On 7th November 2024, a well-known humanitarian NGO in Kampala discovered that donor funds, meant for a maternal health project in Lira, had mysteriously dwindled. Bank statements showed UGX 1.6 billion disbursed to “beneficiary suppliers.” Yet on the ground, no …
During one of our board-level presentations in August 2024, a financial institution’s Director asked, “You are the experts. How do the attackers identify their targets and exploit them?” The truth is that cybercriminals are highly organized. They take time to …
The increasing number and sophisticated nature of cyber-crimes prevailing in industries worldwide. As governing bodies are stepping up to help organizations mitigate the prevailing attack techniques, it is to this day evident that no particular enterprise can be 100% immune …
Kawempe, Kampala. February 2025. A junior IT officer at a logistics company is escorted out by security. He is been accused of altering delivery records to cover up a UGX 120 million fuel fraud. His manager swears she saw him …
March 2025, Western Uganda. An accountant at a private university sat nervously across from our team at Summit Consulting Ltd. He had just been suspended after UGX 320 million “disappeared” from the student bursary fund. No break-ins. No armed robbery. …
Setting: A dusty, humming office in Lira District. A procurement officer leans over her computer and clicks “Shift + Delete.” No Recycle Bin. No trace. She sighs with relief. That was the doctored invoice. Gone forever. Or so she thought. …
It all starts with a compromise It always begins with a password. In June 2024, a procurement officer at a large local firm used the same password, Brenda@2020, across her Gmail, Zoom, and company ERP. She thought no one would …
One Wednesday morning in August 2024, the Finance Director of a top-tier insurance company in the region clicked an email that looked perfectly ordinary. The subject was “Request for Approval—Updated Q2 Premium Report.” It had come from what appeared to be the …
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