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Police issue warning on WhatsApp attacks
Authorities have sounded the alarm over a spike in cyberattacks, urging the public to exercise caution when using digital platforms such as WhatsApp. Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated tactics...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 1,000 cybercriminals
At least 1,000 cybercriminals, including 29 from Zimbabwe, have been arrested in recent multinational operations conducted by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) across Africa. O...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:46hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
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 | 295 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Severe consequences await armed robbers
POLICE's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has reaffirmed its commitment to flushing out the armed robbers' menace to the preservation of law and order in the country saying the consequences fo...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Scammers bleed Natfoods US$6m
IN what could be one of the biggest cybercrimes ever reported in the country, National Foods, a local manufacturer and marketer of food products, lost over US$6 million to criminals who hacked into it...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Software engineers to keep a close eye on application security in 2023
As we continue through 2023, software engineers are placing an ever-growing priority on application securit...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 23:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police not yet computerised
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga says lack of technology to investigate corruption in the country has affected the work of the law enforcement agency.The revelations come at a time w...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rogue lawyers connive with bogus estate agents
SOME rogue lawyers in Bulawayo are reportedly conniving with bogus estate agents to defraud homeseekers as demand for housing surges.Police in Bulawayo recorded 32 fraud cases involving the sa...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying haunts female politicians
ELECTORAL watchdogs and women's rights groups have cited cyberbullying as a major factor discouraging women from actively participating in politics.Addressing delegates at an election sensitis...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lack of technology hampers anti-graft fight, says Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Monday said lack of technological skills and equipment was hampering efforts to fight graft.Addressing a five-day Southern Africa Development ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
The need for social media regulation
IT is estimated that half of the world's population is now using social media. This is according to the Digital 2021 Global Statshot report.Global Web Index (GWI) puts it at 57,6% with about 4...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 10 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Africa's judicial authorities must adopt ICTs, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged judicial authorities in Africa to adopt information communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance justice delivery system amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Mnang...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top South African Advocate behind bars for 'incitement'
ADVOCATE Ike Thamsanqa Khumalo appeared in the Booysens Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 27 July - not as a defence lawyer, but as the accused. Khumalo was appearing on two charges of contraventi...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages cripple police operations
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is grappling with severe transport and fuel shortages resulting in its officers failing to attend crime scenes and other duties.This was confirmed by Home Af...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
US$100 million gold smuggled out of Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is losing at least US$100 million worth of gold every month, which is being smuggled out of the country through porous borders with Government now in the process of rolling out measures to pl...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$42 million lost to cyber-crime
More than $40 million has been lost to cyber-crime in the first four months of the year, an official report has shown.According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) statistics, 4 001 counts o...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
State of Cyber laws in Zimbabwe and what needs to be done Now!!!
Cybercrimes are a growing concern for governments and nations, Zimbabwean government has been pushing for universal access of the Internet, encouraged the use of social media and is pushing for the us...Published: 23 May 2019 at 16:06hrs | 5 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Cocospy Review: Best mobile Spy App for parents and employers
Do you want a mobile spy app for your children and employees? You have landed at the right place where you will come to know about one of the best ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | 12 | by Staff Writer
How to avoid getting ripped off by a shady online casino
Online casinos have gained a lot of relevance- thanks to our jam-packed lifestyle and the ease that the online medium adds to the whole equation. However, many online casinos with ill motives have com...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 10:15hrs | 2 | 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 | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe lagging behind on cybercrime security'
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) management met over the weekend with the parliamentary committee on information communication technology in Kadoma to highli...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Bank card cloning fraud cases on the rise in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) says 154 cases of bank card cloning have been reported in the country so far as more people use electronic payment systems in the absence...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attorney General wants clarity on cybersecurity
ATTORNEY General Advocate Prince Machaya has said there is a need to balance the interests of the State and people's constitutional rights as too much government involvement in cybersecurity has the p...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Final thoughts before the Zimbabwe election
This is the last contribution I will make before the elections and I struggled to reduce all my thoughts into one column, so if it is a bit lengthier than usual, do forgive me.With so little t...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
Privacy and the voter's roll
AS the election period unfolds some interesting legal issues and questions are creeping into public conversations. One of the most topical issues this past week concerned the propriety and legality of...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa will not interfere with Internet connectivity
Government will not interfere with Internet connectivity or sanction illicit monitoring of citizens' private communication over the election period, a Cabinet minister has said.In line with Go...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cybercrime bill repressive, designed to steer self-censorship among citizens
The Cybercrime and Cyber-security Bill which seeks to regulate internet conduct in Zimbabwe is very repressive and is being crafted with authoritarian intentions to instil self-censorship among citize...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 16:34hrs | 12 | by Byo24News Reporter
Grave Consequences on Internet Freedoms in Zimbabwe! - report
Done in partial contribution to ZDI and Media Centre investigation into the state of internet governance/freedom in Zimbabwe, this paper presents findings of the study of the Cybercrime and Cyber-secu...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 11:04hrs | | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Blackout hit Zimbabwe banks hard
THE banking sector lost an estimated $70 million after many internet-dependent transactions could not be processed because of the recent data blackout which lasted six hours.On December 5, Zim...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uniformed forces being trained to fight cyber crime
UNIFORMED forces are being trained in online investigation to curb cybercrime, which has become a threat to the country.Speaking at the School of Military Police Graduation ceremony held at Mz...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why there is a rush for bitcoins in Zimbabwe
APPLE Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak recently declared that bitcoin is "better than gold and the United States dollar".Wozniak even went a step further to compare having a bitcoin to owning a ho...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man who leaked bond coin invoice speaks, 'I sent invoice to my friend'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has unmasked the person who leaked photos of a consignment invoice of bond coins destined for Zimbabwe from South Africa this week and has reported the case to police to i...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe police get boost in war against cyber crime
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has stepped up efforts to ensure that cyber sexual predators and paedophilias are brought to justice, a senior official has said.Speaking during the handover of 19...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest of Zimbabwe journalists increase 130%
POLICE arbitrary arrests of journalists legally doing their work has spiked by 130% in the past 12 months as the State intensifies its suppression of freedom of expression and keeping the electronic m...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa: A Presidency long overdue
I have noted with some trepidation at the general deterioration of what was once the first and foundational political party in Africa, the African National Congress (ANC).The ANC was found...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 20:40hrs | | by Ken Tecumseh Sibanda
The case for Internet regulation
The Internet is not only a conduit of nefarious activities but a domain of sophisticated crime which any nation would need to regulate. Other countries have already addressed this by putting in place ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Stay secure when using the internet
Most people seem scared to use the internet because of the various cybercrimes that are taking place these days. Is it possible to stay away from the internet? The answer is NO. The internet is being ...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 11:24hrs | | by Noreen Sarai (Mrs)
Mystery of underwear found in parliament
A pair of women's underwear that fell out of a Brazilian legislator's briefcase on the floor of Congress two weeks ago has been incinerated after no one stepped forward to claim them, O Globo newspape...Published: 01 Jun 2012 at 07:10hrs | | by Reuters
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