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The African Challenge: Cybersecurity Awareness on the Continent

The challenge is that people are still taking unnecessary risks, in spite of their growing awareness and understanding of cybercrime

Key findings: The pandemic is still playing a major role in influencing working behaviours and patterns. Only 38% of respondents have returned to their offices or are accessing the internet from their office network, while 55% continue to work from home; 32% of respondents were affected by cybercrime while working…

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Cybercrime worries on the increase, but Africa’s mobile users loath to leave WhatsApp

A KnowBe4 poll of mobile users across Africa has revealed that awareness of cyber risk is on the increase, but that convenience overrides risk when it comes to WhatsApp data privacy concerns

Africa’s mobile users are increasingly concerned about the mobile risks and the potential for digital identity theft; however, this is not stopping them from using their favourite messaging platforms and applications. This emerged in new research carried out by KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) among over 700 smartphone users in Nigeria, Mauritius, Egypt,…

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Head’s up Africa. You’ve Been Phished

Of all the countries surveyed, Kenyans (75%) and South Africans (74%) were the most concerned about the risk of cyber crime

Key findings: 53% of Africans surveyed think that trusting emails from people they know is good enough; 28% have fallen for a phishing email and 50% have had a malware infection; 64% don’t know what ransomware is and yet believe they can easily identify a security threat; 52% don’t know…