Saudi Arabian operator Zain KSA and network security specialist Enea have announced a collaboration to pilot the world’s first mobile network signalling overlay technology, which, they say, significantly extends signalling firewall capabilities.
Egypt’s National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) has partnered with Arab Security Consultants (ASC), a distributor of the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) in Egypt, to bolster collaboration in network security and cybersecurity.
PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications said on Tuesday that in the first quarter of this year, it has blocked more than 13 million SMShing (a.k.a. “smishing”) messages designed to help criminals take over people’s social media accounts.
The Saudi Arabian market is to welcome a new player in the cybersecurity solutions field through a venture established by a Public Investment Fund-owned company alongside Korean security solutions business AhnLab.
The GSMA has announced that China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have commercially launched an open API from the GSMA Open Gateway initiative to help reduce mobile fraud, while CITIC Telecom, Huawei and ZTE have joined the initiative.
Eviden, a leading name in digital, cloud, big data and security, has announce the opening of its new Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Monterrey, Mexico, to enable advanced cybersecurity services to organisations across North and South America.
Malaysian operator Maxis revealed on Tuesday that it has signed an MoU with Dell Technologies to design cybersecurity and 5G-powered endpoint solutions for enterprises.
Thai telco AIS has released its first batch of Open APIs for app developers, solution providers, and businesses via the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative, mainly aimed at fraud prevention.
Telcos in Indonesia and South Africa on Thursday launched new API services focused on enhancing security and customer experience as part of the GSMA Open Gateway initiative.
Globe Teleservices announced on Monday it has entered into an exclusive strategic alliance with Tigo Tanzania to deploy its intelligent firewall solution for A2P SMS.
Philippine mobile payments platform GCash has reportedly signed an MoU with the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s cybercrime unit to set up a mechanism to tackle online scams and fraud cases more quickly.
Malaysian operator Maxis has been reportedly hit by a cyberattack from an international hacking group that claims to have stolen internal data and posted it on the dark web.
UPDATE: Ukrainian telco Kyivstar has restored mobile internet services as well as voice services and fixed-broadband internet connectivity after its network was taken down by a massive cyberattack on Tuesday, but full recovery may still be a few weeks away.
Ukrainian operator Kyivstar says it was targeted by a massive cyberattack on Tuesday that successfully knocked out voice and internet services for all of its 24.3 million mobile subscribers and 1.1 million home internet subscribers.
Adding cybersecurity to 5G platforms is essential for gaining customers' trust and critical for driving enterprise 5G adoption.
Two Vodafone Idea (Vi) partnerships have made very different headlines in the past week: one because it has just been signed. The other, however, is not to continue beyond its initial two-year term.
Huawei's latest security products and solutions garnered much attention at the recent Huawei Network Summit (HNS) 2023 in Jakarta as the vendor expands its capabilities in this key sector.
Is India about to relax its data storage rules? A widely reported (though as yet unconfirmed by government) new draft version of a planned privacy bill seems to indicate that it is.
Telekom Malaysia (TM) confirmed hackers breached its defences with the private information of customers from broadband provider unit Unifi affected.
Malaysian wholesale 5G provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) is deploying solutions from Ericsson to boost its network security.
Not long after last year’s efforts by Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) to register SIMs, culminating in over 8 million unregistered SIM cards being deactivated, the NCA now plans to introduce shortcodes to verify SIMs linked to Ghana Cards.
With data drawn from Interpol’s member countries, private partners, and research conducted by its Africa Cybercrime Operations Desk, the latest Interpol African Cyberthreat Assessment Report looks back over 2022 and provides a comprehensive overview of cyberthreat trends in the African region.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired Egyptian cloud and security firm Cysiv MEA, formerly known as SecureMisr.
KaiOS, a mobile operating system for smart featurephones with a focus on the developing world, says it has formed a partnership with cybersecurity technology firm Trustonic.
Saudi Arabian telecommunications services company Zain KSA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with StarLink, a value-added distributor (VAD) in cybersecurity, secure cloud and secure networking in the Middle East and Africa, for cybersecurity and cloud computing services.
