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With profound gratitude and pleasure, I wish to on behalf of MAFORD and on my own behalf thank Hon Ruth for dedicating her life to serve her people in various capacities and forms of services till todate. We thank God for the gift of her life. We equally wish to thank Hon Jenifer for all she is doing both at national, regional, sub regional, county and personal level in serving her people of Maracha district and especially on all issues that connects with the objectives of MAFORD. We are even more delighted to witness attendance of such events by Rt Hon Prime Minister and other senior Government officials both local and national levels. This is a sign of very good interpersonal relationships you our MPs are having our there which can actually spur positive changes and development in our district because it would easy lobbying avenues.  With the current trend of organogramme of Governement institutions having many women in key positions right from Vice President, speaker of parliame...

These Dropper Apps On Play Store Targeting Over 200 Banking and Cryptocurrency Wallets. Five malicious dropper Android apps with over 130,000 cumulative installations have been discovered on the Google Play Store distributing banking trojans like SharkBot and Vultur, which are capable of stealing financial data and performing on-device fraud. "These droppers continue the unstopping evolution of malicious apps sneaking to the official store," Dutch mobile security firm ThreatFabric told The Hacker News in a statement. "This evolution includes following newly introduced policies and masquerading as file managers and overcoming limitations by side-loading the malicious payload through the web browser." Targets of these droppers include 231 banking and cryptocurrency wallet apps from financial institutions in Italy, the U.K., Germany, Spain, Poland, Austria, the U.S., Australia, France, and the Netherlands. Dropper apps on official app stores like Google Play have incre...

The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt Hon Robina Nabbanja has today 3pm 29-10-2022 praised Maracha District Woman MP Driwaru Jennifer for her dedication, love and unity as she serves the people of Maracha District and Uganda. The Prime Minister made the remarks at the thanks giving ceremony of Maracha East County MP Ruth Lematia Ondoru which was held at Bura Primary School play ground in Maracha District. Hon Driwaru Jennifer is very humble, lovely and most of it all, she accords respect to each and every government office and departments she knocks at for lobbying and other official duties - Rt Hon Nabbanja said. Stay tuned for more updates on Regional, National and International news stories. #We_inform_the_uninformed  #osutayusuf

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkSPd_Mu5iV/ 1. Clean Your Windshield  Dust that you might not notice during the day can build up on the inside, too, so it’s important to clean your windshield both inside and out. 2. Check Your Lights Are your headlight and taillights in good working order? Are they aimed properly? What about your turn signals?  3. Don’t Look Into the Light Try not to look directly into the lights of oncoming traffic.  4. Increase following Distance and Reduce Speed  If you can’t stop within the illuminated area you’re too close!  5. Be Seen on the Side If you need to pull over, be sure you’re easily seen by other drivers. Carry reflective triangles, turn on your hazard lights. 6. Don’t be Distracted Whether you’re texting, fiddling with the radio Taking your attention off the road is dangerous.   7. Watch for Pedestrians  Always take extra time to watch for pedestrians and cyclists 8. Don’t Drink and Drive  Don’t put yourself or othe...

Photo taken on Saturday 22-10-2022 at Arua Golf Ground. On the left dressed in a white suit with a cap is Gen Taban Amin son to former heroic President Iddi Amin Dada (RIP) and on the right dressed in a blue T-shirt with a black Jean trouser is Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba son to incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This particular photo of two first sons greeting each other, is a rare occasion in Uganda's political history. These two first sons are both at the same Military rank of "Gen". They are trying to show us Ugandans and to the entire world that, no matter the differences we might have encountered, should not draw a parallel line of divisionism, propaganda and hatred between us. Their words and actions with each other in the public, are significant enough for this generation to emulate and learn from. As one of the champions for Human Right, we should avoid the previous mistakes our former leaders and citizens did, whereby, it was an automatic scenario to virtua...

     British Hacker A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device fraud and one count of money laundering conspiracy. Kaye was indicted in April 2021, and subsequently consented to his extradition from Cyprus to the U.S. in September 2022. "While living overseas, this defendant allegedly operated an illegal website that made hacking tools and login credentials available for purchase, including those for U.S. government agencies," said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. Court documents show that The Real Deal, until its shutdown in 2016, functioned as a market for illicit items, including stolen account logins for U.S. government computers, bank accounts, and social media platforms such as T...

Greetings dear Brethren. As everyone knows, by an alias name, i am called Rasta, the leader of Ghetto Youths in WestNile region and also coordinator for Team Chairman MK project. In a special way, i would like to thank you our four star Gen, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba for honoring the request by the people of WestNile region to have you come here to launch MK project in the region and as well to share with them many other issues. As a coordinator for MK project, my ears have been restless because of people’s request to have you Gen Muhoozi to come here. Your coming which was on 22-10-2022, was one of the confirmations of being honest and down to earth. You have proven to me and to the people of WestNile region, that, we can entrust you with anything because you are down to earth! You don’t feel large! You don’t brag! Thank you for being down to earth army General. I would also wish to thank you for uplifting the talents of Youths through the medals you awarded to the winners of the tourna...

