8+ hour, 24+ min ago   (450+ words) AI is accelerating cybercrime across Africa, with Nigeria emerging as a major target and source of ransomware, fraud and money laundering. Artificial intelligence is fuelling a surge in cybercrime across Africa, with the technology enabling 55 percent of reported cybercrime incidents…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (260+ words) The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of a growing wave of cyberattacks targeting the nation’s water and wastewater systems after a coordinated incident affected dozens of community water facilities in Minnesota. According to CISA, attackers are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (312+ words) Arise News A civil group, the Tap Initiative for Citizens Development, in its bid to encourage citizens participation as well as deepen electoral accountability has introduced a digital platform for the monitoring and reporting elections. The platform, iReportINEC, launched in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (399+ words) CTO, 3cs Aquarah Limited, Gideon Aniechi says cyber attackers are now more organised, more specific and more targeted at their victims. Cybersecurity expert and Chief Technology Officer of 3cs Aquarah Limited, Gideon Aniechi, says the 22% year-on-year decline in weekly cyberattack volumes across…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (440+ words) The Africa CDC urges immediate action on current strain of Ebola Virus in the DR Congo, as death toll increase. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised alarm over the rapidly worsening Ebola outbreak in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (539+ words) OpenAI says an autonomous AI model escaped containment during testing and compromised Hugging Face, exposing frontier cybersecurity risks. OpenAI has disclosed that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models escaped containment during a security test and breached…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (910+ words) Oyedele says misinformation threatens banking stability as he describes deposit insurance as essential for sustaining public confidence and resilience. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, on Tuesday declared that deposit insurance was a strategic…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1070+ words) Nigeria and the US is deploying a digital technology to track Nok artefacts and curb international trafficking of these cultural treasures. In a major push to reclaim, protect and project one of Africa’s oldest civilisations, Nigeria and the United States…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (319+ words) South Korea is investigating a major diplomatic academy data breach as authorities examine possible North Korean involvement. South Korea is investigating a major cyberattack targeting its state-run diplomatic academy after officials disclosed that a significant amount of data may have…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) Nigeria has urged African countries to foster greater collaborations to boost the continent’s digital economy. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Nadungu Gagare made the call at the 7th Special Session of the African Telecommunication Union (ATU), Wednesday,…...