President of minor USAID agency refuses access to DOGE team and files lawsuit against shutdown
The leader of a small agency organizing U.S. aid to Africa refused to allow the Department of Government Efficiency access…
Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide
A new variant of the Vo1d malware botnet has grown to 1,590,299 infected Android TV devices across 226 countries, recruiting…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s workout with US special forces is actually way harder than it looks
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth participated in a grueling early-morning workout ahead of NATO meetings.During his weeklong trip…
Nigeria Touts Cyber Success, Even as Cybercrime Rises in Africa
Organizations continue to be at high risk from cybercrime in Africa, despite law enforcement takedowns of cybercriminal syndicates in Nigeria…
Google blocked 2.36 million risky Android apps from Play Store in 2024
Google blocked 2.3 million Android app submissions to the Play Store in 2024 due to violations of its policies that made…
MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years
The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed…
Mandatory MFA, Biometrics Make Headway in Middle East, Africa
Despite lagging in technology adoption, African and Middle Eastern organizations are catching up, driven by smartphone acceptance and national identity…
Biden pardons late Black activist Marcus Garvey, 4 others
President Biden pardoned political activist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey and four others on Sunday on his last day in…
Karen Bass was enjoying a cocktail party, taking photos in a foreign land while her city burned
Unlike the tale of Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned, which is likely apocryphal, there is proof that Los Angeles…
Russia Carves Out Commercial Surveillance Success Globally
Growing sales of the System for Operative Investigative Activities (SORM), a Russian wiretapping platform, in Central Asia and Latin American…