Leading Systems Integrator and Managed Services Provider, Dimension Data has challenged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to re-think their approach to digital transformation and consider cyber security as an integral…
CYBER SECURITY
Unwanted Witness today released a first-of-its-kind analysis evaluating how Uganda’s top data collectors—many of whom operate across Africa—adhere to privacy standards and best practices that protect consumers’ personal data. The…
ESET, a global industry-leading IT security provider together with other players in the cybersecurity sector have raised the red flag on the increase of state and state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting government…
Cybercriminals come in many different flavors, but the majority of them are in it for one thing: financial pay-off. They want the money that comes with offering their tools or…
ESET, a global industry-leading IT security software and service provider has uncovered a new malware variant called Turian that is being spread by the Advanced Persistent Threat Group BackdoorDiplomacy that primarily targets…
There was a lot of hullabaloo about nothing last year towards the end over the WhatsApp updated and terms of service policy which needed users to allow sharing of their…
TetherView, a leading provider of custom-tailored enterprise solutions designed to bring businesses safely and securely into the cloud, is pleased to announce the launch of Digital Bunker™, a comprehensive one-way-in…
Microsoft is working with leading silicon partners; AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc to bring more security advancements to future Windows PCs through the launch of Microsoft Pluton, a security processor designed…
Cisco is helping its customers and partners reimagine the way the workforce and workplace operates with new security innovations across the portfolio designed to offer greater agility, simplicity, and resiliency…
ESET has launched new versions of its Windows security products for consumers. The new versions upgrade the protection in ESET Internet Security, ESET NOD32 Antivirus, and ESET Smart Security Premium. …
Despite research showing an overall decrease in certain malware families and types in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in H1 2020 (36% decrease in South Africa, 26% decrease in Kenya and a…
Dimension Data has enhanced its Threat Intelligence Center services with industry leading capabilities that aim to empower business enterprises with data-driven automation, incident response and improved security operations. The enhanced…
By Anna Collard, SVP of Content Strategy & Evangelist for KnowBe4 Africa Key findings highlighted by the INTERPOL assessment of the cybercrime landscape in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic has ranked phishing…
Kaspersky security solutions have reported on 28 million cyber attacks in 2020 and 102 million detections of potentially unwanted programs (pornware, adware etc.) they have accounted for by the beginning…
Google announced on Tuesday that it is launching two new security offerings; Confidential Computing with Confidential VMs, designed for customers with highly-regulated or sensitive data that require extra protection in…
Microsoft has introduced a new security technology, Kernel Data Protection (KDP) in attempts to tackle the challenge of data corruption. Microsoft says attackers, have been shifting their focus towards data…
The number of insider-related cybersecurity incidents in East Africa has increased by 55 percent in the last three months as most companies lacking active monitoring of their IT infrastructure transitioned…
Andela Kenya as launched a competitive online code challenge for software engineers named “Crack the Code” during this time where most people are urged by the government to stay at…
As the world experience rapid escalation of COVID-19 cases, with more deaths being reported from around the world, many people have taken preventive measures like social distancing, government closing schools…
There is something that has been bothering me for years. No amount of Google search has led me to the correct explanation. It’s how when someone calls me, the phone…
Are you safe online? Maybe you shouldn’t care that much because, after all, you are an adult. But do you have kids? Young teenage siblings? Those ones, you ought to…
Internet Solutions has invested Shs20 million in setting up a Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre that aims to help companies to monitor, analyze and respond to evolving cyber threats. The move…
A recent report shared to us by Microsoft revealed that Kenya has only 1.700 cybersecurity experts despite ranging cyber attacks that cost the country over shs 30 billion last year….
Following our article published about an hour ago, an article that explained how the argument that Safaricom Social Media Representatives were the ones that were sending out personal tweets does…
Yesterday morning Kenyans woke up to an apology by Safaricom, an apology majority refused to accept. The apology was occasioned by a series of tweets that indicated that one of…
In 2018, cyberattacks cost the Kenyan economy 30 Billion shillings (Kshs 29.5 B to be precise). This is according to the most recent annual report published by cybersecurity firm Serianu….
As we near the end of 2017, we will be reflecting on a number of issues that came up in the year of our Lord 2017. And today we start…
“Data Is the New Oil of the Digital Economy. Data in the 21st Century is like Oil in the 18th Century”. That is a common phrase these days that most…
A few days ago, WanaCrypt0r 2.0, a malicious software hit global companies and internet users around the world leading to PCs and data being locked up and held for ransom….
Julius Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks has promised that his organization would help companies like Apple, Google and Samsung to defend themselves against recently released hacking tools. The tools were…