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15 November CyberBrief:

📰 International cybersecurity skills competition: International Cybersecurity Challenge 2025📰

Team Europe clinched first place in the 2025 edition of the International Cybersecurity Challenge held in Tokyo, underscoring the growing importance of global talent development and cross-region cooperation in cyber defence.

📰Major law-enforcement win: Europol’s “Operation Endgame” dismantles cyber-crime networks📰

The operation took down infrastructure behind the Rhadamanthys infostealer, VenomRAT, and the Elysium botnet. Hundreds of thousands of infected computers and millions of stolen credentials were linked to these networks.

📰Costly cyber breaches surge across Africa📰

African businesses are grappling with an increase in costly cyber incidents, with a growing number of firms reporting financial losses exceeding US$1 million from breaches over the past three years, according to PwC’s latest Global Digital Trust Insights Survey. Based on responses from 3,887 executives across 72 countries, the survey identified AI as the top investment priority for cybersecurity amid escalating threats.

📰India & Central Asia: Strategic Cyber Exercise Completed📰

India, together with Central Asian partners, concluded a multi-day cyber-exercise to boost technical capacities in transnational cyber-threat hunting and incident response. The successful conclusion of the exercise marks a significant milestone in the collective security journey of India and Central Asia, transitioning from individual national defenses to an interconnected and resilient cyber ecosystem.

☘️Stay tuned for the next Cyberbrief.

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