Africa faces rising ransomware threat, warns Kaspersky

Companies must offload their backup to the specialists to cope with their security and backup management challenges, says Veeam.

The crime is a major issue in both the UK and Nigeria, thus the governments plan to strengthen existing collaborative efforts to crack down on cyber-criminals.

In the event of a ransomware attack, production data isn't the only victim, and the losses won't only be financial, says Veeam.

The continent is more concerned about cybercrime as mobile banking use grows and WhatsApp is used for business purposes.

Kaspersky says the partnership has resulted in it being an active contributor to fostering a more cyber-savvy environment in Africa.

Check Point says African organisations are increasingly vulnerable to attacks, especially as they adopt hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The pension fund says hackers used alarmist tactics to create the impression they had hacked the entire system.

This week, the government partnered with Huawei to train almost 200 of its officials in cloud computing security.

A recent webinar, hosted by Rubrik and ITWeb Africa, focused on the major security threats and impact of new data legislation in Nigeria.

Rubrik, in collaboration with ITWeb, invites Nigerian IT and security decision-makers to attend its upcoming webinar to discuss the findings of a recent survey into data security and learn how to strengthen their data security approach.

The health lab first revealed the security breach last week, and the attack made systems inaccessible both internally and publicly.