Under The Hoodie Under The Hoodie—Simbiat Sadiq, Information Security Professional In this Under The Hoodie edition, she tells us about her first encounter with cybersecurity, and her passion for helping a lot of women get into the field.
Spotlight The protracted history of internet shutdowns in Africa Internet shutdowns have become a motif in Africa. African leaders restrict internet access for the flimsiest motives. It could be to prevent exam malpractice, disperse protests, or mitigate against misinformation.
News Kaspersky: Economic uncertainty to shape 2021 cybercrime agenda in Africa Kaspersky experts expect growing economic turbulence along with the impact of COVID-19 to contribute to an increase in cybercrime across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria this year.
CyberSecurity Bypassing a Government-imposed internet shutdown Can the Nigerian government shut down the internet? How feasible is it? How do you bypass internet restriction or shut down? Here is all you need to know.
CyberSecurity 6 ways to protect your devices from stalkers and Spyware Spyware is hard to define because we are yet to agree on what constitutes "consent" and "harm". Regardless, here are 6 ways to guide against Spyware.
CyberSecurity Avoid getting hacked 104: A guide to internet anonymity Perfect internet anonymity is technically impossible, except you build everything you use. But here are some tools and steps to help improve your anonymity.
CyberSecurity How to make money from cryptocurrency and not get scammed In this article, I point out how you can make money from cryptocurrencies, and how to avoid getting scammed. For the purpose of this article, I focus on Bitcoin as it is the most popular and the largest cryptocurrency by market volume and value.
CyberSecurity Bully me not: Dealing with cyberbullying in Nigeria Knowing how to deal with cyberbullying is a sine qua non. Because in this global village, it's only a matter of time before we are (or someone close to us is) cyberbullied.
Opinion Internet Governance II: Protecting your data and privacy online While there is still so much governments and private individuals have to do, we also have a role to play in internet governance
News Truecaller privacy policy finally gets NITDA attention The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)—the agency that coordinates the development of information technology in Nigeria—is investigating Truecaller for breach of privacy rights.
CyberSecurity Avoid getting hacked 103: A guide to secure personal computers Personal computers contain a trove of personal and sensitive information, which make them a valuable target for hackers. Here are 7 steps to improve the security of our personal computers.
CyberSecurity Avoid getting hacked 102: A guide to securing mobile devices Editor's note: This post is a continuation of our series on how to "avoid getting hacked". Read the first part about secure passwords. Smartphones like other computing devices contain a lot of important
Opinion Avoid getting hacked 101: A guide to secure passwords To create more secure logins, it's advisable not to use a password that contains publicly available details. Always ensure your passwords contain a random series of text and symbols.
Opinion 7 ways to protect yourself from ransomware attacks on your Spectranet and Smile mobile hotspots Here is how it applies to you and how you can limit the risk of a future occurrence while protecting your home/ or office mobile hotspots.
Opinion Top 5 VPNs to use in 2019 These five carefully-selected Virtual Private Networks (VPN) will not leak your activity data to third-parties because they do not store it.
