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- 2 May 2022
Ransomware Hit 71Per Cent of Nigerian Organizations - Sophos' Annual State of Ransomware Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released its annual international survey and review of real-world ransomware experiences in the State of Ransomware 2022. Chester…
- 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…
- 3 Oct 2018
Microsoft Backs DSN’s Deep Learning Bootcamp to Upskill Local Developers in Modern Technologies
Microsoft Africa is the lead sponsor of the third edition of the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp, which is aimed at building capacity in the use of Deep Learning…
- 10 Nov 2021
Key Trends in Sophos 2022 Threat Report
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Wednesday published the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, which shows how the gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other…
- 12 Jul 2019
IT Managers are Inundated with Cyberattacks, Struggling to Keep Up, Says Sophos Global Survey
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has announced the findings of its global survey, The Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity, which reveals that IT managers are inundated with…
- 14 Sept 2021
Sophos Report Shows 66% Organizations in Nigeria Report Increase in Phishing Attacks
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Tuesday announced the findings of its global survey, “Phishing Insights 2021,” which reveals that phishing attacks targeting organizations…
- 12 May 2020
Paying Ransom Fuels Cost of Recovering from a Ransomware Attack, Sophos Warns
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which reveals that paying cybercriminals to restore data…
- 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Sophos Offers 5 Cybersecurity Tips to Remote Workers
Following the Federal and State Governments directives that businesses in Nigeria should adopt measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus many if not most organisations have already crossed the…
- 13 Dec 2021
Sophos Detects How Cyberattackers Are Exploiting Apache Log4Shell Vulnerability to Exploit Unpatched Systems
Following the reporting of the Apache Log4Shell vulnerability, Sophos has provided new threat intelligence on how cyberattackers are already exploiting or attempting to exploit unpatched systems. The…
- 15 Jul 2022
Sophos Survey Shows Increase in Ransomware Attacks on Education Institutions
Sophos , a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022 . The findings reveal that education institutions –…
- 2 Nov 2020
Organizations are Never the Same After Being Hit by Ransomware- Sophos Global Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its global survey, “Cybersecurity: The Human Challenge”, which reveals that organizations are never the same…
- 26 Nov 2020
Sophos Reveals Cyber Threat Patterns for 2021
Sophos, next-generation Cyber Security Company, has revealed the pattern cyber attackers will adopt to ravage and corporate in 2021. According to the company, the report provides a three-dimensional…
- 28 Apr 2021
Ransomware Recovery Cost Reaches Nearly $2 Million- Sophos Survey Shows
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its global survey, “The State of Ransomware 2021,” which reveals that the average total cost of recovery from…
- 9 Jun 2021
IT Teams in Nigeria Boosted Security Skills Amid Cyberattacks During COVID-19- Sophos Survey Shows
The result of recent survey by Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, tagged “The IT Security Team: 2021 and Beyond,” shows how increased security challenges during the pandemic…
- 8 Sept 2022
Retail Industry is the Second Most Targeted Industry by Ransomware in 2021, Sophos Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of…
- 8 May 2022
Report Says 44 Per cent of Nigerian Firms Paid Ransom for Hijacked Data in 2021
Some 71 per cent of Nigerian businesses were hit by ransomware attacks in 2021 while 44 per cent of the affected firms paid ransom to retrieve their data back, a report by Sophos, a United Kingdom…
- 6 May 2017
Sophos Schools Google, Users After ‘Docs’ Users’ Phishing Scam
Following the disclosure by Google saying it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users, security firm Sophos has identified a number of factors Google should consider,…
- 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…
- 15 Jul 2015
IBM Research-Africa, RTI Int’l Partner for Data-Driven Development
RTI International, - a leading nonprofit research institute - and IBM’s Africa research lab, have announced a partnership to deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies to help transform…
- 22 Jul 2020
McAfee Raises Cyber Crime Alarm Amid COVID-19
Cyber security solutions company McAfee has issued a warning on the rise of cyber criminal activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it observed an average of 375 new threats per minute in the…
- 9 Jun 2020
FG Okays PBR Cowpea, Nigeria’s First GMO Food Crop
Federal government has approved the commercial release of the nation’s first GMO food crop- pod-borer resistant (PBR) cowpea. According to Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), an organization dedicated to…
- 16 Dec 2019
Nigeria Commercializes First Genetically Engineered Cowpea
Nigeria has reached a major food security milestone with the commercial release of insect-resistant cowpea — its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, according to Cornell Alliance for Science.…
- 2 Dec 2018
World AIDS Day: 4YBY Rewards Finalists in HIV Self-Testing Contest
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, the 4Youth By Youth (4YBY) Group, a team of Nigerian researchers led Dr. Oliver Ezechi at the Nigerian Institute of Medical…
- 24 Jan 2017
Samsung Blames Galaxy Note 7 Fires on Faulty Batteries, Tenders Apology
Samsung, a global giant in smartphone and general household electronics has blamed faulty batteries for the fires that hit its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device last year, as it sought to draw a line…
- 1 Sept 2021
MTN Donates Oligo-Synthesizer Machine through Medcourt
MTN Nigeria, through its foundation has donated the first Oligo-synthesizer to the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos. This is as part of its proactive effort and support for…
- 26 May 2022
54gene Signs MoU with ANSTS to Announce Landmark SEN-GENOME Genetics Research Study
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has partnered on a new Senegal research study SEN-GENOME, which will establish a full…
- 19 Dec 2012
2012: Alcatel-Lucent Reels Success Story, Activities
Alcatel-Lucent has a very strong presence in Africa, connected to its global organization, leveraging central support and ensuring best practices, the company has dedicated teams with local knowledge…
- News17 Aug 2026
African scientists Prepare to Place Radio Telescope on Moon
African scientists and engineers are preparing to place a working radio telescope array on the surface of the Moon.
- 20 Feb 2022
Nigeria, 5 Others Get WHO Technology to Produce mRNA Vaccines
World Health Organisation (WHO),has name Nigeria among five other African countries that will receive its needed technology to establish mRNA vaccine production in Africa. The global health body…
- 3 Jan 2017
Big Data Trends to Watch in 2017
Big data continues to be the fastest-growing segment of the information management software market. New findings released by leading global data, market research, and advisory firm Ovum estimate that…