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Phising Scams Surge 234% in Africa, Especially in Tech Powerhouses

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New data from Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reveals that the prevalence of phishing and social engineering scams has increased significantly in Africa in Q2 2022 in comparison with the previous quarter. The company’s security solutions detected 10,722,886 phishing attacks in...
Cybersecurity

1 in 3 Untrained Employees Will Click on a Phishing Link – New Report

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KnowBe4, one of the world’s largest cyber-security awareness training companies and simulated phishing platform provider, has released the new 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees...
Cybersecurity

The Great Phishing Fail

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In 2021, phishing attacks increased by 7.3% according to the ESET Threat Report, and the Cisco 2021 Cybersecurity threat trends report revealed that around 86% of organisations had at least one person click a phishing link. This echoes the...
Cybersecurity

New Phishing Report Shows the Top Email Headlines to Beware Of

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KnowBe4, provider of one of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platforms, today announced the results of its Q1 2022 top-clicked phishing report. “In our latest quarterly phishing report, we found that holiday-themed emails were the most...
East Africa

WhatsApp Multi-Device Feature Rolls Out to Kenyan Users

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WhatsApp has started to test support for multi-device connections that let users access the chatting app on more devices without the need to have an active connection on one device. The new feature is currently rolling out to users in...
Cybersecurity

Inside the Mind of Cybercriminals – How Threat Actors Think

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Cybercriminals come in many different flavours, but the majority of them are in it for one thing: financial pay-off. They want the money that comes with offering their tools or services, selling stolen data, extortion like ransomware or plain fraud....
Cybersecurity

Gaming-Related Web Attacks Jumped by More than 50% During Lockdown

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Cybercriminals have been exploiting the increased popularity in video games during lockdown to launch attacks. In April, the daily number of blocked attempts to direct Kaspersky users to malicious sites increased by 54% when compared to January 2020. In addition,...
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How Fayda Digital ID Powers Ethiopia’s Ambitious One-Stop Government Service Platform

Ethiopia has launched MESOB (Modern Ethiopian Service for Organized Benefits), a groundbreaking one-stop shop platform that exemplifies how Digital...
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