What is the difference between the terms cybersecurity and information security? The National Institute of Standards and Technology gives the following definitions in its glossary: Cybersecurity: the prevention of damage to, unauthorized use of, exploitation of, and—if needed—the restoration of electronic information and communications systems, and the information they contain, in order to strengthen the… Read More »
I was searching online for some information about a school. I came across a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file. This is a text file that can be read using a variety of programs such as a text editor or a spreadsheet program. This file was on a certain school website and apparently was generated from an… Read More »
I have written before on why I think you should use a password manager. Follow the steps below to install a password manager on Google Chrome. The steps should be similar for other browsers. Step 1: Open Google Chrome Launch the Google Chrome browser on your computer. Step 2: Go to the Chrome Web Store… Read More »
I have recently been watching episodes on the ‘Catfished’ channel on YouTube. Catfishing, in this case, is the creation of a fake online profile and luring a target into an online romantic relationship, with the goal of getting money from the target. The stories are shocking. The basic plot is that an older lady (usually)… Read More »
William and Zachary Zulock are two men from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They are a couple. They adopted two boys in 2018 from a special-needs agency. They repeatedly molested these two boys for years. They filmed their unlawful acts. They shared the recordings with others. They were nabbed in 2022. In 2024, they pleaded guilty to… Read More »
The Bank of Uganda is the country’s central bank. In November 2024, there was a heist at the bank. Initial reports suggested a cyberattack by hackers, but subsequent investigations and reports suggested an inside job. In a statement on its website, the bank said there was “fraudulent activity that resulted in international payments being diverted… Read More »
In December 2023, a lady who runs a makeup business in Nairobi posted online about how her now-former employees had been stealing from her company. She said it was well-planned theft and the group had stolen millions of shillings in one year alone. The employees would tell clients that the official mobile money number was… Read More »
In November 2024, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that a man named Evan Bobzin was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft and tax offences related to stolen money totalling about 2 million US dollars. It was stated that from July 2013… Read More »
In September 2024, an online lender in Kenya, Azura Credit Limited, was ordered to pay a man KShs. 250,000/- The man had complained to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) that Azura was harassing him as a guarantor for a loan that someone else took. For those not familiar with the practice (though… Read More »
Many people in Kenya pay rent using mobile money. Around the end of the month, I usually receive messages such as the ones shown, pretending to be from my landlord, and asking me to pay my rent to a new account. I’m sure these messages are sent to many phone numbers, hoping that some will… Read More »