Latest coverage for Africa

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.…

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.…

‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing it sling a new variety of malware.…

Crypto mines, BEC scams, fake passports, and a $300M fraud empire allegedly brought down during Serengeti 2.0 Interpol's latest clampdown on cybercrime resulted in 1,209 arrests across the African continent, from ransomware crooks to business email compromise (BEC) scammers, the agency says.…

Meet Liminal Panda, which prowls telecom networks in South Asia and Africa A senior US senator has warned that American tech companies’ activities in China represent a national security risk, in a hearing that saw infosec biz CrowdStrike testify it has identified another cyber-espionage crew it believes is backed by Beijing.…

Designations come as new infrastructure spins up in Africa Five individuals and one company with ties to spyware developer Intellexa are the latest to earn sanctions as the US expands efforts to stamp out spyware.…

Interpol, cops swoop with intel from cybersecurity bods Interpol and cops in Africa have arrested a Nigerian man suspected of running a multi-continent cybercrime ring that specialized in phishing emails targeting businesses.…