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Kaspersky Flags Qualcomm Chip Flaw Enabling Full Device Takeover
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (298+ words) Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has disclosed a hardware-level vulnerability in widely used Qualcomm chipsets that could allow an attacker with only minutes of physical access to seize control of a device, steal data, and activate its camera and microphone without detection....
Bo G Governor Admits Stabilisation Cost as Key Indicators Surge
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (233+ words) Bank of Ghana (Bo G) Governor Dr. Johnson Asiama has confirmed that the central bank's forthcoming 2025 financial statements will carry the accounting cost of the aggressive policy measures used to stabilise Ghana's economy, even as headline indicators have improved sharply. Dr....
Health Data of 500, 000 Britons Found Listed for Sale on Alibaba
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (326+ words) The British government has launched an investigation after the health records of half a million United Kingdom citizens were found listed for sale on Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba, in what authorities have described as an unacceptable abuse of research data....
Ghana Must Build Cybersecurity Judgment Not Just Technical Knowledge " Expert
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (322+ words) Ghana's foremost cybersecurity expert has challenged the country's higher education institutions to move beyond producing graduates who understand systems and instead shape professionals who can interrogate them, as the nation launches its first advanced academic programmes dedicated to cybersecurity and…...
94% of U. S. Campus IT Teams Are Chronically Understaffed
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (410+ words) A sweeping new industry survey has found that nine in ten campus information technology teams in the United States are operating in a state of chronic resource shortage, with cybersecurity emerging as their single greatest challenge even as artificial intelligence…...
CISO Summit: MTN, Sapient Envision Strengthen Africa's Cybersecurity
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (953+ words) As part of efforts to strengthen cybersecurity resilience in Ghana's digital space, Sapient Envision, a subsidiary of Innovare Limited, in partnership with MTN Ghana, has hosted the Chief Information Security Officers Summit in Accra. The summit brought together senior cybersecurity…...
Ghana and Zambia push for fintech licence passporting and direct payments
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (429+ words) Ghana and Zambia are moving beyond bilateral goodwill into concrete regulatory action, with ministers from both countries signalling plans to allow fintech firms licensed in one country to operate in the other without restarting the approval process from scratch. Speaking…...
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UBA Appoints Juliana Asare as Chief Finance Officer
2+ week, 1+ day ago (293+ words) News Ghana Juliana Asare is a distinguished finance executive and transformational leader, currently serving as the Chief Finance Officer of UBA Ghana, where she makes history as the first woman to hold this role. With over two decades of progressive…...
Africa Faces 3, 000 Weekly Cyberattacks as AI Reshapes the Threat Landscape
2+ week, 3+ day ago (394+ words) African organisations are facing more than 3, 000 cyberattacks per organisation per week on average, the highest volume globally, as the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) across business operations outpaces the security measures needed to protect it, according to new research…...