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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...

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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...

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Police Has Been Too Relaxed On Vigilante Groups – Security Analyst Suggests

Security analyst, Adib Saani has blamed the police for the incessant attacks by some politically-affiliated vigilante...

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Ghanaian Organisations Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks — Study

Ghanaian organisations, including those in the financial institutions, are vulnerable to cyber attacks, Internet...

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US Suspects N Korea In $81 Mn Bangladesh Theft

US federal prosecutors suspect the North Korean government directed last year's theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's...

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Ghana To Have Digital Addressing System By End of Year

Ghana will from next year have a functional digital addressing system to unlock the country's e-commerce potential and...

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US To Ban Laptops and Tablets On Flights From Eight Countries

The US is banning electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African...

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US To Ban Laptops and Tablets On Flights From Eight Countries

The US is banning electronic devices such as laptops and tablets from cabin baggage on flights from eight Middle...

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US Poised To Curb Electronic Devices On Middle East Flights

The United States is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a...

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Hacked Websites On the Rise

Google painted a bleak picture of cybersecurity trends Monday, saying the number of websites hacked rose 32 percent...

International

Yahoo Cyber Indictment Shows Kremlin, Hackers Working Hand-In-Hand

Wednesday's indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc (YHOO. O) provides the...

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US Charges Two Russian Spies, ‘criminal Hackers’ In Yahoo Attack

Two agents of Russia's FSB spy agency and two "criminal hackers" were indicted Wednesday over a massive cyberattack...

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Security Flaw Found In WhatsApp, Telegram

Hundreds of millions of users of the web versions of WhatsApp and Telegram messengers were put at risk by a serious...

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Security Flaw Found In WhatsApp, Telegram

A computer security firm on Wednesday revealed a flaw that could let hackers break into WhatsApp or Telegram messaging...

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Google Develops Invisible Web Security Captcha Form

Website security checks that challenge people to prove they are human are likely to “disappear” in favour of a new...

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Should We Be Worried?

Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included...

International

FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks

US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA...

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CIA Blasts WikiLeaks For Publishing Secret Documents

The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday accused WikiLeaks of endangering Americans, helping US rivals and...

Business

Website Hack Won’t Affect Deposits – GN Bank

GN Bank has downplayed suggestions that a recent hack on its website will affect the investment of customers. It has...