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South Africans lost R1 billion to digital banking fraud
Money lost by South Africans to digital banking fraud increased from R735,000 in 2022 to R1.1 billion in 2023 - a 47% increase.This is according to the South African Banking Risk Centre's (Sab...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 16:33hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Bank card fraud chaos in South Africa
In 2023, card-not-present (CNP) fraud accounted for over 68% of all card fraud committed in South Africa, costing citizens over R700 million.This is according to the South African Banking Risk...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 16:31hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Row over release of fraud suspects
A senior regional prosecutor in Harare, Ms. Gossy Mudambu, is facing allegations of facilitating the release of three fraud suspects before their scheduled bail hearing, sparking concerns of potential...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Google is deleting Gmail accounts
Google is continuing to delete Gmail accounts that haven't been used in more than two years. The company revealed last November it would be deleting inactive Google accounts, including Gmail, as ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 11:10hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
10 Advantages of the Mostbet Mobile App in Kazakhstan
In the world of online betting, mobile applications are becoming increasingly popular, providing users with convenience and accessibility anytime and anywhere. The Mostbet mobile app is a prime exampl...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 15:39hrs | 174 | by Staff Reporter
Robbers surrender loot after bees 'apprehend' them
IF you are ever in a situation where you are being robbed, the best thing to do is to comply with the robbers' demands and then report the incident to the police as soon as possible and wait for the w...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Detectives steal exhibit to destroy case
SOME members of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Beitbridge allegedly stole a document linking their workmates to car smuggling.The stolen document is a fraudulent vehicle clear...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
How organisation can prevent cyber attacks
Ninety-five percent of cyber breaches come from only three industries in 2016 - government, retail, and technology. The reason is not necessarily because these industries are less diligent in their pr...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chinamasa must be arrested
Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff members and volunteers arrested on allegations of attempting to post the general election results have been free...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Arrested ERC, ZESN observers ordered to lie on stomachs for three hours'
A Harare magistrate's court was Friday told of how 39 election observers seized Wednesday night by AK assault rifle wielding police officers were made to surrender their phones and passwords and furth...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
$27 million identity fraud suspect arrested
POLICE have arrested a suspected cyber-criminal who allegedly hacked WhatsApp accounts, cloned bank cards, and stole people's identities to commit fraud.Trynos Muzanenhamo (25) was arrested af...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$457 000 to bitcoin dealer
A Harare man who specialises in cryptocurrency (bitcoin) business has appeared in court for allegedly duping an eye specialist of US$457 000 in a bitcoin deal by stealing the money from his accounts....Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
SA hair salon used as conduit in Natfoods cash scam
A SOUTH AFRICAN hair salon was reportedly used as a conduit to transfer part of the money that was siphoned from National Foods.Scammers hacked into the company's computer system and accessed ...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:30hrs | 3 | 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
Dembare to conduct ideology classes
DYNAMOS have paled over the years with lack of philosophy and identity being some of the factors blamed for the downturn in their fortunes.And the Glamour Boys, who have refreshed their squad ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare paying 'dead' workers
Cash strapped Harare City Council is allegedly paying ghost workers in the form of dead and fired employees while the money is being pocketed by selected top bosses.Preliminary investigations ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCTV Surveillance Technology in Africa needs a national policy
African countries are installing closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) and surveillance technologies without regulation frameworks and national CCTV and surveillance national policies. The sp...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chiwenga's ex-wife files for refusal of remand
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife Marry Mubaiwa appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday where she filed an application for refusal of further remand in a case she is facing...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife steps out after amputation
Marry Mubaiwa made her first public appearance after her right arm was amputated on Monday, showing up in a Harare court where her lawyers protested delays in prosecuting her on money laundering charg...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cyber scams on the rise in Zimbabwe
CYBER scams are on the rise in Zimbabwe with experts saying people must be vigilant as hackers can steal identities so that they commit crimes.Lately, hackers have been on the loose in Zimbabw...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife's application for refusal of further remand dismissed
HARARE magistrate Stanford Mambanje today dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa on a case where she is being charged for...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 19:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Detective awaits password in Mubaiwa's money laundering case
Police are waiting for a password from South Africa to open a disc of PDF documents to conclude their investigations into the money laundering charges faced by Marry Mubaiwa, investigating officer Det...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ailing ex-wife seeks removal from remand
VICE President Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has filed an application to be removed from remand in a matter she is accused of money laundering.She appea...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | | 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
Zimbabwe won't fall prey to Western fables, fabrications
