Africa: Somali President, Egypt Defence Minister Attend Lineup of Egyptian Troops for AU Mission

Africa: Somali President, Egypt Defence Minister Attend Lineup of Egyptian Troops for AU Mission

Cairo — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and General Abdel Mageed Saqr, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and minister of defence, attended the lineup of Egyptian troops assigned to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Egypt’s military spokesperson said Wednesday. The ceremony underscored Cairo’s continued engagement in African peace and…

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South Africa needs a national ‘quantum defence strategy’

South Africa needs a national ‘quantum defence strategy’

IBM’s Q quantum computer South Africa is not paying enough attention to the threat future quantum computers could pose to cybersecurity and national key points such as water infrastructure and power stations. This is according to Noelle van der Waag-Cowling, cyber programme lead at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership (Sigla) at Stellenbosch University,…

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The last line of defence

The last line of defence

A constant refrain in the security sector is that everything is an endpoint. If it’s connected to the internet, it’s an endpoint. Endpoints need protection and they’re often neglected. While the criminals who broke into the Louvre in broad daylight in October used prosaic methods, it turns out that the museum’s cyber policies were also…

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A new era of e-mail defence: KnowBe4 meets Microsoft

A new era of e-mail defence: KnowBe4 meets Microsoft

E-mail remains the easiest way into an organisation. Phishing, business e-mail compromise (BEC) and ransomware now arrive wrapped in convincing language, trusted brands and increasingly artificial intelligence-generated content. Security teams are battling growing volumes of alerts and a patchwork of tools that don’t always work well together. In a recent TechCentral webinar, KnowBe4 and Microsoft…

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Defence of Donetsk town a priority, says Zelensky, as special forces deployed

Defence of Donetsk town a priority, says Zelensky, as special forces deployed

James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent, in Kyiv Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the defence of Pokrovsk is a “priority”, as elite special force were deployed to the embattled town on the eastern front line. Ukrainian army sources told the BBC that special forces from military intelligence and assault groups were being used as regular infantry…

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Africa: Somali President, Egypt Defence Minister Attend Lineup of Egyptian Troops for AU Mission

Africa: Taking Down Malaria’s Bodyguards – Scientists Target Parasite’s Secret Defence System

Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes – Plasmodium falciparum. When the parasite invades the human body, it faces a hostile environment: soaring fevers, attacks from the body’s immune system,…

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