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Cybersecurity Challenges in Zimbabwe's Growing Digital Economy: What Steps are Being Taken to Address Potential Threats?
In the era of information and technology where everything is done through gadgets and devices constantly connected to the internet, one thing has become more important than anything else when pr...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:18hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Nationals are a target of international cyber criminals
As more and more Zimbabweans embrace the digital economy, the rise of cybercrime has become a significant concern for its citizens. With increasing internet penetration, more individuals are engaging ...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 12:19hrs | 316 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Cyber crimes under-reported
Despite tireless efforts made by local, regional and global state and non-state actors to curb cybercrimes, statistics continues to spike because victims shun reporting these cases and therefore suffe...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 309 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
VPN will allow citizens to by-pass government internet censorship
On the 23rd of August 2023, Zimbabwe will be having its national election and history indicates that Zimbabwe's elections are marred with violence, intimidation and censorship. With over four bi...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:09hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Fraudsters registering fake domains including for Zimbabwe passports
A fraudster has registered http://zimpassports.online to defraud Zimbabweans who are desperate for the elusive Zimbabwean passport.According to the website https://who.is, whoever registered t...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Jacob Mutisi
Mnangagwa says judicial independence guaranteed
President Mnangagwa yesterday told the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls that the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans careless online'
ICT experts in Zimbabwe say there is need to train workers and the general public on the dangers of Cyber-attacks as the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the need to work remotely. This has increased t...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Don't be a victim of Online Blackmail
In Zimbabwe, everything is happening online. People are home and bored, so many are willing to do things that they will never do. Zimbabweans have accepted the use of mobile technology and no doubt, t...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Hackers use phone number to unlock personal details
A DEPUTY minister recently lost R600 000 through a cyber security breach on his South African bank account. Cyber criminals used his phone number to unlock his personal data. A phone number is an easy...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:44hrs | 14 | by Jacob Mutisi
Mobile network operators to set up more tower sites
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has said mobile network operators are engaging local authorities to acquire land in order to set up 13 telecommunication towe...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi is not the last, You can be the next to be hacked
There has been a lot of questions on how the former Vice President Cde Kembo Mohadi got his phone hacked and how the recordings were acquired. That can happen to anyone in these times of technology us...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 10:17hrs | 15 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
How Africa lost billions to cyber criminals in 2020
A mobile payment cyber security specialist has lifted the lid on the business model underpinning the mobile fraud that cost the African continent over US$4 billion (R59,68 billion) last year.A...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Impact of new media on Zimbabwean politics
Recent events in the United States stimulated debate on cyber space. Social media has taken the world by storm, and the recent developments in the US have raised debate on the impact of the phenomenon...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Livit Mugejo
Nurse e-recruitment begins
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has started to receive online applications from aspiring nurses countrywide as exclusively revealed by this paper about two months ago The recruitment fol...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Call for Zimbabwe banks to embrace digital technologies
The banking sector has been called upon to embrace digital technologies which will enhance strategic partnerships and ensure efficient services to clients. The call was made at the 25th WSBI Africa Re...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hackers hit Khama, demands $10,000
ZIMBABWE international footballer Khama Billiat is being traumatised after some fraudsters hacked his Facebook and Twitter accounts and demanded he pays them US$10 000 by yesterday or they will releas...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu's phone hacked
ZIMBABWE international striker Evans Rusike could be out for, at least, three weeks after an injury sustained in a South African Premiership tie on Saturday. On an eventful weekend for Zimbabw...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves Cyber Crime bill
Cabinet has approved the principles for Cyber Protection, Data Protection and Electronic Transaction Bill, the Minister of Information Monica Mutsvangwa has revealed.Addressing a post ca...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:02hrs | 25 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How to protect your family from hackers online
Cybercrime is at an all-time high in today's world, which can be highly dangerous for your personal information and the safety of your family. But there are things you can do to protect yourself and y...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Card cloning cases rise alarmingly
POLICE have said commercial crimes are on the increase in the country with cases involving the cloning of bank cards rising sharply. Speaking on the sidelines of a multi-stakeholder meeting on...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift widening'
Intense jostling for control of the ruling Zanu-PF between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is escalating into public fights between backers of the two heavyweights ami...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders should act swiftly on card cloning scams
THE last few months have seen an upsurge in cases of electronic credit card fraud involving use of cloned ATM cards, as more Zimbabweans have embraced the use of plastic money due to cash shortages....Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bankc card cloning on the increase, police warn public
Police have warned members of the public to be wary of a syndicate of criminals that has been swindling people through card cloning, with over 150 cases having been reported countrywide since January....Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
How can businesses improve cyber security?
The word cybersecurity is now part of a daily concern for businesses as breaches continue to threaten t...Published: 02 May 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Agency
North Korea's cyber army the real threat not nuclear missiles
The global informational space joins particular people the military as well as civil infrastructure. Nowadays there is no regulation in this sphere.This situation creates perfect conditions fo...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potraz declares war on cyber criminals
Criminals abusing cyberspace should be fished out and exposed for people to feel safe in using the Internet productively, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe Director-Genera...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign-based Zimbabweans who abuse social media face extradition, 10 years in jail
PEOPLE who abuse social media face 10 years in jail in terms of the refined Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Bill which goes to Parliament soon.Foreign-based Zimbabweans who cause harm back home...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
CIA's biggest spying secrets revealed by Wikileaks
WikiLeaks has released a huge set of files that it calls "Year Zero" and which mark the biggest exposure of CIA spying secrets ever.The massive set of documents - over 8,000 pages in all -...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 13:13hrs | | by theindependent
Zimbabwean-born actor in Hollywood blockbuster
In a lot of ways he is still the humble young man who arrived from Zimbabwe 13 years ago. But Tawanda Manyimo knows that he has come a long way since the day he quit his logistics job and ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Stuff.co.nz.
Five men charged in the biggest cyber crime case in U.S. history
Federal prosecutors said on Thursday they have charged five men responsible for a hacking and credit card fraud spree that cost companies more $300 million and two of the suspects are in custody, in t...Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 04:04hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Egyptian hackers 'attack' UAE gov't websites
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday it has "confronted" an attempt to hack government websites launched by cyber criminals in Egypt....Published: 22 Jul 2013 at 04:34hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police join cyber warfare
The Computer society of Zimbabwe has taken lead in finding solutions to our cyber crime ravaged society but this time, they have asked the Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D) Serious Fraud's inp...Published: 20 Mar 2012 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Toneo Rutsito
Google profiting from ads for illegal products
The BBC on Tuesday revealed that the online adverting giant, Google is profiting from ads for illegal products generated by its flagship automated advertising system.According to BBC the ads i...Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 09:22hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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