InfoSecSherpa’s Weekly Africa InfoSec News Round Up for September 19, 2021
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1 min readSep 20, 2021
- Ransomware encrypts South Africa’s entire Dept of Justice network
(Bleeping Computer, September 15th) - How to join the 10th Annual East Africa Information Security Conference
(TechJaja, September 15th) - Africa’s Maritime Cyber Security Progress After the Transnet Attack
(Maritime Executive, September 16th) - Morocco’s Mohamed Benhammou Named President of the African Cyber Security Federation
(Morocco World News, September 18th) - Hushpuppi — the Instagram influencer and international fraudster
(BBC News Africa, September 14th) - UN wants Nigeria, others to deepen Internet safety
(The Guardian Nigeria, September 15th) - Kaspersky records over 2 million phishing attacks in Kenya, S Africa and Nigeria
(KBC, September 15th) - Don’t Blame China for the Rise of Digital Authoritarianism in Africa
(Foreign Policy Research Institute, September 13th) - Citizens spyware struck off Cyber Bill
(Zimbabwe Independent, September 16th) - Institutions need roadmap to tackle growing cybersecurity challenges
(Ghana Web, September 17th)
