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- 5 Apr 2024
Beware of Deepfakes in the AI Age, Warns Kaspersky
The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in recent years is providing threat actors with sophisticated new tools to perpetrate their attacks. One of…
- 19 Aug 2021
Malware Attacks are Increasing in Africa, Reaching 85 million in 6 months
Kaspersky research highlights that malware is rife across Africa with various countries exhibiting strong growth in all malware types in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period last…
- 23 Sept 2019
Growth in Africa Fintech Drives Growth in Cyberattacks - Kaspersky
Africa’s Fintech sector is booming! According to reports, Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the continent’s Fintech firms have grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with…
- 27 May 2021
Kaspersky Cautions Users against Threat of Browser Lockers
Kaspersky, global cybersecurity company, has cautioned Internet users against the continued popularity of browser lockers (browlocks) where victims are prevented from accessing their Web browsers…
- 30 Jun 2019
Security, Knowledge main Challenges to Cryptocurrency Trade in Africa - Kaspersky
The Kaspersky Africa's Cryptocurrency Report 2019 which, based on feedback from respondents, has highlighted several risks including volatility in value, lack of regulation locally, lack of…
- 12 Oct 2021
How Kaspersky Blocked Over 30,000 Mobile Malware Attacks in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa
Over 30,000 out of the more than 206,000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June…
- 12 Oct 2021
Kaspersky Blocks more than 30 000 Mobile Malware Attacks Combined in Nigeria, Others in 6-months
Out of the more than 206 000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June 2021, over…
- 27 Jun 2023
Top 5 Tips to Strengthen SME Cybersecurity
As the global community commemorated the United Nations' ‘Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day’ yesterday, June 27, Kaspersky called on SMEs across Africa to rethink their approach to…
- 14 Sept 2021
Kaspersky Records Over 2 Million Phishing Attacks in Nigeria, Others in H1 2021
There was a reduction in the number of phishing attacks recorded and blocked by Kaspersky in South Africa (17% decline), Kenya (48% decline), and Nigeria (13% decline) for the first half of this year…
- 21 Aug 2019
The Dark Side of Mobile Apps
Mobile device security threats are on the rise and it’s not hard to see why. In 2019, the number of worldwide mobile phone users is forecast to reach 4.68 billion of which 2.7 billion are smartphone…