Tag: Cybersecurity
Digital Fraud Alert! ECOBANK to decline transactions on selected sites, Apps
Due to the rising incidents of digital fraud against customers of banks across the country, Ecobank Ghana has announced its decision to decline online...
Dataware, Citsys, Think! hold data analytics seminar for financial institutions
Three tech companies that offer data, security, and cloud services, Dataware Tech, Think! Data Services and Citsys have held an insightful Data Analytics Seminar...
Slamm Foundation gives 10 women free 6 months’ cybersecurity training
Slamm Foundation, under its Women in Tech Programme, is training 10 young ladies in cybersecurity for free for the next six months.Slamm Foundation is...
African users hit by new malicious WhatsApp malware
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp.Popular for having features that the official app does not...
Vodafone, Telecoms Chamber educate Ghanaians on Mobile Money Fraud
Vodafone Ghana, in partnership with the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has educated Ghanaians about Mobile Money security and how to avoid being defrauded.Representatives from...
MTN to empower Ghanaians to fight cyberattacks
MTN Ghana has joined the global community to create awareness on the importance of cybersecurity, best practices and the need for collective effort to...
Mastercard to bring new level of trust to crypto purchases
Mastercard has launched a platform to help card issuers assess the security risks of cyrpto purchases, encompassing a global network of 2,400 exchanges.Mastercard's Crypto...
ECG: Customers can buy prepaid credit from 9am today
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has resolved the technical challenge that plunged customers using prepaid meters into darkness for almost one week.A statement...
ECG prepaid central database compromised
The central database and systems of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been compromised by external sources who are currently controlling the source...
Zoom users advised to update software after vulnerabilities found
The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised users of videoconferencing platform, Zoom, to install the latest...