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Agentic AI arms cyber attackers to up their game

Ransomware and phishing surge in Africa as AI lets threat actors scale up attacks, ESET research shows.

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Agentic AI arms cyber attackers to up their game

ESET reveals 25,000 malicious AI skills and PromptSpy malware with AI targeting Android; phishing hits 45.4% in South Africa. For CIOs, the threat spans unvetted AI plugins (84% execute unauthorized commands), evolving phishing (+108% ClickFix, 11% quishing), requiring urgent MFA and vendor governance.

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AI lowers barrier to sophisticated cyber attacks

How Africa’s crises build smarter states

AI is involved in 55% of cybercrime across Africa, but only 8% of intelligence analysts have advanced skills…

How Africa’s crises build smarter states

African cybercriminals are using AI faster than police can keep up

Agentic AI arms cyber attackers to up their game

African cybercriminals are using AI faster than police can keep up

AI is involved in 55% of cybercrime across Africa, but only 8% of intelligence analysts have advanced skills to fight it