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- 10 Dec 2025
AI-Powered Fraud Drives Global Race for Deepfake Defenses
Reality Defender and 1Kosmos have announced a strategic partnership that will see the deepfake detection firm integrate its real-time deepfake defenses into 1Kosmos’ blockchain-based biometric…
- 30 Oct 2025
Deepfakes: The Next Human Vulnerability for Businesses?
By Ben Jacob, Tech Lead EMEA, Sophos Red Team at Sophos Synthetic audio and video generation technologies, known as deepfakes, have reached a critical threshold. Once mostly limited to social media…
- 5 Feb 2024
How Fraudsters Trick Finance Worker into Paying them $25m Using Deepfake AI to Pose as Chief Financial Officer
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call,…
- 26 Sept 2025
Firm Reveals Deepfake Services now 400 times Cheaper
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have uncovered adverts on the darknet offering real-time video and audio deepfake services. Prices reportedly start at $50 for fake videos and…
- 11 Jan 2026
Indonesia Blocks Elon Musk’s Grok Over Deepfake Concerns
Indonesia has become the first country to block access to Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot, citing its generation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes including pornographic depictions of women and…
- 3 Dec 2019
Cybercriminals Turn to Deepfakes, Target Enterprise Networks
The year 2020 will see a new level of cyber-attacks – fake audio-visuals are forecast to be increasingly used by criminals as a social engineering tactic to extort money from companies and…
- 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…
- 14 Nov 2023
How AI Voice Deepfake Tools Used in Cyber Fraud Can Fool You
The Beatles have once again delighted millions of fans around the world by releasing a new song, all possible thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), combining parts of an old recording while also…
- 11 Dec 2023
Charity Scams and Voice Deepfakes: What 2024 Holds for Consumers
As Kaspersky continues to reveal insights from the Kaspersky Security Bulletin (KSB), the company’s team of cybersecurity experts presents a detailed forecast for the year 2024. Building on ongoing…
- 27 May 2026
YouTube Introduces Automatic AI Labels as Deepfake Concerns Grow
YouTube says it will soon begin automatically detecting artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content and applying labels to such videos for viewers on the platform. YouTube The Google-owned…
- 1 Feb 2024
7 Scams to Watch Out for in 2024
As technology gets more advanced, fraudsters are also getting better at deceiving and stealing from us. In 2024, scammers have some new tricks up their sleeve, such as deepfake impersonation. That is…
- 14 Oct 2024
Artificial Intelligence to Push eCommerce Fraud to $107Bn - Report
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fuelling the sophistication of attacks across the electronic commerce or ecommerce ecosystem with the use of deepfakes to defeat verification systems being a key…
- 4 Sept 2025
FG Cracks Down on Revenge Porn, Cyberstalking
Federal government has begun a sweeping purge on Nigeria’s digital space, targeting revenge porn, cyberstalking, deepfakes and manipulated nudes, according t o thenigerianvoice . The Nigerian Voice,…
- 7 Jan 2026
Kaspersky Shares AI Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026
Kaspersky experts outline how the rapid development of AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape in 2026, both for individual users and for businesses. Large language models (LLMs) are influencing…
- 12 May 2025
Why Even the Most Experienced can Fall Victim of AI Phishing Attacks
The evolution of AI is not only affecting various industries, but it has also transformed cybercriminals’ tactics. One alarming trend is the use of AI to enhance phishing scams, refining them,…
- 13 Jan 2022
Nigerian Businesses Record 2,308 Cyber Attacks Weekly - Report
Worldwide, the number of attacks experienced per business each week is 870 on average – alarmingly, in Nigeria, this weekly figure is 2 308 across all industry sectors collectively. The more-granular…
- 7 Oct 2024
Firm Warns that Employees’ Digital Fatigue Leads to Higher Cyber Risks
In observing World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October, Kaspersky warns of the relationship between digital fatigue and increased exposure to cyber risks. In today’s data-driven and digital…
- 16 Nov 2022
Check Point Cybersecurity Predictions Expect More Global Attacks, Government Regulation, and Consolidation in 2023
Check Point® Software Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has released its cybersecurity predictions for 2023, detailing the key security challenges that…
- 29 Sept 2025
Firm Highlights Biometric, Signature Risks as Phishing Evolves with AI and Stealth
Kaspersky detected and blocked over 142 million phishing link clicks in Q2 2025, a 3.3% increase globally and a 25.7% increase in Africa from Q1. Currently, phishing is going through a shift driven…
- 8 Dec 2023
Six Menacing AI Threats List You Need to know
By the end of this year already, the market for artificial intelligence (AI) in South Africa is projected to reach a size of $2.4 billion, showing an annual growth rate of 21% between now and 2030.…
- 13 May 2026
Kaspersky Challenges IT Leaders with Next-generation Cyber Protection Simulations
Kaspersky has expanded its Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS) with new advanced cyberattack scenarios tailored specifically for IT organisations. The update introduces realistic…
- 4 Dec 2024
Firm Predicts AI, Privacy to Shape Consumer Cybersecurity Landscape in 2025
According to Kaspersky's latest report, artificial intelligence (AI) will become an integral part of daily life, while privacy concerns around biometric data and advanced technologies will take…
- 27 Oct 2025
Report Says 68.9m Nigerian Internet Users Experience Online Sexual Abuse, Others
At least 68.9 million Nigerians who use the internet have experienced one form of gender-based harassment, online sexual abuse, cyberbullying, or other online harm, according to the State of Online…
- 24 Mar 2026
Nigerians Lose N12.5Bn to AI-Driven Scams- PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), global professional services network, has reported that Nigerians lost about N12.5 billion from 2019 to 2023, through escalating digital fraud schemes. AI-driven scams…
- 23 Apr 2026
DG NITDA Calls for Urgent Action on AI-Driven Cyber Threats, Announces More Stakeholder Engagements
Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has raised concerns over the rapidly evolving cybersecurity risks driven by artificial…
- 21 Dec 2018
10 Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2019
Biometric hacking, an increase in phishing attacks and sophisticated use of artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top cyber security threats to be expected in 2019, as attackers stop at nothing…
- 29 May 2025
Experts @ ABoICT 2025 Warn of Digital Disaster Risks in Nigeria Without AI Governance
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the global digital landscape, two prominent technology leaders have issued urgent warnings and strategic calls for Nigeria and Africa to adopt a…
- 30 Jun 2025
Intron Africa-centric Voice AI Accelerates Delivery of Justice, Patient Care, with New Sahara Models
Intron, a cutting-edge Africa-centric voice technology platform, is accelerating the delivery of justice, patient care, and customer experiences across Africa through Sahara, a suite of best-in-class…
- 2 Jul 2025
Ghana Tasks Africa On Increased Cyber security Investments
Ghana has urged other African countries to boost investment in cyber security tools and capacity building. Samuel Nartey George, minister for communication, digital technology, and innovation, made…
- 20 Aug 2024
Study Reveals 40% Believe that AI can be a Better Boss than a Human in Work, life
AI is becoming a new member of society according to results from a new Kaspersky survey titled ‘Excitement, Superstition and great Insecurity – How global Consumers engage with the Digital World’.…