Africa

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2023
Africa Cyber Surge II law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 14 suspects

An international law enforcement operation across 25 African countries has led to the arrest of 14 cybercriminals. A coordinated law enforcement operation conducted by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL across 25 African countries has led to the arrest of 14 suspected cybercriminals and the identification of 20,674 suspicious cyber networks. The operation demonstrates the surge in cybercriminal […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2021
Reading INTERPOL the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021

INTERPOL published the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, a report that analyzes evolution of cybercrime in Africa. A new report published by INTERPOL, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, sheds the light on cybercrime in Africa. The report aims at providing information about the most prevalent threats in Africa, a continent that is particularly […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2017
Google detects Android Tizi Spyware that spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram

Google identified a new family of Android malware dubbed Tizi spyware by using Google Play Protect, it spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. In May, Google introduced the defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the Android devices, it implements a machine learning and app usage analysis to identify any malicious activity on the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2013
Africa – Cybercrime has turned the web as a hub of evil

Africa is becoming even more an “online continent” despite its economical difficulties, in the same time there is a growing incidence of cybercrime. A report released recently about the escalating cases of cybercrime by the Symantec security company revealed that whereas the most prevalent type of attacks are mobile phone users are now becoming more vulnerable to attacks by cybercriminals followed by computer […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2013
Cybercrime: Africa need a defense
 system

Africa ’s banking industry, tourism sector and plenty of other businesses are prone to cyber-related crime hence the urgent need to develop a defense system A good number of stakeholders and Internet Service Providers in Africa warned for the last two years that Africa’s banking industry, tourism sector and plenty of other businesses are prone […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2012
Joining hands against cybercrime in Africa

Concerned over rising threats online, Cyber security agents in Africa are taking a proactive step by collaborating with global network-security experts, to curb cybercriminal activities in the continent where they will share information and technical know how. Cyber security agents in Africa will gain an even better view of emerging cyber threats by working with […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2012
Cyber security landscape in Africa

Let me present you a very interesting study on cyber security landscape in Africa, conducted by IDG Connect, division of International Data Group (IDG), to which I gave my humble contribution. According the Economist data related to the first decade of this millennium shows that six of the world’s fastest growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa. The […]