30 results
- 1 Feb 2023
Sophos Discovers Fake Apps Found on Apple’s App Store Used by Cybercriminals for CryptoRom Schemes
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Wednesday released new findings on CryptoRom scams—elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating…
- 14 Feb 2025
TikTok Returns on Apple, Google US App Stores as Trump Delays Ban
TikTok returned to the U.S. app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be…
- 27 Mar 2013
Bokupon now Available on the Apple App Store, Others
Fusion Blocks Management, Inc. has taken the wrapper of its Bokupon (Plenty Coupon) for Nigeria, a location-based money-saving mobile coupon/discount app for the Blackberry, iPhone and Android…
- 29 Apr 2026
Apple Introduces New App Store Subscription Model Allowing 12-Month Payment Plan
Apple has introduced a new subscription payment option on its App Store that allows users to pay for auto-renewable subscriptions on a monthly basis while committing to a 12-month plan. Apple The…
- 12 Aug 2025
Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple Over Alleged App Store Bias Favoring ChatGPT
The worlds richest man, Elon Musk has accused Apple of violating antitrust laws and threatened legal action over the way his X social media platform and Grok artificial intelligence tool are ranked…
- 1 Oct 2020
Poppin App Ranks among Top Creative Nigerian Apps by Apple
In a bid to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th-year independence, Apple is putting the spotlight on their top picks of creative and entertaining apps and games on their app store that was developed in Nigeria.…
- 24 Jun 2025
Kaspersky Discovers SparkKitty a New Trojan Spy on App Store and Google Play
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new Trojan spy called SparkKitty which targets smartphones on iOS and Android. It sends images from an infected phone and information about the device to the…
- 8 Jan 2013
40Bn Mobile App Downloads Excites Apple
Apple has announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December…
- 30 Apr 2015
Microsoft Opens Door to Android, Apple Phone Apps
Microsoft Corp is making it easier for apps written for rival Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS systems to work on Windows phones, in a bid to attract users to its unpopular mobile devices,…
- 22 May 2014
MallforAfrica Emerges Highest Rated App for African Audience
MallforAfrica.com, a new lifestyle mobile application has debuted as the 3rd highest-ranking lifestyle App on the Apple App Store. By this rating, the MallforAfrica App has emerged as the highest…
- 22 Sept 2023
Truecaller Unveils Brand Identity Features to Curb Fraud
Truecaller has announced a corporate rebranding and launch of a brand new app icon that will be instantly recognisable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The taming of the new brand…
- 11 Dec 2015
Sophos Releases Scaring 2016 Cyber Security Predictions
In the ever changing and increasingly complex landscape of cyber security, Sophos experts offer their top predictions for 2016: Android Threats Will Become More Than Just Headline-Grabbers…
- 26 Nov 2014
Folorunso, Nigerian Develops New App, Zion Quest to Help Users Memorize Scripture
Femi Folorunso, a Nigerian native and Computer Science graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, has developed a new smartphone app called Zion Quest, a Christian adventure game intended to win…
- 1 Mar 2016
Smartphones Account for 60% Infections Mobile Network- Nokia Report
Nokia Security Center Berlin, powered by Nokia Threat Intelligence Lab, on Tuesday released research findings showing that in the mobile networks, smartphones pulled ahead of Windows(TM)-based…
- 11 May 2022
Worldwide App Downloads Hit 36.9Bn in Q1 2022
StockApps.com’s data presentation of the apps scene showed that the combined Apple App Store and Google Play downloads amounted to roughly 36.9 billion in Q1 2022. This figure represented an 11%…
- 30 May 2023
How Scammers are Using Fake ChatGPT Apps to Fleece Users Out of Thousands of Dollars - Sophos Reports
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Tuesday announced that it had uncovered multiple apps masquerading as legitimate, ChatGPT-based chatbots to…
- 10 Oct 2024
Consumer Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Sophos
In the mood of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Christopher Budd, Director Sophos X-Ops, has compiled some tips for staying secure online. Below is a detailed guide on how to stay secure in today’s…
- 12 Jan 2026
Wema Bank Upgrades ALAT Banking App
Wema Bank Plc has launched the upgraded version of its flagship digital banking platform, ALAT by Wema. Designed as the next phase in digital banking, the upgraded version of ALAT delivers a smarter,…
- 24 Feb 2022
Mobile Malware Attacks Decline in Africa in 2021
While analysing the threat landscape of African countries, Kaspersky experts saw a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the region, as cybercriminals consolidated their efforts to focus on…
- 28 Feb 2023
Kaspersky Discovered 200,000 new Mobile Banking Trojan Installers in 2022
Kaspersky experts discovered nearly 200,000 new mobile banking Trojans, marking a two-fold increase from the previous year's figures. This alarming surge in the number of mobile banking Trojans is…
- 12 Jun 2023
Africa Among Top-3 Regions Prone to Mobile Financial Scam
Throughout 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, 14% of installs of potentially unwanted mobile financial apps on Android phones were made by users in the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa (META) region.…
- 15 Oct 2021
Scam Alert: Sophos Research Reveals How CryptoRom iPhone Scam Rake in Over $1.4m
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released new insight on an international cryptocurrency trading scam targeting iPhone users through popular dating apps, such as Bumble…
- 16 Jun 2021
Apple Warns EU Law ‘Risks Destroying iPhone Security’
The EU’s proposed new rules to rein in tech giants risk undermining the security of the iPhone, Tim Cook, Apple chief warned Wednesday. The European Union last year unveiled tough draft rules…
- 5 May 2022
Wema Bank Elevates 1,000 Staff
The same day it unveiled the #BeAudacious campaign, a first-of-its-kind move to open one million new accounts in 24 hours through its digital bank, ALAT By Wema, a leading innovative financial…
- 4 May 2026
Konga Launches Tech Month Campaign with Exclusive Offers
Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce platform, Konga, has officially announced the launch of its highly anticipated Konga Tech Month. Konga Tech Month is a month-long campaign dedicated to…
- 12 Jan 2017
Nigerians Should Be Proactive on IT Security, Education - ESET Boss
Mr. Olufemi Ake, country manager, ESET (Nigeria and Ghana), has said that competent approach among internet users in the country, particularly on information and communication technology (ICT) will…
- 4 Mar 2014
Microsoft Extends Office 365 Home Premium Benefits
Microsoft has introduced new features to Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium allowing one subscription to be used by five people across five different devices, making it cost-effective and easy for…
- 15 Nov 2016
Kirusa’s InstaVoice® Service Breezes Past 100m Monthly Active Users
Kirusa, a global leader in providing mobile and social media solutions, today announced that its InstaVoice® service has reached the remarkable landmark of 100 million monthly active users.…
- 3 May 2017
Wema Bank Launches alat.ng, Targets 3m Customers & N200Bn Revenue by 2020
Wema Bank Plc, has geared up its innovative banking solutions with the launch of ‘ALAT’, the first fully Digital Bank in Nigeria. This announcement was made by Mr. Segun Oloketuyi, managing director,…
- 13 Aug 2016
Top 6 Useful Apps for Avid Readers
Technology is changing almost everything around us including our reading habits. In the past when there were no apps, book lovers had to visit bookstores to buy books authored by their favourite…