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Cybersecurity Best Practices

June 15, 2023

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “cybersecurity”? Well if you are like me then ‘hacking’ is the word and who…

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…

Liquid C2 Launches 3rd Cyber Security Fusion Centre In Zambia

March 30, 2023

Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has today opened the doors of its Zambian Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC)…

As Zambia Goes Digital, Businesses Must Improve Digital Onboarding Experience and Tackle Fraud

September 29, 2022

Driven by economic changes and an increasingly business-friendly environment, Zambia is readying itself for a digital boom – and businesses should be taking precautions…

Rate of Suspected Digital Fraud Attempts Coming from Zambia Decreases 13%

July 28, 2022

The rate of digital fraud originating from Zambia decreased in Q1 2022, with suspected online fraud attempts declining -13.4% from the same quarter last…

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…

What is bloatware and how can you remove it?

July 22, 2019

When you buy a new device, you expect it to come in a pristine state and work perfectly. Unfortunately, this is not always the…

Tips by NordVPN on how to protect your privacy on a mobile phone

May 7, 2019

Google’s Consumer Barometer shows that for many people worldwide internet access is smartphone-centric. Smartphones are used to go online at least as often as tablets…

Zimbabwe’s internet shut down on Government orders

January 16, 2019

An internet shutdown happens when someone — usually a government — intentionally disrupts the internet or mobile apps to control what people say or…

ZICTA and ChildLine Zambia launch online reporting portal for child sexual abuse content

September 12, 2018

ZICTA, in partnership with Childline Zambia and Internet Watch Foundation launched an online child sexual abuse reporting portal last night. The IWF portal will be…

Online users falling prey to a wave of cryptojacking

September 5, 2018

An alarming number of online users are falling prey to a new wave of cyber attacks called cryptojacking. According to global cyber security leader…

Press Release: Liquid Telecom partners with Serianu to tighten pan-African cybersecurity

April 25, 2018

Liquid Telecom and Serianu, a pan-African cybersecurity specialist firm, have announced a new partnership to improve cybersecurity standards and practices across Africa. The partnership…

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…

INTERPOL and Kaspersky Lab strengthen partnership with new threat intelligence

October 12, 2017

Kaspersky Lab has reiterated its commitment to global collaboration in the fight against cybercrime by signing a threat intelligence sharing agreement with INTERPOL. The legal…

Last week’s technology stories on #techtrends!

November 30, 2015

For all you tech heads with FOMO here’s what you MIGHT have missed: 1. The internet may be responsible for the death of languages…

Apply for the 2016 Barclays Accelerator Programme for FinTech startups

October 28, 2015

If you are a startup in financial technology (FinTech), Barclays has partnered with startup and accelerator funding venture TechStars to provide a co-working space,…

Security Alert! Stagefright v2.0

October 16, 2015

A critical Android vulnerability called Stagefright v2.0 (will simply refer to it as Stagefright going forward) has been discovered. Stagefright allows the remote control…

Windows 10 is out, but its WiFi Sense shares your Wifi with your contacts

July 30, 2015

The latest Windows 10 has a feature called WiFi Sense that allows you to share your WiFi network’s password with your contacts on platforms like…

10 tips to stay safe on the internet

June 14, 2015

Being on the internet, especially on social media, may be exciting and most get carried away but is your data safe? Will that picture…