Cyber Watch Ghana

Pen drives, Flash drives, or Thumb drives refer to the same storage device that facilitates data transfer. Without modern-day pen drives, it will be a tiring task to transfer data from one source to the other. Although pen drives are common, few people know how they operate and the factors to consider before buying a pen drive. Let's talk about what you should consider before buying a pen drive. 1. THE CHASSIS (Metallic, Silicone, or Wood) Ordinary pen drive chassis is primarily metallic, a few designs are silicone while others are wooden. Normally, users will not pay attention to these designs since the main focus is the functionality. Yet it plays an important role given some circumstances. Let's go straight to the point: Metallic pen drives are not suitable for younger children, the reason is, they can produce electrical shocks when a computer has a little electricity leaking through a component somewhere within. On the other hand, faulty metallic pen drives can also heat ...

If you have been in the I.T. world for a while, you will understand there's always a caveat for using free software. This caveat could be in the form of spyware infection, trojans, or bot infections. On Wednesday 29th May 2024, the Office of Public Affairs under the Department of Justice (USA), released an official statement on the closing down of possibly the world's largest botnet  (911 S5)  and the arrest of its alleged owner YungHe Wan. This botnet was complicit in multiple cybercrimes not limited to child exploitation, bomb threats, export violations, large-scale fraud, etc. According to the US DOJ, this has been a difficult yet award-winning investigation that has been very fruitful over the years.  This is the result of attempting to visit the  911 s5  domain: WHAT IS A BOTNET? A botnet is a network of compromised computers, often referred to as  "bots"  or  "zombies,"  that are controlled remotely by a malicious actor, known as a...

And behold it came to reality that some cybercriminals have become so bold and treacherous that they end up luring targeted victims into sexual acts, secretly recording or asking them to record themselves in compromised acts and share it with them, only to publish it later online or host it in the cloud and use it as ransom to generate a lifetime of wealth. sextortion in Ghana I have been targeted by a few of these criminals on countless occasions, as part of my surveillance, I play along to gather enough data and then simply drop them off. I had situations where we had to collaborate effort to solve some problems caused by these criminals to some victims.  Sometimes, I use cyber security ops to neutralize some of their online activities. Enough said, Here are some of their operations and how you can be victimized. 1. THE "AGONA SWEDRU SYNDICATE" IN GHANA Somewhere in mid-year 2023, exactly a year back, they began their operation using Facebook as their main medium of target....

Many password breaches and website hacks usually make our passwords unsafe after some time. For these reasons, it is advisable to change our passwords frequently. How often you change your password may depend on you, and how you handle your digital security. SECURITY CONCERNS ABOUT THESE SITES? Passwords have come to stay with us, from our mobile phones, TVs, and Cars to doors, as a result of cyber threats, we always need some form of authentication. We now live in a world where password is part of our daily lives. HOW STRONG IS YOUR PASSWORD?  Passwords are usually private strings of characters that are mostly encrypted and used to authenticate access to some resource. It is always good to note that no password whatsoever in the field of digital computing is uncrackable. All passwords can be cracked given enough tools, time, and resources. Most of the cracking tools are available online, but the challenge lies with the resources and time. The strength of your password determines h...

Flash media   (Storage devices that use flash memory)   has been around for a while and has been the favorable medium for transferring data. While the older versions of flash media were at most genuine, the recent Ghanaian market has been flooded with tons of fake and fraudulently manufactured flash drives   (pen drives and memory cards) . pen drives in Ghana This has been the modus operandi of some overseas manufacturers with most encounters from China ( where we ship most of the tested flash drives) . In Ghana, the common dealers of flash memory devices are the petty traders commonly referred to as “Abotsi” ( Malian, Burkinabe, or Nigerien)  retailing small commodities usually by hawking. They are the main retailers of most petty Chinese–made goods in Ghana. They end up in the "cycle of sales" as innocent victims of a fraud scheme, without knowing the details of the products they sell. 1. PEN DRIVE STORAGE CAPACITY EXPLAINED  In computing, 1024 MB (Megabyte) u...

If you are into I.T., chances are, you came across a video, on social media explaining how lucrative you can earn a lot of money within the shortest possible time via Cybersecurity. These ads and videos briefly explain how you can learn from free online resources and become an expert in weeks if not months!  Cybersecurity The question then is, how true are these claims and ads? Has anyone followed any of these courses and become an expert in months? Any critical thinker can easily analyze these claims carefully, and with a little research will soon realize that most of these videos, ads, and claims are half-baked and fall short of the truth, especially for Africans. Cybersecurity is a broad and interesting field, but a complex maze with multiple cubicles. One must therefore be careful not to get lost and lose hope within this maze. Several people are eyeing the possibility of becoming a cybersecurity operative only to give up after a few months of unsuccessful attempts to understan...