N/R: We’ll Be Tough On Criminals – Police Boss
The Northern Regional Police commander, DCOP Patrick Adusei Sarpong, has served notice to criminals his personnel will meet them “ruthlessly” ...
Tag: Computer network security
Gov’t Committed To Fight Against Cyber Crime – Minister
The government remains committed to the fight against cybercrime, the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekufful, has said. She said the ...
Apple Unveils ICloud Data Centre In China As Cyber Laws Tightened
Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking ...
Gov’t Appoints Albert Antwi-Boasiako As Cyber Security Advisor
The Ministry of Communication has appointed Albert Antwi-Boasiko as a cyber security advisor as part of measures being undertaken to ...
UK Parliament Hit By ‘sustained’ Cyber-Attack
The UK Parliament has been hit by a cyber attack, officials at Westminster say. The “sustained” hack began on Friday ...
China To Launch Cybersecurity Law Despite Concerns
China will implement a controversial cybersecurity law Thursday despite concerns from foreign firms worried about its impact on their ability ...
Subtitling Systems Contain ‘widespread’ Security Threat
Film fans could be vulnerable to attack by hackers who hide malicious code inside files that provide subtitles, a security ...
Former NCA Directors Blow $4 Million
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has been rocked with financial malfeasance as it comes into the spotlight with report of ...
Ransomware Hits ‘hundreds of Thousands’ of China PCs
"Hundreds of thousands" of Chinese computers at nearly 30,000 institutions including government agencies have been hit by the global ransomware ...
Massive Ransomware Infection Hits Computers In 99 Countries
The ransomware has been identified as WannaCry A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been stolen from the US ...
Hackers Used Microsoft Word Bug ‘for Months’
A bug in Microsoft Word was exploited by hackers for months before it was eventually fixed, according to security researchers. ...
US Indicts Russian Suspect In Huge Botnet Takedown
A Russian under arrest in Spain has been slapped with an indictment in the United States, accused of controlling one ...
US Takes Down Huge Botnet As Spain Arrests Notorious Russian Hacker
US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted ...
With New IPhone, Trump Still A Target For Hackers
President Donald Trump has a new phone. An iPhone. That would not ordinarily be news, but given the security concerns ...
IPhone Users Fooled By Fake Ransomware
Apple has issued an iPhone software update after reports of fake ransomware attacks where money was demanded in order to ...
Ghana Loses US$50m To Cyber Crime
A report by Kenyan-based IT firm, Serianu Limited, has revealed that the economy lost a total of US$50 million to ...
Extradited Russian Pleads Guilty In US Botnet Fraud Case
A Russian man pleaded guilty in a US federal court on Tuesday to charges he participated in a global computer ...
VPN Users In China Megacity Chongqing Face Fines
People in the Chinese megacity Chongqing could be fined for using VPNs to jump over the country's "Great Firewall" that ...
Ghanaian Organisations Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks — Study
Ghanaian organisations, including those in the financial institutions, are vulnerable to cyber attacks, Internet Solution (IS), a South African-based Telecom ...
Hacked Websites On the Rise
Google painted a bleak picture of cybersecurity trends Monday, saying the number of websites hacked rose 32 percent last year, ...