DRUMS are beating, so high to a deafening crescendo as Zimbabwe hurtles towards the 2023 elections. Of course, the ground is already uneven because President Mnangagwa has been implementing pro-people...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's activists were not arrested'
CCC activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri lost their bid to block the State from tendering documentary evidence that their phones were active in Harare during the time they claimed to have been...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Voters roll is in shambles, unusable'
THE voters roll which will be used by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the Saturday by-elections is shambolic, with an unacceptably high margin of error of 27%, watchdogs have said.A...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans now big players in UK fraud scams
Another set of Zimbabweans caught and convicted in another United Kingdom (UK) Credit card fraud scam this week!"With the growth of internet usage worldwide, the UK has become a target destina...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:46hrs | | by Jacob Mutisi ICT EXPERT
'Jail ex-American soldier nabbed with gun at RGM Airport'
THE State yesterday said an ex-American soldier, who was nabbed at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport intending to board a flight to Victoria Falls with a loaded pistol, should be jailed for ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-US soldier pleads guilty to possession of a firearm
A former American soldier has been found guilty of trying to board a flight at the Robert Gabriel International Airport with a firearm which was not lawfully declared.Ronald Johnson was convic...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice limits DStv streaming to one device in a 'dumb' move
From 22 March MultiChoice will no longer allow a DStv subscriber to stream DStv Catch Up content - either library content or a linear TV channel as a live stream – on more than one device at the sam...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
1win - new bookmaker in India
1win is a fairly young bookmaker. The company was founded in 2016, until 2018 it was called FirstBet. It is popular on the Indian market, also because of its generous first deposit bonus. Among the ma...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Behold the new
Behold the new has come as cyclone Citizens Coalition for Change hits Zimbabwe by storm.Currently the social media is now awash with Citizens Coalition for Change wave and apparently, no one i...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 17:59hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe criminals go hi-tech
ZIMBABWEAN criminals are not being left behind by technology. They are using technology to enhance their trade, just like everybody else.Technology is a useful tool as it can bend to the whims...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:37hrs | 14 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Over R500m lost in SA debit card scams
Gross losses due to fraud committed on South African-issued debit cards amounted to R520,5 million in 2020 – an increase of 26.5 percent compared to 2019.This is according to 2020 crime stat...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Poly a Cyber Security Risk
As we were scanning through cyberspace we tested the vulnerability of the Bulawayo Polytechnic campus portal. This serves to notify you that your educational portal is completely insecure (see attache...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Scammers steal $500 000 from ZB Bank accountholder
TWO Harare scammers appeared at the Harare Magistrate Court facing fraud charges after they stole $573 525 from an unsuspecting ZB Bank accountholder.Graduate Kanengoni (21) of 5450 Glen Norah...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pakistani gets 'Sibanda' surname, ID, passport in one day
IN a shocking revelation that has exposed deep rooted corruption at Lupane Provincial Registrar's Office, a Pakistan national was issued with a Zimbabwean National Identity Card bearing a common local...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 8 | by Jacob Mutisi
Econet launches revamped 'YoMix' app with rich, new features for wider customer base
Econet Wireless - Zimbabwe's largest mobile network operator by customer base and network coverage - has re-launched its popular YoMix mobile application (app), extending its use to the rest of ...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 21:14hrs | 11 | by Agencies
Chaos rocks Mberengwa school after deputy head's death
There has been turmoil at Chemimwe High School in Mberengwa after the school deputy head collapsed and died last week moments after he was involved in a heated argument with the headmaster over the sc...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Security - Why it Matters for Due Diligence - use a data room
After the stock market crashed in 1929, a new law was formed. The Securities Act of 1933 sought to help investors make more inf...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 05:53hrs | 4 | by Staff writer
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 | 7 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Team to counter cyber-terrorism in pipeline
Plans are underway to set up a National Computer Incidence Response Team (NCIRT) to improve issues surrounding cyber terrorism, data theft and any breaches of privacy. This was said yeste...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Should social media platform proprietors be held responsible for abuses or individual users only?
It is now being suggested that the social media platform proprietors (eg Facebook ), must take full responsibility of any abuses perpetrated to others by the users of those social media platforms. Thi...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:34hrs | | by Njabulo
What are some highly important terms related to bitcoin? Checkout the details!
Bitcoin is considered to be one of the highly desired currency across this whole world. It is not necessary that you will trade in the bitcoin and only then you are going to make profit out of it. It ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff Writer
Zinara workers in court for theft
TWO Zimbabwe National Road Administration (zinara) employees, who allegedly swindled their employer of over US$20 000 in fuel levies, yesterday appeared in court charged with theft.Rosina Haku...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for rape in Botswana
PROSECUTORS in Botswana were left stunned recently when a young woman who was raped by a Zimbabwe man in that country refused to testify against him, but instead asked the police to supply her with th...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How to avoid Bitcoin scams
Bitcoin scams are everywhere and with cryptocurrency being a valuable asset in the world today, it easily attracts more criminals. There have been multiple reports of scams in recent years worth up to...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
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