Africa: Cybercriminals Target African Countries With Ransomware

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Threat research for November 2016 reveals both Locky and Cryptowall attacks increased by 10% globally over the past month

Check Point has revealed that five African nations were among the top 10 most-attacked countries in November as cybercriminals made increasing use of ransomware attacks using the Locky and Cryptowall viruses.

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