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Pan-African venture capital firm Askya Investment Partners has launched the Askya AI Growth Platform, a zero-equity initiative aimed at scaling early-stage artificial intelligence startups across the continent. Unveiled on stage at the Deep Learning Indaba 2026 conference at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, the six-week hybrid program is designed to help high-potential African AI companies reach…

Add to Google Preferred Sources Check Point Research identified a cybercrime operation called StopAndProtect that has weaponized nearly 2,000 hacked WordPress sites to distribute malware, steal data, and deploy ransomware. The campaign targets Windows users via fake ClickFix CAPTCHA prompts that execute PowerShell commands, installing a toolkit including ransomware, credential stealers, network worms, and a…