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Cybersecurity News, conversations, latest intelligence and trends from the #CyberWorld

[Matty McTech @setupspawn]

The future of the Internet?

[StatsGH @StatsGH]

Mobile-money transactions hit GHS 3.019 trillion in 2024, a 57.9 % jump year on year.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

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[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

PLEASE RETWEET

Kenyan activist and journalist Boniface Mwangi @bonifacemwangi was abducted this morning from his home by men in army uniforms.

The award-winning journalist has been at the forefront of numerous human rights campaigns against corruption and abuse of power.

This is unacceptable President @WilliamsRuto, you are taking Kenya back to the Arap Moi days, please release him or take him to court.

@MaryLawlorhrds @UNHumanRights

[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

Some cyber attacks

[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

The breach, which includes Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, could power a raft of identity theft, fraud and other crimes, said Teresa Murray.

Read more: https://t.co/U1gfY3DZzj

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[Kaspersky @kaspersky]

Medium Businesses Need SIEM: Here's How to Implement It Step by Step 👟👟

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting medium-sized businesses, as the cost of an attack is usually low and the potential ransom payments are relatively high.

To counter this threat, SMBs should adopt protections typically used by larger organizations. A foundational piece of this improved cybersecurity architecture is a SIEM system. We’ve previously covered what SIEM is and how it’s relevant to SMBs (https://t.co/N6lXOSdIjN), but what specific steps should IT and management take to implement this solution?

Read our blog post for a comprehensive how-to on SIEM implementation for medium-sized businesses!
https://t.co/avG6iCrbGP

#cybersecurity #SMB #SIEM

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Making Mama Africa proud 🇸🇸🇳🇬

[TrendAI @trendaisecurity]

The China-based threat actor Water Sigbin (a.k.a. 8220 Gang) is exploiting CVE-2017-3506 and CVE-2023-21839 in Oracle WebLogic servers. They're using PowerShell scripts to deploy #XMRig crypto miner malware.

Learn how to defend against this threat: https://t.co/nuzRtpasjr

[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

A large breach like this is a good reminder for businesses to be aware of risks to their third-party vendors and supply chains. Businesses should consider security tools and have a recovery backup plan in case their data is stolen.

Read more: https://t.co/Qtp9hPZnBH

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[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

The ticket-selling to customers Monday that it recently discovered an "unauthorized third party" obtained information from a cloud database hosted by a third-party company between April 2 and May 18.

Read more: https://t.co/VtlGGOgS8x

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[Kaspersky @kaspersky]

#CallForPapers! We’re looking for some of the best, most interesting presentations to join us at #TheSAS2024 – think you’ve got what it takes?

Apply now ⇒ https://t.co/SdFYpzxQxU

[Geoffrey Hinton @geoffreyhinton]

I’m excited to share that I have joined the advisory board of @cusp_ai who have today come out of stealth mode and are using cutting edge AI to tackle one of the most urgent problems we as society face: climate change.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Curtis Jenkins, an elementary school bus driver, asked every kid on his bus what they wanted for Christmas. He bought every child a gift.

[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

The Times reported names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and the partial credit card details from Ticketmaster were being offered for sale online.

Read more: https://t.co/jq2qBTtkpP

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[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

Not everytime Vini, Foden or Palmer. We need to do more to hype up our African talent. Superstar❤️

[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

2024 Global Threat Analysis Report predicts that the number of zero-day exploits and deepfake scams will increase as malicious actors become more proficient with large language models and generative adversarial networks.

Read more: https://t.co/AlCCqTIbEi

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[CyberTechGH @DanKwaku]

Its the defensive frontline protecting against a myriad of cyber adversaries who seek to compromise the very essence of our digital existence, making it an inseparable component of both personal and organizational data and analytics protection

Read more: https://t.co/7B82zH6268

[Canadian Centre for Cyber Security @cybercentre_ca]

A secure network is crucial for all sectors as it offers critical protection from cyber threat actors. Here are the best practices for network security logging and monitoring that will help you identify any indicators of compromise. https://t.co/xqbfXMXjhT