Microsoft has introduced a new security technology, Kernel Data Protection (KDP) in attempts to tackle the challenge of data corruption. Microsoft says attackers, have been shifting their focus towards ..
The number of insider-related cybersecurity incidents in East Africa has increased by 55 percent in the last three months as most companies lacking active monitoring of their IT infrastructure transitioned ..
Andela Kenya as launched a competitive online code challenge for software engineers named “Crack the Code” during this time where most people are urged by the government to stay at home. Open only ..
As the world experience rapid escalation of COVID-19 cases, with more deaths being reported from around the world, many people have taken preventive measures like social distancing, government closing ..
There is something that has been bothering me for years. No amount of Google search has led me to the correct explanation. It’s how when someone calls me, the phone call can never land to my wife’s ..
Are you safe online? Maybe you shouldn’t care that much because, after all, you are an adult. But do you have kids? Young teenage siblings? Those ones, you ought to care about. Are they present online? ..
Internet Solutions has invested Shs20 million in setting up a Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre that aims to help companies to monitor, analyze and respond to evolving cyber threats. The move is meant to help ..
A recent report shared to us by Microsoft revealed that Kenya has only 1.700 cybersecurity experts despite ranging cyber attacks that cost the country over shs 30 billion last year. To help train more ..
Following our article published about an hour ago, an article that explained how the argument that Safaricom Social Media Representatives were the ones that were sending out personal tweets does not make ..
Yesterday morning Kenyans woke up to an apology by Safaricom, an apology majority refused to accept. The apology was occasioned by a series of tweets that indicated that one of the Safaricom’s social ..
In 2018, cyberattacks cost the Kenyan economy 30 Billion shillings (Kshs 29.5 B to be precise). This is according to the most recent annual report published by cybersecurity firm Serianu. The latter coupled ..
As we near the end of 2017, we will be reflecting on a number of issues that came up in the year of our Lord 2017. And today we start with online space and cyber security. During connected Kenya summit ..
“Data Is the New Oil of the Digital Economy. Data in the 21st Century is like Oil in the 18th Century”. That is a common phrase these days that most people probably take for granted, but it is real. ..
A few days ago, WanaCrypt0r 2.0, a malicious software hit global companies and internet users around the world leading to PCs and data being locked up and held for ransom. The ransomware uses a vulnerability ..
Julius Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks has promised that his organization would help companies like Apple, Google and Samsung to defend themselves against recently released hacking tools. The tools ..
Matters pertaining to ones online security should not be taken lightly. Most of the services we used to access in the past from brick and mortar institutions have moved to online platforms. Why visit your ..
If you are an android user you should be concerned. There is a highly chance that your device could have been infected without your knowledge. Check Point researchers have found a new variant of the HummingBad ..
If you had a password for every site and account you have would you remember them all? Well, security experts recommend all internet users to keep different passwords for their various accounts. This is essential ..
Yesterday I did an article talking about why coding should be a must for the young kids in Kenya. Then one of the tech guru’s in Kenya Mr. Tom Makau replied on my tweet about it by saying that to him, ..
On Wednesday, Check Point, a security firm, revealed that a new and alarming malware campaign had breached the security of over one million Google accounts. The attack campaign has been named Gooligan. ..
If you are reading this article it means you are digitally empowered. It means we can assume that you have adapted most of the technologies that have emerged of resent. The key one being owning an email ..
Have you ever wished for an app or device that lets you know when someone is spying on you or accessing your information when they are not supposed to? With the fast advancement in technology, where robots ..
I spent the better of last week in Accra Ghana giving a presentation to a mixed audience of IT auditors, security managers and cyber security professionals during the annual Accra ISACA conference. The conference ..