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John McAfee ‘Q’ Instagram Post Sparks Dead Man’s Switch Conspiracy

A cryptic image posted on John McAfee's Instagram moments after he was reported dead sparked speculation from QAnon conspiracy theorists that the antivirus software entrepreneur had activated a so-called "dead man's switch" to expose the government. John McAfee, 75, was found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite [...]
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Will you move here? Ireland’s top towns for tech lovers revealed

Ireland’s top towns for tech lovers have been revealed and the selections are based on important factors such as availability of jobs. If you’re working in the tech industry in some way, shape or form and are seeking a move this news will be right up your street.     New data has revealed where [...]
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Client-side web security

To address attacks such as XSS, Magecart and other card skimming exploits found in modern eCommerce environments, the use of client-side web security methods is beginning to emerge as a particularly useful practice. Obviously, enterprise teams should integrate client-side protections...
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Another one-line npm package breaks the JavaScript ecosystem

An update to a tiny JavaScript library has thrown a large part of the JavaScript ecosystem into chaos on Saturday, with millions of projects believed to have been impacted...
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Africa

WhatsApp Security Can Governments Really Access Your Messages

Exploring whether governments can access WhatsApp messages and practical steps to enhance personal security against sophisticated surveillance tools.
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Africa

Which African country is the cheapest for starting a business?

The Doing Business 2020 study published by the World Bank showed that developing economies are catching up with developed economies in the ease of...
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Cyber Security

The Tor Project + Tails, A Game-Changing Merger for Privacy Advocates

In a significant development for digital privacy enthusiasts, the Tor Project and Tails have merged their operations, uniting two of the most trusted tools in the fight against online surveillance. This merger, announced this month, combines the power of...
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Cyber Security

Why Cybersecurity Matters: The Risks of Neglecting Online Protection

Discover the potential consequences of ignoring cybersecurity, including identity theft, financial loss, damage to reputation, data breaches, and disruption to business operations. Learn how to protect yourself, your organization, and society by prioritizing online protection and staying informed about cybersecurity threats.
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Cyber Security

VPN limitations leave opening for ‘zero-trust’ tech

Virtual private network (VPN) usage soared in March 2020 as employers sought to connect a growing number of homebound employees to company resources. But limitations of VPNs—namely, drawbacks in security and scalability—have left an opening for a technology area known...
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Cyber Security

Patch Notes: Why Cybersecurity Will Eventually Win

Recently, if you stroll the spaces that talk about cybersecurity, you might have notes a theme that said that there is a Cybersecurity gap in the staffing world. That meant that there is a deficiency of cybersecurity experts in...
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Leave a minimal digital footprint

Your digital footprint paints a picture of who you are. Every day, whether we want to or not, most of us contribute to a growing...
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How Kenyans (and the world) are falling for a Bitcoin Scam

Bitcoin scams seem to gain track in Kenya and globally overall. Here, Blancos explains how these scams operate, and how to really identify...
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Cyber Security

Ransomware: Now and The Future

Ransomware has staked its claim as a major element of the cybercriminal ecosystem. As one of the most potentially damaging and costly types of...
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Attack Lifecycle story – part 1

I was recently explaining to a group of colleagues how a hacker gains access to a system. Then it hit me; most people are...
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This phone uses AI to block you taking naked selfies

The Tone e20 is only available in Japan.   Tone
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Samsung might launch one last Galaxy Note before putting the series to bed

There might be at least one Galaxy Note next year before Samsung puts the series out. Samsung will eventually merge the Galaxy S and Note lines.
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Information Security in the Time of Covid-19 – Moving to the Cloud as a Cost-Cutting Measure Does Not Lessen Compliance Obligations

Recurringly, organizations fail to ask themselves the most rudimentary questions before moving to cloud platforms, and they suffer as a result...
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On-Premises vs. Cloud Security

As usual, we begin by championing cybersecurity. It stands as the foremost concern for organizations striving to safeguard their sensitive data and digital assets. Among the many strategies available, two dominant paradigms have emerged: on-premises security and cloud security....
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Amazon took data from its own sellers to develop competing products

Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.64% employees have used data about independent sellers on the company’s platform to develop competing products, a practice at odds with the company’s stated policies. The online retailing giant has long asserted, including to Congress, that when it makes and sells its own products, it doesn’t use information it collects from the [...]
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Microsoft: Here’s how we’re trying to manage increased cloud demand

Microsoft prioritized the needs of first responders, healthcare workers, and others on the front line, as they've noted previously. And they've throttled some less-essential services to try to keep things humming. On April 23, officials...
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How Kenya’s new personal data protection law could affect researchers

The risk of infringing on privacy is growing by the day given the increased frequency and granularity of the data being collected, and advances in the technology for processing them. This has, inevitably, led to the need for laws to secure personal data privacy. Researchers and research data are not exempt: advances in big data [...]
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Leave a minimal digital footprint

Your digital footprint paints a picture of who you are. Every day, whether we want to or not, most of us contribute to a growing portrait of who we are online; a portrait that is probably more public than we...
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How to Effectively Detect and Respond to a Data Breach

Prevention is key, so be sure to take steps to prevent breaches from occurring in the first place by implementing strong security measures and regularly monitoring your systems for potential threats
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What are the real intentions of tracking IMEI numbers?

Imagine if you had a magic map that could show you where all your favorite toys were at any time. Sounds pretty? Well, in Kenya, the government wants to do something similar, but with people’s phones. They plan to...
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A Rant: Stripping Privacy in This Era

The world has a privacy problem. Everything connected to the Internet (which is almost everything today), is for the taking. Looking around an average person's daily routine, it exposes the enlarging attack surface with each device we purchase, each...
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Court Explains About Claim To Let Government Listen To Citizens’ Phones

The Judiciary came out to disprove a news report by Standard carried on the daily's Sunday edition that claimed that in a ruling by the Court of Appeal, the government had been given the go-ahead to tap and listen to private calls
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WhatsApp extends deadline for new privacy policy after people fled

WhatsApp on Friday announced that it will be extending the deadline of its confusing policy implementation by three months. The widely criticised policy required that its two billion users must either accept its updated terms and conditions by February...
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Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours.

Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts - all without a judge's warrant. The Australian government has been moving towards a surveillance state for some years already. Now they are putting the nail in the coffin with an unprecedented surveillance bill that allows the [...]
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Cryptojackers and hackers

What qualifies as nightmare news for many cryptocurrency owners—prices of most major tokens taking another dive into the gutter—seems to not be that big a problem for cybercriminals who hijack hardware resources to mine it on someone else’s dime. The...
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Amazon is finally getting serious about crypto and hopes to bring it to customers ‘as soon as possible,’ as it looks to hire a...

Amazon is finally getting serious about crypto technologies like bitcoin, a move that pushes the e-commerce giant into the burgeoning yet wildly volatile digital-currency space.
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