New Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa amidst increased cyber attacks 31 May 2017 Internet Society was Founded by Internet pioneers, the Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet. Working with a global community of chapters and members, the Internet Society collaborates with a broad range of groups to promote the technologies that keep the Internet safe and secure, and advocates for policies …
Are there Rules and Regulations , Rights and Freedom on the African Internet ? 17 May 2017 So this is the thing, This wasn’t my original idea of the article, the realm of thoughts came upon me as I stumbled upon a certain African Site: African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, as I dug my way deep reading about the organisation and what they have done and are still doing, the more I was struck by …
Scam the Scammer with Scam Alert Nigeria 20 Apr 2017 Scam in an Art, her art of Deception, This is smart art, a social engineering act, I can go all long describing this depending with all of the types of scammers I’ve met in my personal life. Scam Alert a Nigerian startup wants to help you report the scammers, help you shop safely online and at the right store, yes how? …
HTTPS is now enabled on Incubate Africa 9 Mar 2017 For our regular readers, you might notice a difference on our Url, yes! we have now enabled HTTPs on our servers. We value your data and our data when online, we value your security as our reader. Yesterday our site was down for the whole day having to fix the HTTPs issue and few security loops and also our caching …
Kenya’s Economy suffered hugely from cybercrime attacks in 2016. 9 Feb 2017 Cybercrime is one of the new technology era epidemic, nothing is safe on the Tech side of the world. Probaly each day hackers attack a user, website ana organisation or a nation. The hack groups from the known to unkown. Cybercrime has rendered many nations unsafe, Hitting from all angles and Kenya in 2016 sufferd a major leap in the …
CAF hacked by Russian group New World Hacking group 25 Jan 2017 The Confédération Africaine de Football was earlier hacked by the the New World hacking group of Russia. This rose due to the recent dictatorships events by the president of the host country Gabon. The NWH advocating for democracy and freedom of the human race were against Gabon and its system of ruling . This event had the organization’s website beefed up …
The African Hacker culture needs cultivation 2 Jan 2017 I am generally a big fan of hacking be it gray hacks, white hack or black hacks: they all take me to that outer world feeling. I would take much of my day to day time researching on the the latest hacks and documentaries about different hacker groups. Viewing hacking as a crime is one thing i have never done …
No signal in Egypt as a continuation of cyber crackdown on encrypted messaging apps 27 Dec 2016 After a week of blocking the secure messaging app Signal in Egypt the service is back online thanks to new features added by its parent company Open Whisper Systems. Last week Egyptian users raised the alarm about their inability to access the highly encrypted app popular among activists including important whistleblower Edward Snowden. Egypt has been increasingly tightening controls on …
Aga Khan academy-Kenya has rolled out an Electronic Exam System 7 Oct 2016 Examination Leakage has become a major issue in the World. Thus making many countries to ban social media during the exam seasons to reduce the leakage level. This year we’ve had Algeria and Ethiopia Ban social media due to the massive Exam leakage. Lets say thanks to technology for the Demerits and merits of what it has done and is …
Cybercrime a threat to health care sector in South Africa 15 Jul 2016 Cyber crime is becoming more of hobby to the tech culture, from small gadgets to servers, smart cars and drones. The governments and even the daily average tech user none is being spared. According to ITnewsafrica, South african Health care systems are facing threats of attacks. Ransomware is a prevalent threat for all organisations and the Healthcare sector is no …