By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World (US) 11 Feb, 2010
The U.S. government is shifting its strategy for defending federal networks against a rising tide of hacking attacks launched by foreign governments and criminals. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 29 Jan, 2010
An upsurge in African cybercrime targeting the financial sector threatens to derail the rollout of Internet banking and electronic commerce services and has forced the Nigerian government to raise an alarm over the vulnerability of the country's ICT infrastructure. read more »
Massive denial-of-service attacks and infiltration of corporate networks by attackers is a common experience for companies in critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, energy, water, transportation and telecom. read more »
In choosing Howard Schmidt as cyber czar President Obama has gotten someone who has held a similar job in a previous administration, has varied experience at high-level corporate jobs, was a frequent panelist at security conferences and who has even written a book on defending the Internet. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 19 Nov, 2009
Competition for mobile-phone based transactions in East and Southern Africa has gone a notch higher with the introduction of services by MobiKash Africa, an independent provider. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 4 Sep, 2009
Increased broadband capacity in Africa has pushed major banks in the region to launch Internet and mobile-phone banking services to customers to improve their access to banking services. read more »
Scientists have long known that heat is an effective weapon against cancerous tumors. The problem, though, has been how to heat the tumors to the point that it kills them without damaging surrounding tissue. read more »
The US has already declared a public emergency because of the rising number of swine flu cases. China and Russia have made plans to quarantine anyone with symptoms of the virus, agencies reported. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
