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Ukraine War Leads to Largest Ever Spike in DDoS Attacks – Kaspersky
According to Russian cybersecurity group Kasperksy, compared to Q1 2021, the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q1 2022 rose 4.5 times with a considerable number of the attacks likely to be the result of hacktivist activity.…
Bad Actors Innovate, Extort & Launch 9.7M DDoS Attacks
In March 2022 we released our 2H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report. The report covers worldwide distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack activity during 2021—particularly during the second half of the year. As always, it’s chock-full of DDoS attack statistics, trends, and insights…
The 5 Best Forex Trading Apps for Nigerians
Forex trading is a developing trend all over the world. In terms of retail forex trading, Nigeria is a major hotspot, as evidenced by the increasing amount of daily trades. There is a huge demand for the top FX and…
Ethiopia Changing Laws to Prepare for M-PESA Launch
Ethiopia has reportedly started changing certain national payments laws in an effort to clear the way for Safaricom to launch M-PESA, Africa’s largest fintech platform, to the Horn of Africa country’s virtually untapped market of 110-million people. The National Bank…
New Load Shedding Warnings for SA After Short Weekend Reprieve
South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom has issued a warning urging South Africans to reduce their power usage and switch off unnecessary appliances such as swimming pool pumps and geysers as the country’s electricity system is “severely constrained.” According to…
Sophos Acquires SOC.OS to Bolster its Cloud Security Offerings
Sophos, the global cybersecurity firm, today announced that it has acquired SOC.OS, an innovator of a cloud-based security alert investigation and triage automation solution. SOC.OS consolidates and prioritizes high volumes of security alerts from multiple products and platforms across an…
MultiChoice to Bring Disney+ to South African DStv Subscribers
According to an announcement from South African media group MultiChoice, Disney+ will launch to DStv subscribers via the Explora Ultra Decoder the same day as its wider launch in the country, 18 May 2022. “MultiChoice customers with connected Explora Ultra…
ICYMI: Google’s Undersea Cable Finally Lands in Nigeria
Late last week, Google announced that its Equiano undersea cable, which successfully landed in Togo last month, has arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, marking the cable’s second stop along Africa’s Atlantic coast. Back in 2019, when Google introduced Equiano, the company…
Financial Inclusion in Africa with Vipaso & Horizon – ITNA Digital Innovation Podcast EP 2
This week on IT News Africa’s Digital Innovation Podcast, Luis Monzon interviews Peter Neubauer, CEO of Austrian fintech startup Vipaso. Vipaso has recently released its digital payments innovation “Horizon” in many markets across Africa with Vipaso hoping to boost financial…
Construction Begins on New $250-Million Hyperscale Data Centre in Lagos
Nigerian company Kasi Cloud Ltd has announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony in Lekki, Lagos on 19 April 2022, to signal the beginning of construction on the company’s first of several planned data centre campuses in Nigeria. Kasi is…
6 One-Stop Digital Solutions That Can Save You Time & Money
In our fast-paced lives, time is the one commodity we don’t have a lot of to spare. And, as the pandemic has shown us when we do have some spare time, we would rather spend it with family and friends…
China Wants to Help Build a High Speed Rail from Johannesburg to Durban
China is reportedly in active talks with South African authorities about the construction of a high-speed rail linking two of the country’s economic hubs – Johannesburg and Durban. The plan to build the rail has been in the works for…
The Importance of Gender Equality in the Tech Industry
While there has been headway toward greater workplace diversity in recent years, there is still much more work to be done. In all businesses, there is undeniably a gender divide, and one of these historically male-dominated industries is technology. In…
Crypto Scams on the Rise in SA: Here’s How to Protect Yourself
The world seems to have gone ‘crypto-mad’. Digital currencies like bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin, are all over the internet. Their soaring value promises big wins for investors (if you’re “buying the dip”, that is). And the ‘fortunes’ to…
Altron Appoints New Acting CEO
Altron, the JSE-listed technology company, has announced the appointment of Stewart van Graan as new executive chairman and acting CEO effective 1 July 2022. In January, Altron announced that CEO Mteto Nyati will step down from his role as of…
SA’s Eskom says Load Shedding to Remain Until Friday
This morning at around 7:00, Eskom – South Africa’s embattled energy utility – was forced to implement Stage 4 rotational blackouts due to the loss of additional generating units across its grid of powerplants. The utility has announced that load…
