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MTN Uganda has on Wednesday, March 18 deferred expenses on its Mobile Money cash transactions for each exchange below UGX30,000 for the following 30 days. MTN’s Chief Executive Officer, Wim Vanhelleputte said this permits clients to utilize cashless methods of payments as a major aspect of the measures to forestall the transmission of Covid-19. The MTN CEO said all individual to-individual exchanges below UGX30,000 will be free for the following 30 days. Prior to the move, it cost was somewhere in the range of UGX850 and 1100 to move money below UGX30,000 on MTN – MTN Uganda stages. He added that the choice to postpone charges came after MTN held a meeting with Central Bank representative Tumusiime Mutebile and other industry players including banks to talk about the advancing circumstance around the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. “We propose to execute together with the Commercial Banks the accompanying crisis taxes from 12:00 am Thursday 20th March 2020 and stay set up for a time o...

Medical staff walk out of a tent at one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital, northern Italy. Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin proposes. Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear. The unit has drawn up a protocol, that will determine which patients receive treatment in intensive care and which do not if there are insufficient spaces. Intensive care capacity is running short in Italy as the coronavirus continues to spread. The document, produced by the civil protection deparment of the Piedmont region, one of those hardest hit, says: "The criteria for access to intensive therapy in cases of emergency must include age of less than 80 or a score on the Charlson comorbidity Index [which indicates how many other medical ...

As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who've taken advantage of the opportunity to target victims with scams or malware campaigns. Now, according to a new report published by Check Point Research today, hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 outbreak to spread their own infections, including registering malicious Coronavirus-related domains and selling discounted off-the-shelf malware in the dark web. "Special offers by different hackers promoting their 'goods' — usually malicious malware or exploit tools — are being sold over the darknet under special offers with 'COVID19' or 'coronavirus' as discount codes, targeting wannabe cyber-attackers," the cybersecurity firm said. COVID-19 Discounts: Exploit Tools for Sale The report comes following an uptick in the number of malicious coronavirus-related domains that have been registered since the start of J...

It wise that we close the schools (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, University, and Tertiary) starting Friday at midday. The closure is only temporary and will take one month. We should do this to deny the coronavirus a chance. I have observed the situation in other countries and we have seen the stampede in areas like transport. You saw how many people were clogged at airports in the USA The crowding alone is the perfect ground for more infection because as people run, they infect each other,  let us move early. The prayers will continue but in homes, God is in all places. Yes, we have been praying together and it has its advantages, but we can not insist on it in the face of danger. Religious leaders can use radio stations and TVs to continue preaching.  Pope Francis has abandoned his customary preaching at St peters Square and took on to preach through the television. He has set a very good precedent. Ugandans coming back from abroad will not be stopped, but they wi...

Members of the Asian American Commission hold a press conference on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to condemn racism towards the Asian American community because of coronavirus on March 12, 2020 in Boston. In recent weeks, we’ve seen an unprecedented epidemic of the coronavirus spread across the world. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen a spike in anti-Asian violence and prejudice. In the U.S., racist and xenophobic outbursts, assaults and discriminatory practices against Asian Americans have been reported from coast to coast. Chinese restaurants are witnessing 30 to 80 percent drops in business. Misinformation about COVID-19 is rampant on social media. Blaming or insinuating that Asian Americans are somehow responsible for, or even connected to, the pandemic is outrageous and inflammatory. Asian Americans, especially Chinese Americans, have been consistent friends of Jews in the United States — and as a minority group that has been a consistent scapegoat throughout his...

Rudimentary tool used by Ovoya and the team, sending UPDF officers Packing. The Holy war of Alice Lakwena was sparked by a similar spirit and here in Zombo a new twist to a rebellion is sparked off by a witchdoctor but finally security operatives have arrested the said witchdoctor accused of being behind the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) detach attack in Zombo. A one Ovoya was arrested over the weekend during a joint security operation by the army and Uganda Police. Early this month, UPDF revealed that a veteran army corporal known as Bosco Tonifa and a witchdoctor (Ovoya) were among the ring leaders who attacked its detachment in Zombo. According to Lt Col Deo Akiiki, the deputy UPDF Spokesperson, a group of civilians totaling to 80 in number armed with bows, arrows, pangas and spears carried out an adventurous attack on the army detachment and killed three soldiers. The civilians mostly from Paidha, Nyapea, Zeu, Zaale, Songoli, Atyak and Warr were allegedly led by som...

             Sim Swapping Fraud Hacking. Europol, along with the Spanish and the Romanian national police, has arrested 26 individuals in connection with the theft of over €3.5 million ($3.9 million) by hijacking people's phone numbers via SIM swapping attacks. The law enforcement agencies arrested 12 and 14 people in Spain and Romania, respectively, as part of a joint operation against two different groups of SIM swappers, Europol said. The development comes as SIM swapping attacks are emerging as one of the biggest threats to telecom operators and mobile users alike. The increasingly popular and damaging hack is a clever social engineering trick used by cybercriminals to persuade phone carriers into transferring their victims' cell services to a SIM card under their control. The SIM swap then grants attackers access to incoming phone calls, text messages, and one-time verification codes (or one-time passwords) that various websites send via S...