A cybercrime group known as Vice Society has been linked to multiple ransomware strains in its malicious campaigns aimed at the education, government, and retail sectors. The Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team, which is tracking the threat cluster under the moniker DEV-0832, said the group avoids deploying ransomware in some cases and rather likely carries out extortion using exfiltrated stolen data. "Shifting ransomware payloads over time from BlackCat, Quantum Locker, and Zeppelin, DEV-0832's latest payload is a Zeppelin variant that includes Vice Society-specific file extensions, such as .v-s0ciety, .v-society, and, most recently, .locked," the tech giant's cybersecurity division said. Vice Society, active since June 2021, has been steadily observed encrypting and exfiltrating victim data, and threatening companies with exposure of siphoned information to pressure them into paying a ransom. "Unlike other RaaS (Ransomware-as-a-Service) double extortion...

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack against Tata Power that was disclosed by the company less than two weeks ago. The incident is said to have occurred on October 3, 2022. The threat actor has also been observed leaking stolen data exfiltrated prior to encrypting the network as part of its double extortion scheme. This allegedly comprises signed client contracts, agreement documents, as well as other sensitive information such as emails, addresses, phone numbers, passport numbers, taxpayer data, among others. The Mumbai-based firm, which is India's largest integrated power company, is part of the Tata Group conglomerate. Tata Power had previously disclosed in a filing with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India that an intrusion on the company's IT infrastructure impacted "some of its IT systems." According to further details shared by security researcher Rakesh Krishnan, the leak contains personally identifi...

  The messaging platform WhatsApp has gone down for users across the UK and around the world.  Users of the platform, owned by Meta, began reporting issues just before 08:00 BST on Tuesday.  More than 12,000 reports were posted within half an hour, according to the service status website Down Detector. Many people have complained on social media that they can not send or receive messages. WhatsApp has about two billion global active users. It is one of the most popular messaging platforms in Africa, Europe, America and Asia.

Opinion written by Engineer Aita Joel. UGANDA’S MISSION IN ANKARA TURKEY I Would like to register my appreciation for the great work the Ambassador and her team is doing representing Uganda in Turkey. It is highly commendable.   I happened to be among a number of Ugandan Businessmen who found our way to ANKARA. The Embassy registered our presence and what we wanted to do in Turkey. We had different Interests. The embassy went a head and arranged meetings between us and Turkish businessmen and also organized trips to various cities where we registered our interests. The presence of the Embassy also gave authenticity to the Ugandan businessmen and we were taken very seriously. I loved the documentary about the Ugandan Coffee they showcased in conjunction with Uganda Coffee Development Authority UCDA.  I went looking for sports and Infrastructure partners others went to look for machines for manufacturing, others went to buy goods etc.  I believe if Uganda’s Embassies across...

Even if they were to be left alone in this universe, Zari confirmed she can never date again her ex-boyfriend, Diamond Platinumz. “I don’t look back. I left him and the whole public knows why it happened. Diamond wasn’t faithful. I can’t return to him. We are good friends, yes, but that’s where it stops,” she said in an interview She also commented on a video in which the children she shares with him are heard accusing her of dividing their family. “Diamond was trying to put it on me, but I let it be. I can’t explain to the kids what happened between us. I have to cover up for him, but one day the kids will know the truth,” Zari said. In 2018, Diamond revealed how she could no longer stomach his cheating ways and for the sake of her well-being, she was forced to end their relationship.

The latest news landing on our desk indicates that the Government of the United Arab Emirates UAE has stopped the issuance of 30 day visas commonly referred to as Visit Visas to Ugandans until further notice. Also, UAE has stopped the issuance of the short stay Visas to 20 countries among them including Nigeria. The Dubai authorities announced that all applications were halted until problems between the governments of the UAE and Nigeria were handled. The United Arab Emirates government on Friday announced a visa ban on Nigerians, adding that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable. The ban was announced in a notice issued by UAE immigration authorities to its trade partners in Nigeria including travel agencies. But remember that in September 28th 2022, United Arab Emirates (UAE) government blacklisted Ugandans and Nigerians and announced that effective October 6, 2022, no Ugandan or Nigerian will be allowed into UAE without a certificate of good conduct and abo...

 Statement on Entebbe-Kampala Expressway. The territorial traffic police at Kajjansi have registered a fatal accident at Nakigala along the Entebbe Kampala Express highway. The accident happened on the 22.10.2022 at around 2200/C.  The accident involved motor vehicle registration number UG 0382D (Toyota Hilux) that was being driven by LT Col Byaruhabga Ephraim *I.O* *1st* *Div* *Kakiri* and motor vehicle registration number UBK 320P Benz black driven by Kamugisha Pius whom we have established to be the C.E O of Galaxy FM and a resident of Senge Wakiso who died on the way to hospital.  It's alleged that both drivers of both motor vehicles UBK 320P Benz and UG 0382D were from Entebbe side heading to Busega side via Entebbe-Kampala Expressway and towards Nakigalala at Kilometer 10, the driver of UBK 320P who was speeding decided to overtake MV UG which was driving in the outer lane at a short distance, in the process, he knocked MV UG 0382D on rear light on the driver’s side...

