Bluebottle cybercrime group is active in Africa

Over the past several months, cybercrime group Bluebottle has been targeting companies in the financial sector in French-speaking African countries with a combination of spear phishing attacks and malware centred around job opportunities, Kaspersky warns. “The...
African economic growth expected to outpace global forecast

African economic growth expected to outpace global forecast

Africa is set to outperform the rest of the world in economic growth over the next two years, with real gross domestic product (GDP) averaging around 4% in 2023 and 2024. This is higher than projected global averages of 2,7% and 3,2%, according to the African...

Amid a global energy crisis, the world should look to Africa

Amid the climate, energy and geopolitical crises that have been raging for some years now, it is time the world looked to Africa for energy. This is according to Samia Suluhu Hassan, president of Tanzania, speaking at a session on “Repowering the World” at...

In search of an open and inclusive metaverse

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established an expert focus group to work towards international technical standards for the metaverse. The focus group offers a venue to start laying the groundwork for technical standards that can help create an...

Phishing emails still popular with hackers

Phishing emails continue to be one of the most common and effective methods to maliciously impact a variety of organisations around the world – everyone is a potential victim. Cybercriminals constantly refine their strategies to outsmart end users and...

Geopolitical instability raises threat of catastrophic cyberattack

Geopolitical instability is exacerbating the risk of catastrophic cyberattacks, according to the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 report, which was launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos. Over 93% of cybersecurity experts and 86% of...