[info_box point1="African governments are shaping their cybersecurity frameworks around the EU and US" point2="Kenya’s national cyber-incident response team recorded more than 4.5 billion cyber-attacks" point3="The African Union–European Union Summit talked about possible solutions"] African governments are increasingly shaping their digital and cybersecurity frameworks around European and...
[info_box point1="A landmark security operation has uncovered a sophisticated crypto-terror network" point2="83 suspects were arrested across six African countries" point3="The operation dismantled fake trading platforms"] A landmark security operation has uncovered a sophisticated crypto-terror network spanning across Africa. The joint INTERPOL and AFRIPOL crackdown has been described...
[info_box point1="Group-IB announced its collaboration with INTERPOL in 'Operation Contender 3.0'" point2= "This operation targeted cybercriminal networks involved in romance scams and extortion schemes" point3="Group-IB provided critical investigative intelligence that assisted law enforcement"] Group-IB announced its collaboration with INTERPOL in 'Operation Contender 3.0,' which resulted in...
[info_box point1="Cybercrime accounts for more than 30 per cent of all reported crime in Western and Eastern Africa" point2= "Online scams, ransomware, business email compromise and digital sextortion are the most reported cyberthreatss" point3="90 per cent of African countries report needing ‘significant improvement’ in law...
Kaspersky has contributed to INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge Operation (ACSO) to combat cybercrime in African countries. The data company will help by sharing data, comprising of indicators of compromise (IoCs) on various cyber threats and types of cybercriminal activity targeting African countries. This evidence provided the...
A new report from Interpol has identified the most prominent cybersecurity threats in Africa, based on input from its own member countries and data from the private sector. According to the The African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 they are: 1: Online scams 2: Digital extortion 3: Business email...