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- 7 Jul 2026
Kaspersky Uncovers over 250,000 Potential Security Issues in GitHub Actions Workflows
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has conducted a major review of the GitHub Actions workflows within top-starred repositories. Leveraging newly introduced Kaspersky Container…
- 22 May 2024
Gipy Malware Steals Passwords under the Guise of AI Application
A new ongoing malware campaign that exploits the growing popularity of AI tools by disguising itself as an AI voice generator has been discovered by Kaspersky. The malware uses GitHub to store…
- 22 Jul 2021
Ecobank Group, Microsoft Upskill Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises to Succeed in a Digital Economy
Ecobank wants to help SMEs reach their full potential and play a vital role in driving Africa’s economic resurgence. Ecobank Group, in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy…
- 31 May 2020
6 Ways to Protect Your Networks Against DDoS Attacks
A DDoS attack can happen to anyone. In the past, it has hit Twitter, Telegram, GitHub, and the BBC. Whole governments, like those of Ecuador and Estonia, have had their websites knocked out by it.…
- 26 Feb 2025
Nigerian Developers Get Free AI-Assisted Coding from Gemini Code Assist
Google has unveiled Gemini Code Assist for individuals, a free version of their AI-coding assistant. This development assistant powered by Gemini 2.0 is now available to Nigerian developers and it…
- 13 Mar 2024
Empowering African Tech Talent: Jumia's Commitment to Local Innovation
The need for Africa to nurture homegrown tech talents has never been more pressing than it is now. Data, published on Statista , from a survey highlighting the need for more talents in the global…
- 23 Nov 2017
Uber Breaches: Sophos Advices Organisations To Be More Security Conscious
By peter oluka Following reports of massive data breaches suffered, but covered by Uber in 2016, Sophos has advised corporation to be more security conscious. A report by Bloomberg indicates the data…
- 2 Jan 2018
Microsoft Commissions AI School
Microsoft has made a big push into AI over the last couple of years and has its Cognitive Toolkit and its Cognitive Services APIs available to all comers. Now it has launched AI School with…
- 28 Oct 2025
BlueNoroff Targets Eecutives on Windows and MacOS Using AI-driven Tools
At the Security Analyst Summit in Thailand, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) unveiled the latest BlueNoroff APT activity through two highly targeted malicious campaigns…
- 5 Dec 2025
Afrilearn Expands Drive to Make Quality Education Attainable for African Children
Africans are better educated today than they have been at any other time, with many African nations making strides towards ensuring access to quality education and lifelong learning for their…
- 9 Mar 2018
Almost 2Tbps: Arbor Networks Foils Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
In a world in which bigger often means better, Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, was recently put to the test and passed with flying colours. This is according to Bryan…
- 24 Sept 2018
First Developer Cohorts Complete Andela Fellowship
Andela, the company that identifies and develops Africa’s most talented software engineers to help companies scale with high-performing teams, celebrated the first set of developers to have completed…
- 5 Jun 2023
Kaspersky Releases a Utility for Operation Triangulation Malware Detection on iOS
Following the report on the Operation Triangulation campaign targeting iOS devices, Kaspersky researchers have released a special ‘triangle_check’ utility that automatically searches for the malware…
- 15 Nov 2017
Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities to App Developers with Apache® Spark™
By peter oluka At Connect(); 2017, Microsoft Corp.’s annual event for professional developers, Scott Guthrie, executive vice president, announced new Microsoft data platform technologies and…
- 12 Jan 2022
Check Point Identifies Trickbot, Emotet and the Log4j Plague as December 2021’s Most Wanted Malware
Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for…
- 30 Mar 2022
Andela Unveils New Platform to Power the Future of Customized Work
The new customizable platform was purpose-built to match elite talent with jobs that fit, not just technical requirements, but personal work preferences too – 70% faster than traditional in-house…
- 25 Oct 2022
Andela to Solve Problems of Future of Work with EPIC Remote Hackathon
Andela, the global marketplace for remote technical talent, has opened applications for its upcoming EPIC Tournament. In partnership with HackerEarth, the tournament will see elite developers working…
- 4 Dec 2022
Bitget shares Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves to Enhance Transparency
Bitget, leading global cryptocurrency exchange, announces that it is launching its Proof of Reserves Page, which will demonstrate to users that we are a full-reserve exchange, as supported by its…
- 31 Jan 2023
Microsoft Collaborates with NACOS to Empower 100 Female Undergraduates at GEPICT 2023
Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC) and Microsoft Leap have partnered with the Nigeria Association of Computing Students (NACOS), the umbrella body for students studying Computer Science,…
- 20 Mar 2023
How to Make ChatGPT a Cybersecurity Co-Pilot - Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has on Monday released new research on how the cybersecurity industry can leverage GPT-3, the language model behind…
- 28 Jun 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa Needs More than just Connectivity - Report
Connectivity is an important enabler of digital content creation and knowledge production; however, a new study has found it is not an all-encompassing condition. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have…
- 12 Mar 2024
NITDA Warns Nigerians Against Malware Attack Targeting Facebook Users
National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has asked Nigerians to be mindful of a new malicious malware ‘OV3R_Stealer’, aimed at attacking Facebook users. This was contained in an…
- 19 Jun 2024
Meta Announces Llama Impact Innovation Awards to Support AI-Driven Organisations in Africa
Meta on Wednesday announced the launch of the Meta Llama (Large Language Model Meta AI) Impact Innovation Awards, building on its commitment to open science and empowering developers in every…
- 13 Mar 2025
Kaspersky Uncovers Cybercriminals Blackmailing YouTube Creators to Spread Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Cybercriminals are targeting popular YouTube creators with fake copyright claims, forcing them to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware disguised as Internet restriction bypass tools to thousands…
- 27 May 2024
Onyinyechi Onyenaucheya Wins Outstanding Software Developer Award @BoICT 2024
Onyinyechi Onyenaucheya has been recognized as the Outstanding Software Developer for 2024 at the Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards (BoICT). A passionate software engineer and tech innovator,…
- 28 May 2025
Firm Reports a 48% Increase in Malicious Packages Threatening Software Supply Chains
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) experts at the 10th annual Cyber Security Weekend – META 2025 held recently, talked about supply chain attacks and reported that by the end of…
- 21 Aug 2025
Meta Refactors AI Strategy, Freezes Hiring to Focus on Superintelligence
Meta Platforms has frozen hiring in its artificial intelligence division following months of aggressive recruitment, according to sources familiar with the matter. The hiring freeze, which took…
- 26 Jul 2026
Report Says Cybercriminals Deploy Malware to Hijack Crypto Wallets, Monitor Browsers Telegram
Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a sophisticated malware framework, dubbed OkoBot, that is targeting cryptocurrency users by stealing wallet recovery phrases, browser credentials…
- 4 Aug 2026
Kaspersky Reveals a New Malicious Framework Targeting Cryptocurrency Users with the Use of OkoSpyware
At its recent annual Cyber Security Weekend for the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region, Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) shared insights about the new OkoBot campaign…
- E-Business20 Aug 2026
Firm Warns As Popular Cloud Platforms Have Been Used in Over 390,000 Phishing Attacks
New Kaspersky research into phishing activity leveraging legitimate cloud platforms has revealed over 390,000 such attacks have been carried out in the last 12-months alone.