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How cybersecurity can become immune system of a company’s digital transformation

September 26, 2016

Digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) will add US$14 trillion to the world’s 20 largest economies by 2030. That’s one fifth of the…

Kiddle is the new Google for kids

February 29, 2016

Kiddle has been introduced as a search engine made for kids, and to protect their eyes and ears has Google’s safe search capabilities that…

Kaspersky lab report shows mobile devices are new targets for spam and malware attacks

February 17, 2016

According to the latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin, the volume of spam emails in 2015 decreased to 55.28% of overall email traffic – a fall of…

Happy Safer Internet Day 2016!

February 9, 2016

Every February, Insafe celebrates Safer Internet Day (SID) to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and…

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…

How secure are the apps on your device?

January 15, 2016

Arxan Technologies is company that specializes in software security and mobile application protection. They provide developers and software engineers with aplication protection to make…

BYOD and the security risks to businesses

January 13, 2016

Technology research and advisory company Gartner defines Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as ‘an alternative strategy allowing employees, business partners and other users to utilize…

Microsoft support ends for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10

January 12, 2016

If you have been running Windows using internet explorer 8, 9 or 10, Microsoft has officially dropped all support for those versions from today,…

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…

How to solve the issue of a lack of computers in Zambian schools

November 4, 2015

The latest story on pupils in Zambia having to stay late into the night at their schools to be able to have their computer…

Cybrary.IT has a new cyber security job portal

October 22, 2015

Many job seekers in the technology field, cyber security, to be specific, fail to find jobs because these are not readily advertised or are…

A new bug on WhatsApp Web could affect over 200 million users

September 10, 2015

Popular messaging application WhatsApp had rolled out WhatsApp Web, a mobile app that allows users to access their accounts from their desktops on Chrome….

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…

Twitter adds a blocked contacts sharing option

June 11, 2015

In an effort to curb cyberbullying and abuse/harassment, Twitter has announced a new feature that allows users to share their list of blocked contacts….

Just How Secure Is eCommerce in Zambia?

April 24, 2015

With businesses migrating to improve their presence online, attract new customers and provide services or products from afar, we need to know just how…

6 Simple Ways To Protect Your Device’s Data

April 15, 2015

With yesterday’s social media frenzy regarding a man and a very young girl (or 3) topping the trends in Zambia, you may want to…

“I Need Space”: Google Will Give You 2GB If You Tighten Your Security

February 12, 2015

That’s it! All you have to do is complete your security checkup on Google and get 2GB of space on your account’s Google Drive….

Facebook And Instagram Outage Was Global

January 27, 2015

Earlier today around 8 hours Facebook and Instagram were down for everyone, but it wasn’t just Zambia alone, the issue was global. Facebook has…

The Sony Hack Explained

December 24, 2014

So here’s what happened: a hacker group going by the name “Guardians of Peace” hacked into the Sony Pictures Entertainment database. Why they did…

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