Tag: africa

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Global Telecom Networks With Spear Phishing

The WSJ revealed a brazen hack by Chinese state-sponsored bad actors who totally owned more than 10 global telecom networks, and had full admin access to their networks. They were able to swipe users’ whereabouts, text-messaging records and call logs. They reported: “The multiyear campaign, which is continuing, targeted 20 military officials, dissidents, spies and […]

Middle Eastern & African IT Professionals Often Pass On Secure Password Management

The   GITEX   Technology Week in Dubai gave   ManageEngine   the opportunity to interact with a cross-section of IT professionals from the Middle East and Africa, and we found that password security is still largely neglected.  IT organizations in the Middle East and Africa are quite interested in tightening security controls.