For the first quarter of 2023, the share of users attacked with spyware in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria increased steadily.

Cybersecurity solution provider, Kaspersky, has disclosed that its anti-phishing system prevented more than 500 million attempts at accessing fraudulent websites globally in 2022. It said this is twice more compared to the 2021 figures.

From January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means in Nigeria and other parts of Africa, including the Middle East and Turkey (META).

Menace of cybercrime in Africa sustained a huge rising profile in the first six months of the year with phishing and scams hitting 438 per cent and 174 per cent in Kenya and Nigeria respectively.

Italy's data privacy watchdog said Friday it was investigating the "potential risks" that Russian antivirus software Kaspersky could be used to launch cyberattacks.

While analysing the threat landscape of African countries, Kaspersky experts saw a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the region, as cybercriminals consolidated their efforts

ADEYEMI ADEPETUN, in this copy, writes on the persistent threat to Nigeria’s cyberspace as criminals continue to unleash various cyber attacks

With the hybrid workplace becoming the new norm as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, attempts and spates of attacks on individuals and corporate bodies by hackers have been on the rise.

Kaspersky, an Internet security firm said in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, its research identified the top malware families as ransomware, financial/banking trojans, and crypto-miner malware.

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