InfoSecSherpa’s Weekly Africa InfoSec News Round Up for Week Ending November 23, 2021
InfoSecSherpa: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information!
1 min readNov 23, 2021
- Kaspersky says Africa new target for cyberattacks
(The East African, November 23rd) - African cybersecurity concerns extend to energy and financial systems
(ESI Africa, November 23rd) - ‘Bokkie’ and ‘Liverpool’: South Africa’s most common passwords revealed — and you might need to change yours
(The South African, November 22nd) - Partnerships and training key to combating Africa’s post-pandemic cybercrime threat
(Zawya, November 18th) - Morocco Participates in Israeli Cyber Attack Simulation on Aviation Sector
(Morocco World News, November 17th) - Digital Encode rewards Cyberchain Hackathon winners, commits to raise cyber defenders for Nigeria
(Tech City, November 22nd) - Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya record 2m cyber attacks in 6 months
(Pulse, November 17th) - Confidence Staveley Announced as New Obama Foundation Africa Leader
(Tech Cabal, November 17th) - Cyberthreats continue to grow in sub-Saharan Africa, with some threats reemerging
(Creamer Media’s Engineering News, November 17th) - Malicious URLs threatening Kenyan and Nigerian Internet users reaches 6.5 million
(Intelligent CIO, November 22nd)
