Stay updated on Africa's information security landscape with the latest trends, threats, and cybersecurity insights from across the continent.
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Africa is a vast continent with a rapidly evolving digital landscape, which encompasses the wide-ranging aspects of information security across its numerous countries. In the context of information security, Africa encapsulates the unique challenges and opportunities faced by African nations in the realms of cybersecurity, data protection, and digital infrastructure development.
With an increasing number of internet users and a burgeoning tech industry, African countries are formulating strategies to combat cyber threats, enact cybersecurity laws, and promote awareness about information security among businesses and the general public. This topic examines regional cybercrime trends, the adoption of cybersecurity measures, the role of governmental and non-governmental organizations in enhancing security, and Africa's integration into the global cybersecurity conversation.
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More than 200 individuals were arrested for cybercrime activities during INTERPOL's Operation Ramz, which focused on the Middle East and North Africa. [...]
Operation Ramz resulted in 201 arrests and disrupted phishing services, malware and financial scams. The post Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa appeared first on CyberScoop.
INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects
Over 200 people were arrested in an anti-cybercrime operation that spanned 13 countries across the Middle East and North Africa
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel
The volume of cyberattacks targeting Africa declined in the past year, with weekly attacks down 22%, as attackers seemingly shifted their focus to other regions.
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX
Access Now, Lookout and SMEX joined research forces to find a campaign involving suspected Indian government-connected group Bitter, ProSpy spyware and more. The post Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa appeared first on CyberScoop.
UNC2814 historically targets governments and telcos A China-linked crew found a unique formula for attacking telcos and government orgs across the Americas, Asia, and Africa in its latest round of intrusions. Google's threat intelligence, along with unnamed industry partners, disrupted the gang, which used the Chocolate Factory's own spreadsheet tools as part of its exploits.…
Google on Wednesday disclosed that it worked with industry partners to disrupt the infrastructure of a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC2814 that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries
In the latest operation targeting cybercrime groups, African law enforcement agencies cooperated with Interpol and cybersecurity firms to recover more than $4.3 million.
The long-active Iranian threat group debuted various attack strains and payloads in attacks against organizations in the Middle East and Africa.
The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST) has targeted several organizations and individuals mainly located across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as part of a new campaign codenamed Operation Olalampo
Continuing a Legacy of Successful Collaboration
A coordinated wave of fake online job ads targeting the Middle East and North Africa has been uncovered, exploiting remote work trends
A law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the recovery of $3 million and the arrest of 574 suspects by authorities from 19 countries, amidst a continued crackdown on cybercrime networks in Africa
Africa becomes a proving ground for AI-driven phishing, deepfakes, and impersonation, with attackers testing techniques against governments and enterprises.
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East Iran's favorite muddy-footed cyberespionage crew is at it again, this time breaching more than 100 government entities across the Middle East and North Africa, according to researchers at Group-IB.…
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities