FEATURES EDITION | Criminals Are Testing Their Ransomware Campaigns in Africa

The booming economies of Africa, rich in natural resources and brimming with potential, are attracting not just investors but also cybercriminals. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( October 05, 2024 LATEST SECURITY FEATURES & COMMENTARY [Criminals Are Testing Their Ransomware Campaigns in Africa]( The booming economies of Africa, rich in natural resources and brimming with potential, are attracting not just investors but also cybercriminals. [MITRE Launches AI Incident Sharing Initiative]( The collaboration with industry partners will improve collective AI defenses. Trusted contributors receive protected and anonymized data on real-world AI incidents. [Reachability Analysis Pares Down Static Security-Testing Overload]( For development teams awash in vulnerability reports, reachability analysis can help tame the chaos and offer another path to prioritize exploitable issues. [What Communications Companies Need to Know Before Q-Day]( NIST standardized three algorithms for post-quantum cryptography. What does that mean for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry? [NSA Releases 6 Principles of OT Cybersecurity]( Organizations can use this guide to make decisions about designing, implementing, and managing OT environments to ensure they are both safe and secure, as well as to enable business continuity for critical services. [4 Ways to Fight AI-Based Fraud]( Generative AI is being used to make cyberscams more believable. Here's how organizations can counter that using newly emerging tools and reliable methods. [Dragos Expands ICS Platform With New Acquisition]( The addition of Network Perception will bring enhanced network visibility, compliance, and segmentation analytics to the Dragos OT cybersecurity platform. [Normalizing Security Culture: You Don't Have to Get Ready If You Stay Ready]( Prioritizing security as a critical element to an organization's effectiveness and success will reduce the risk of incidents, while benefiting the whole team and the organization's reputation. [MORE FROM THE EDGE]( / [MORE FROM DR TECHNOLOGY]( HOT TOPICS [Thousands of DrayTek Routers at Risk From 14 Vulnerabilities]( Several of the flaws enable remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks, while others enable data theft, session hijacking, and other malicious activity. [Near-'perfctl' Fileless Malware Targets Millions of Linux Servers]( Armed with a staggering arsenal of at least 20,000 different exploits for various Linux server misconfigurations, perfctl is everywhere, annoying, and tough to get rid of. [Ukraine-Russia Cyber Battles Tip Over Into the Real World]( "Pig butchering," generative AI, and spear-phishing have all transformed digital warfare. 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