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Tag: Security

App Store Stopped More Than $2 Billion In Fraudulent Transactions In 2022

May 17, 2023

The App Store launched in 2008 with the mission of accomplishing two important objectives: to establish a reliable and secure platform for users to…

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Google To Acquire Cybersecurity Company Mandiant for $5.4bn

March 9, 2022

In what will be Google’s second-biggest acquisition – after spending $12.5 billion on its Motorola Mobility deal in 2012 – the tech giant has…

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How to lock WhatsApp on your iPhone

February 9, 2019

Version 2.19.20 of WhatsApp has a new security tool that allows users to lock their chats with either their Touch ID fingerprint or Face ID options….

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7 tips for mobile money data protection

January 10, 2019

Mobile money is fast becoming the number 1 means of money remittance and payments in Africa, largely due to the inexpensive rates of setting…

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Facebook breach exposed 6.8 million users’ private photos

December 17, 2018

Facebook has confirmed a breach on its platform that exposed over 6.8 million users’ private photos, even the ones they hadn’t posted. They shared…

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Nokia shapes the future of technology in Africa to transform human experiences

November 7, 2017

AfricaCom 2017 will be a landmark event for Nokia as it showcases how the company is shaping the future of technology to transform human experiences with effortless,…

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Facebook denies eavesdropping on users using phone microphones

October 30, 2017

Have you ever thought about the permissions some apps you download give to app makers like Facebook? A microphone permission for Facebook specifically makes…

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Change your Google app permissions for Pokémon GO after security concerns

July 12, 2016

We warned you about the Pokémon GO app permissions from the APK versions of it that users were downloading outside its official release regions, but…

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update available 2nd August

July 1, 2016

Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Windows and Devices Group, has announced that a new update, the Windows 10 Anniversary update will be launched on 2nd…

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WhatsApp users, beware malware ‘gold’ app version

May 26, 2016

WhatsApp users may be victims of a malware application going around claiming to be a premium ‘gold’ version of the WhatsApp app. If downloaded…

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And the worst passwords of 2015 are…

January 27, 2016

2015, like 2014 and 2013 and, well, every other year that a lot of us have been using passwords, had some ridiculous and quite…

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UNICEF’s Global Innovation Summit for Youth and Children 2015: Day 1

November 12, 2015

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland just held the first Global Innovation Summit…

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Chip ATM Cards Come To StanChart

September 3, 2014

According to an email message going round to all Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)Zambia customers, SCB will soon introduce Debit Cards on the market with…

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Hooked on Chatting, But Don’t Wanna Leave it Hanging? Try Wiper!

July 24, 2014

“There’s an app for that” now just started sounding cliche. However, in the plethora of Apps in your App Store, whether it is for…

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Who Defaced My Website?

April 22, 2014

We recently covered an article about a number of Zambian websites belonging to some big companies and government departments being defaced and getting hacked but…

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100+ Zambian websites hacked & defaced: Spar, Postdotnet, SEC, Home Affairs, Ministry of Finance

April 15, 2014

Over the past few days, we have learnt that more than a hundred Zambia websites, some of them belonging to the government and prominent…

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XAPIT introduces Verified by VISA (VbV) service on their debit cards

November 25, 2013

Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO), has introduced a ‘Verified by Visa’ service on their XAPIT debit cards. This is an exciting new feature as…

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