Cyble and Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority( BOCRA) sign MoU to advance national cybersecurity in Botswana
Digital goods fraud to cost eCommerce merchants US $ 27 billion globally by 2030 as AI tools accelerate attacks
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Cyble and Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority( BOCRA) sign MoU to advance national cybersecurity in Botswana
yble, a global leader in cybersecurity, threat intelligence
C and digital risk protection, has announced the signing of a landmark MoU with the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority( BOCRA), in collaboration with the Botswana National CSIRT.
This strategic partnership aims to strengthen Botswana’ s national cybersecurity ecosystem and accelerate the country’ s cyber-resilience efforts amid rising global cyberthreats. insights from Cyble’ s proprietary AI-native platforms that track malicious activity across the open, deep and Dark Web. This enhanced situational awareness will enable Botswana’ s cybersecurity teams to identify and respond to risk indicators with greater speed and accuracy, reducing the potential impact on critical infrastructure, businesses and citizens.
Capacity building and skills development will also form a key pillar of this partnership, with the initiative aiming to support knowledge transfer and help create a sustainable cybersecurity talent pipeline within the country.
“ This partnership reflects our continued commitment to supporting national cybersecurity priorities across Africa,” noted Manish Chachada, Co-founder and COO of Cyble.“ By combining Cyble’ s threat intelligence expertise with BOCRA’ s regulatory leadership, we are confident in our ability to strengthen Botswana’ s cyber resilience and help the nation navigate the rapidly evolving threat landscape.”
The MoU establishes a collaboration focused on enhancing Botswana’ s cyber defence capabilities, improving incident response readiness and empowering national stakeholders with access to Cyble’ s advanced threat intelligence technologies.
Cyble will support BOCRA with real-time intelligence on emerging threats, including
Digital goods fraud to cost eCommerce merchants US $ 27 billion globally by 2030 as AI tools accelerate attacks
new study by global tech strategists Juniper Research has revealed that
A the transaction value of fraudulent digital goods is outpacing physical goods fraud, rising 162 % from US $ 10.4 billion in 2025.
The report highlights synthetic identity use, promo-abuse and friendly fraud as key drivers behind the surge in digital goods fraud, with fraudsters using AI tools to reach scale.
“ Mobile-first purchasing, gaming, streaming and apps are widening the attack surface for fraudsters. Instant delivery provides a nearzero intervention time, meaning traditional fraud tools struggle to detect and block fraud before fulfilment. The rise of synthetic identity fraud and credential-stuffing attacks are also enabling far more sophisticated, high-impact risks,” explained Shane O’ Sullivan, Research Analyst, Juniper Research.
Juniper Research’ s latest analysis revealed that the fastest growing attacks stem from behaviour that appears legitimate – authorised accounts, valid payment credentials and clean device histories. This evolving pattern, fuelled by continuous leaking of credentials and AI-driven spoofing, creates fraud that mimics genuine customers; resulting in systems treating it as benign until fulfilment is complete.
As such, the report identified the next generation of fraud defence as shifting from identifying‘ bad transactions’ to modelling intent, behavioural deviation, contextual identity and detecting cross-merchant reputation signals by incorporating advanced AI models.
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