Tag: cybercrime
Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa listed as top cybercrime hotspots in...
In a recent report published by the World Cybercrime Index, which identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots, three African countries Ghana, Nigeria and South...
Google announces free AI tools to fight cybercrime
Google has announced an initiative to provide artificial intelligence tools and investments to bolster online security, as the emerging technology is increasingly used to both protect against and...
Scienlabs Technologies: A Fresh Face in the Fight Against Cyber Fraud
The ecosystem has seen business and technology evolve at a very great pace. Along with the evolution of technology, business etc comes growth and...
Eric’s Diary: A scammer’s hi
When the late musician, Paapa Yankson, sang his song titled ‘Okukuseku’, we all loved and danced to it. I bet many of you did...
Phishing Scam increases by 234% in Africa
Russia-based cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, reported that phishing and social engineering scams in the second quarter were more than double those in the first quarter. The company...
How cybercriminals target Africa’s 500 million mobile subscribers
By 2025, more than half the population of sub-Saharan Africa—600 million people—will be connected through mobile telephony. But right beside the entrepreneurs and institutions...
Surfline set to provide digital solutions against cyberattacks, disasters
Surfline Communications, Ghana's the leading broadband wireless access (BWA) operator, has launched a suit of internet business solutions designed to provide dedicated internet service,...
Kenyan students arrested for laundering money via Bitcoin
A gang of Kenyan students who have been hacking foreigners’ email credit cards through email phishing, stealing money and laundering it through bitcoin, have been...
Kenya build US$34 million forensic lab to fight crime
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched a $34.1 million (Ksh 4 billion) forensic laboratory at the Directorate of Crime Investigation (DCI) headquarters, Nairobi.
The laboratory will support...
Bet9ja’s hit by CYBER CRIMINALS, company assures customers data, funds are...
Nigeria's biggest betting platform, Bet9ja has been hit by a criminal cyber-attacker which has left customers unable to have access to their accounts, data...