Ghanaian organisations, including those in the financial institutions, are vulnerable to cyber attacks, Internet Solution (IS), a South African-based Telecom Service provider, has said. According to IS, the development is due to the fact that most of the companies do not have adequate cyber security measures to protect their data and other vital documents from … Read more
A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m). Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom. US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide. He … Read more
US federal prosecutors suspect the North Korean government directed last year’s theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, according to a media report Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, The Wall Street Journal said prosecutors were developing cases showing Chinese middlemen helped the North Korean government orchestrate the enormous theft … Read more
Google painted a bleak picture of cybersecurity trends Monday, saying the number of websites hacked rose 32 percent last year, with little relief in sight. “We don’t expect this trend to slow down. As hackers get more aggressive and more sites become outdated, hackers will continue to capitalize by infecting more sites,” Google said in … Read more
Wednesday’s indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc (YHOO. O) provides the clearest details yet on what some U.S. officials say is a symbiotic relationship between Moscow’s security services and private Russian hackers. The indictment charges two officers of the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, and … Read more
US authorities probing the recent leak of secret materials are focusing on past CIA contractors who may have been upset over job losses, the Wall Street Journal said Sunday. WikiLeaks delivered a blow to America’s top spies by publishing earlier this month nearly 9,000 classified documents the anti-secrecy group said were part of the Central … Read more
Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart TV microphones. The CIA has been criticised by civil rights groups who say the agency “stockpiled” security flaws in devices to use them … Read more
GN Bank has downplayed suggestions that a recent hack on its website will affect the investment of customers. It has therefore urged the public not to withdraw their deposits from the bank. The bank’s website was earlier this week hacked and defaced by some unknown persons, but the website was restored after several hours. GN … Read more
GN Bank has downplayed suggestions that a recent hack on its website will affect the investment of customers. It has therefore urged the public not to withdraw their deposits from the bank. The bank’s website was earlier this week hacked and defaced by some unknown persons, but the website was restored after several hours. GN … Read more
The CIA can turn your TV into a listening device, bypass popular encryption apps, and possibly control your car, according to a trove of documents published by WikiLeaks Tuesday which it said came from the US spy agency. WikiLeaks said the documents show that the Central Intelligence Agency is rivalling the National Security Agency, the … Read more
Beijing said Thursday it will push a “China solution” to global cyber governance after releasing its first strategy paper outlining a vision of the web where individual countries control the information that flows across their borders. The roll out is part of an effort by Beijing to play a more active role in shaping the … Read more
Gulf countries must tighten coordination to fight an increasing number of cyber attacks, experts said on Monday, as one official blamed hackers in Iran. The comments came at an international conference in the Saudi Arabian capital after the Shamoon 2 virus in January reportedly disrupted labour ministry computers. All Gulf Cooperation Council countries are at … Read more
A security analyst and chairman of the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), has bemoaned the security lapses involving president Akufo-Addo’s security detail. A video that went viral of a cameraman facing president Akufo-Addo directly to take his shots, during the president’s maiden state of the nation address, has generated huge discussions in the media. Many have … Read more
A security analyst and chairman of the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI), has bemoaned the security lapses involving president Akufo-Addo’s security detail. A video that went viral of a cameraman facing president Akufo-Addo directly to take his shots, during the president’s maiden state of the nation address, has generated huge discussions in the media. Many have … Read more
One of the strange features of cybercrime is how much of it is public. A quick search will turn up forums and sites where stolen goods, credit cards and data are openly traded. But a glance into those places may not give you much idea about what is going on. “Everyone can join as long … Read more
France has warned Russia against meddling in its elections after American intelligence accused Moscow hackers of helping Donald Trump win the US presidency. Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault threatened ‘retaliatory measures’ in the event of interference in upcoming presidential elections in April. His remarks come as aides to one of the leading French candidates this week … Read more
President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic and international political landscape could hamstring efforts to improve internet security. As the White House mulls an executive order on cybersecurity to combat an epidemic of data breaches and hacks, participants at the annual RSA … Read more
Schoolchildren in England will be offered lessons in cyber security in a bid to find the experts of the future to defend the UK from attacks. It is hoped 5,700 pupils aged 14 and over will spend up to four hours a week on the subject in a five-year pilot. Classroom and online teaching, “real-world … Read more
Ghanaian musician Kwame A-Plus has described threats on his life from anonymous persons as empty. According to him, he takes his personal security seriously, hence is not intimidated by such messages mostly posted to his social media pages. A-Plus was instrumental in the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s victory in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. … Read more
The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu has dismissed claims that members of the New Patriotic Party’s Invisible Forces have taken over security at the Flagstaff House. Reports on various social media platforms and a section of the media indicated that members of the NPP’s internal security body together with other national security agencies are … Read more