Category: Cyber Security

This ‘online game’ is a chain letter scam Are you tempted to play “The Circle Game,” join a “Blessing Loom,” or jump on a “Money Board”? These are some of…

Google announced “Help me write” in Gmail. Goodbye to all the Chrome extensions doing “GPT in Gmail”. 2017: Smart Reply2020: Smart Compose (used 118B times last year)2023: Google launches “Help…

Is Coinmv.com real or fake? Coinmv which call its self “CMV is the world’s leading digital currency trading platform, providing Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and other digital asset transactions” seems to…

Android malware infiltrates 60 Google Play apps with 100M installs A new Android malware named ‘Goldoson’ has infiltrated Google Play through 60 legitimate apps that collectively have 100 million downloads.…

TikTok is back up and running after a two-hour outage that left frustrated users around the world unable to play videos TikTok is now back up and running after a two-hour…

Ethiopia Obtains Phone-hacking Tech From Israeli Firm Cellebrite As many other repressive regimes, the Ethiopian federal police have been using Cellebrite’s technology at the height of a civil war that…

What is AI chatbot phenomenon ChatGPT and could it replace humans? The tool has impressed experts with its writing ability, proficiency at complex tasks and ease of use. What is…

Safaricom fires 24 employees for M-Pesa fraud Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Safaricom fired 24 employees in the year ended March 2022 for fraud-related offences, down from 28 a year…

Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. In March 2022, the Everest ransomware operators published a notice announcing the sale of “South…

U.S. Charges 3 Iranian Hackers and Sanctions Several Others Over Ransomware Attacks The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced sweeping sanctions against ten individuals…

North Korean Lazarus Hackers Targeting Energy Providers Around the World A malicious campaign mounted by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group targeted energy providers around the world, including those based in the United…

The Week in Ransomware – September 9th 2022 – Schools under fire Ransomware gangs have been busy this week, launching attacks against NAS devices, one of the largest hotel groups,…

Malicious campaign active on Play Store, Bitdefender Detects Bitdefender, a cybersecurity technology company, has released research about a new Google Play campaign that bypasses the storefront’s security checks to deliver…

The 5 Best HVAC Software Options for Your Small Business HVAC field service companies are challenging to run, and you need good software to do it. Choose from one of…

Top 10 Best Free Antivirus Software For Windows 10 And Mac This in-depth review of the top free Antivirus Software compares their features and pricing to help you choose the…

Huawei Ethiopia Trains ECA Experts on Cyber Security Huawei’s experts provided cyber security training to more than twenty experts of the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) this week. Twenty experts partake…

Digital security giant Entrust breached by ransomware gang Digital security giant Entrust has confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack where threat actors breached their network and stole data from internal…

Financial institutions must start thinking differently about cybersecurity, risk, and resilience. According to 79% of those taking part in the most recent Bank of England systemic risk survey, cyber-attack was…

7 Tips to Manage Your Identity and Protect Your Privacy Online Worried about how much of your private information is on the internet and vulnerable to theft or misuse? You’re…