  👆 Hon Odria with colored eye glass 👓 addressing the gathering at Golf ground, Arua City 3:57pm 22-10-2022. The Aringa South County MP Alioni York Odria has asked the recently promoted Army Gen, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba also doubles as the first son, to add his weight in the compensation process of former army officers from WestNile region who served in Uganda Army dating far back from Gen Iddi Amin Dada's regime. The fearless MP, which some section of the public have renamed as a "Boxer", made the remarks when they were given some airtime to introduce themselves and also to greet the crowd who had gathered to be part of the Team Chairman Muhoozi Kainerugaba (MK) project launch held at Golf ground Arua City, this date 3:57pm 22-10-2022. Amongst the seven MPs from the region who were present at the event and given an opportunity to introduce themselves and greet people, Hon Odria used his Airtime to echoe the challenges facing of our people in WestNile region. Poor statu...

  👆 Arua City Mayor Nyakua while delivering his welcome remarks during MK project launch at Golf ground Arua City, WestNile Region 3:40pm 22-10-2022. At the opening ceremony of Team Chairman Muhoozi Kainerugaba (MK) project launch at Golf ground in  Arua WestNile region, the City Mayor for Arua, His Worship Wadri Sam Nyakua has declared Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the region's Ambassador who will be linking WestNile region directly with State House. In his address, the City mayor described Muhoozi as "Jesus" of Uganda, a narrative he defended by saying, if you want to reach to God, you have to pass through Jesus Christ for you to reach successfully. His worship Nyakua congratulated Gen Muhoozi upon his promotion to a four star Army General in Uganda and also for his dedication to serve the Country diligently. He pleaded with the Army General to make the empowerment of Youths in Uganda to be a routine activity. The City Mayor echoed some of huge challenges WestNile region ...

  Google on Thursday announced that it's seeking contributors to a new open source initiative called  Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition , also known as GUAC, as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the  software supply chain . "GUAC addresses a need created by the burgeoning efforts across the ecosystem to generate software build, security, and dependency metadata," Brandon Lum, Mihai Maruseac, and Isaac Hepworth of Google  said  in a post shared with The Hacker News. "GUAC is meant to democratize the availability of this security information by making it freely accessible and useful for every organization, not just those with enterprise-scale security and IT funding." Software supply chain has  emerged  a  lucrative   attack vector  for threat actors, wherein exploiting just one weakness -- as seen in the case of  SolarWinds  and  Log4Shell -- opens a pathway long enough to traverse down the supply chain and ...

Kenyan Advocate Apollo Mboya has filed a case at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi seeking to have Uganda’s First son and General Muhoozi Kainerugaba charged with treason. In his petition, Mboya points out that Muhoozi Keinerugaba made remarks on his social media handle threatening to launch a military invasion to capture Nairobi in a stipulated period of two weeks, which he says is a threat to the country’s territorial integrity. Mboya went on that after Muhoozi made the remarks, his father who is also Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni promoted him to full military status. He notes that Muhoozi has violated Section 43 of the Penal Code which provides for Treasonable felony as follows: “Any person who, not owing allegiance to the Republic, in Kenya or elsewhere, commits any act or combination of acts which, if it were committed by a person who owed such allegiance, would amount to the offence of treason under section 40, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.” ...

  Meta has spent more than $15 billion on its Reality Labs metaverse venture since the beginning of last year, but so far, the company hasn't shared on what, precisely, money is being spent. Some experts are getting worried the company is spending good money after bad.  "The problem is that they spend the money, but the transparency with investors has been a disaster," Dan Ives, a tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, said. "This continues to be a risky bet by Zuckerberg and the team because, for now, they're betting money on the future while they continue to have massive headwinds on their core business," he added. When Meta began to disclose financial information for Reality Labs last year, the company revealed that it had sunk more than $10 billion into the venture, with no end to the losses in sight. So far, the company has reported a more than $5 billion loss for the first six months of 2022, with some analysts predicting the total losses for this year wi...

Level Home Apple stores in the U.S. are now selling an exterior door lock that can be unlocked by a user’s Apple Watch or iPhone.  The $329 Level Lock+  is the first Home Key-supported lock that’s been sold in Apple stores. When the Level Lock+, made by Level Home, is installed in a door, users can unlock and relock their homes with a tap using Apple Home Key, a feature that uses NFC and secure tokens in Apple’s software. Users can text keys to their friends or automate when the door is locked. For Apple, it’s a milestone in the development of a highly anticipated feature that was first announced in 2021. Home Key is an example of Apple continuing to digitize stuff that’s normally carried in a physical wallet or pocket, from cash to keys. Many of Apple’s new software features in recent years have been aimed at making the iPhone more valuable to users to prevent them from switching to other phone brands. A user whose front door is tightly integrated with their phone could be le...