Thread by @NateDFAllen

After 6ish months of devouring everything I can find on #Africa's cyber threats and challenges, here are my top-ten articles and reports, in no-particular order. All no paywall, open-source. 1/n

For unparalleled insight into the scope and scale of cyber threats and attacks, this 2016 report by @symantec and @_AfricanUnion is the gold standard. 2/n

thehaguesecuritydelta.com/media/com_hsd/…

For continent-level information on the costs of cybercrime and deficits in organizational preparedness, this 2017 report and survey of leading cyber professionals / organizations, edited by @serianultd's Brencil Kaimba, is a must read. 3/n

serianu.com/downloads/Afri…

On interstate relations, cyber stability and governance in Africa, read Jerome Uchenna Orji's amazing analysis of the challenges facing the implemention of the 2014 Malabo convention. 4/n

journals.muni.cz/mujlt/article/…

For careful, detailed and comprehensive documentation of Russian influence operations in #Africa, look no farther then this @FSIStanford white paper by @shelbygrossman, Daniel Bush and @noUpside.

5/n

fsi.stanford.edu/publication/ev…

For those interested in the implications of the spread of Chinese influence + digital surveillance technologies for democracy in #Africa, drop everything and immediately read this testimony by @SteveJFeldstein in front of the @USCC_GOV.

6/n

uscc.gov/sites/default/…

This is a mind-blowing account of how a lone hacker inadvertently ground Liberia's internet to a halt by @business's @KitChellel.

7/n

bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Hot off the presses, this @ENACT_Africa and @INTERPOL_Cyber report is the go-to source for the linkage between mobile money, cybercrime and transnational organized crime in Africa.

8/n

enactafrica.org/research/inter…

On the promises and pitfalls of the use of internet for African terrorists groups, check out @kemenkhaus's analysis of #AlShabaab and social media.

bjwa.brown.edu/20-2/al-shabaa…

Did you know that the Nigerian 409-scams have evolved into one of the world's fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises?

If not, this @Unit42_Intel report will get you up to speed.

10/n

paloaltonetworks.com/resources/whit…

See also the #COVID-19 version, in which a #Nigerian cybercriminal group called Scattered Canary steals hundreds of millions in U.S. unemployment benefits.

wired.com/story/nigerian…

11/n

Finally, because I just can't do just 10, check out @DrM2H (mattherbert.org/lalinea/2019/1…) on disinfo, drones and cyberattacks in the civil war in Libya and @noelle_cowling (blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…) on Africa's strategic cyber challenges.

12/n

Did I miss something, maybe something you wrote? Have other favorites? Please post them here!