Twitter Inc disclosed late on Thursday that hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyber attack this week, an incident in which profiles of many prominent personalities and organizations were compromised. Hackers had accessed Twitter’s internal systems to hijack some of the platform’s top voices including U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim […]
Read MoreThe National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has rasied the alarm over the existence of fake websites in circulation, trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. The Agency said its Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT) identified a number of websites using various phishing tricks to attract Internet users. One […]
Read MoreFollowing the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook decided to introduce new products that make it easier to spend quality time with loved ones and to deal with feelings of isolation and loneliness. Facebook has lately monitored a rise in demand for real-time video with Video calling on Messenger and WhatsApp video more than […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that there is fake website currently promising internet subscribers of free data bundle. The fake website (https://covid-19-fg-grant.blogspot.com/?=1) is asking Nigerian citizens to apply for a free Internet bundle ostensibly being given by the Nigerian government in collaboration with NCC. In a disclaimer message from the NCC issued by […]
Read MoreThe Lagos State Government South-West, Nigeria made a major landmark in Nigeria as the first state in the country to hold a virtual State Executive Council meeting with the executives exchanging banters here and there, waving of hands and laughter. The meeting was chaired by the Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. “Can you see me?” […]
Read MoreIn the last 24 hours, SophosLabs has uncovered a new email spam attack targeting Italians with a document containing a macro loaded with Trickbot malware. There are already fears, just as the COVID 19 spread so fast across the world, that such email which takes advantage of COVID-19 fears by offering up a clickable document […]
Read MoreThe 2019 KnowBe4 has revealed that about 64 % of Nigerians don’t known when they are under cyber attack and may not even know what to do. Others don’t even recognise a security incident or issue if they saw one while more than a quarter had fallen for a scam. Nigeria one of the African […]
Read MoreThe total number of 5G connections will reach 1.5 billion globally by 2025, rising from only 5 million in 2019. This is an annual average growth of 150% over the next 6 years. The new research, Networks in IoT: Sector Analysis & Impact Assessment 2020-2025, anticipated that revenue from these 5G connections is a highly […]
Read MoreNedbank service provider’s IT systems have been breached, exposing the big four bank’s personal information of up to 1.7 million clients. In a statement on the eve of valentine celebration, the bank said it has investigated a data security issue that occurred at the premises of a third-party service provider, namely Computer Facilities. Computer Facilities […]
Read MoreMore than 7,700 attacks by threats disguised as dating apps are expected to hit Nigeria,kenya,South Africa and other countries in Africa. The countries attacked most often were South Africa, accounting for 58% of all attacks in the region, Kenya (10%) and Nigeria (4%) With Valentine’s Day approaching, singles and couples alike are under intensifying pressure […]
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