker,...
A TV broadcaster in Africa has been hit by cyber attacks since it began streaming the World Cup from Qatar. Officials at New World TV, a relatively new pan-African audio-visual group in Togo, confirmed it had also been attacked before the finals kicked off in Qatar...
Sophos, global cybersecurity leader, revealed that ransomware remains one of the greatest cybercrime threats to organisations in Africa. The firm disclosed the information in a recent Threat Report. The report details how the cyber threat landscape has reached a new level of commercialisation and convenience for...
One lasting legacy of the covid pandemic was the acceleration in the adoption of cloud-based access control solutions. Karel Stanovnik, International Business Developer at SPICA, challenges the common myths surrounding cloud-based applications. With on-prem solutions struggling to integrate access control with other critical business solutions, it...
Companies in South Africa have been warned to be on alert for Information and communication technologies (ICT) security threats which are posed by hackers. Advice has been offered to adopt offensive security systems and constantly identify threats before hackers find and exploit them. IT security expert...
Mazen Dohaji, Vice President (iMETA), LogRhythm looks at how companies can stay ahead of future threats. To prepare for future digital transformation across the globe, organisations need to adopt a predictive cybersecurity strategy. Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enable new levels of visibility...
Vectra AI, the leader in Security AI-driven hybrid cloud threat detection and response, has released a report on "The Evolving role of Network Detection and Response (NDR)". The report highlights why today’s security teams find it increasingly difficult to detect and stop cyber threats targeting their...
Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, has opened the doors of its first Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Nairobi, Kenya, making this the second centre of its kind in Africa. David Behr, CEO of Liquid C2, commented: "Kenyan businesses have seen increased digital adoption,...
A new report from Group-IB and Orange CERT revealed that 12 African countries lost millions of dollars to a hacking group between 2018 and 2022. The threat actor, based in an unknown French. speaking country, mainly targeted Francophone Africa and was codenamed OPERA1ER . It managed to...
Barracuda’s analysis of cyber threats detected by its XDR platform through 2022 has revealed the severity of individual attacks grew in vacation months. The data indicated that whilst the volume of attacks dipped significantly between February to May, and again between July to September, the severity...
