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- 7 Dec 2022
Xenomorph Malware: NCC-CSIRT Advises Nigerians To Factory-Reset Infected Devices
A malware, Xenomorph, that installs Trojan in banking apps on the Android platform to steal login details, raid bank accounts, and read the users SMS, has been flagged by the Nigerian Communications…
- 4 Apr 2024
Cybersecurity Experts Say Data-Stealing Malware Infections Increased Sevenfold since 2020
Nearly 10 million devices fell victim to data-stealing malware in 2023, Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has revealed, drawing from insights gathered from infostealer malware log files traded…
- 16 Feb 2015
Report Reveals How Software Spying Affected 16Mn Mobile Devices In 2014
Alcatel-Lucent has released figures showing that security threats to mobile and residential devices and attacks on communications networks rose in 2014, threatening personal and corporate privacy and…
- 1 Aug 2014
Hackers Target USB Devices in New Attacks, Researcher warns
USB devices such as keyboards, thumb-drives and mice can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer…
- 5 Mar 2025
Stealer Malware Leaked over 2m Bank Cards - Report
Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence estimates that 2.3 million bank cards were leaked on the dark web, based on an analysis of data-stealing malware log files from 2023-2024. On average, every…
- 25 Oct 2020
Nokia Threat Intelligence Report Warns of Cyberattacks on Internet-Connected Devices
According to the latest Nokia Threat Intelligence Report, cyberattacks on internet-connected devices continue to rise at an alarming rate due to poor security protections and cybercriminals use of…
- 4 Sept 2016
Nokia Malware Report Shows Surge in Mobile Device, Android Worst Hit
Nokia has issued the Nokia Threat Intelligence Report - H1 2016, revealing a sharp rise in the occurrence of smartphone malware infections in the first half of the year. Issued twice per year, the…
- 2 Jun 2023
Kaspersky Identifies New Mobile APT Campaign Targeting iOS Devices
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing mobile Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign targeting iOS devices with previously unknown malware. Dubbed as ‘Operation Triangulation’, the…
- 6 Mar 2026
Report finds the Number of Trojan Banker Attacks on Smartphones Increased by 56% in 2025
According to a Kaspersky report “Mobile malware evolution,” the number of Trojan banker attacks on Android smartphones increased by 56% in 2025 compared to the previous year*. This type of malware is…
- 30 Jan 2022
NCC Alerts Nigerians on TangleBot, New SMS-based Android Malware Unleashed by Cybercriminals
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has warned the general public against a new high-risk, critical short message service–based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. Dr.…
- 30 Jan 2022
NCC Alerts on New SMS-Based Malware
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again alerted telecommunication users of a new high-risk, critical and Short Messaging Service-based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices…
- 27 May 2018
Hackers Infect Over 500,000 Routers in 54 Countries
The malware, called VPNFilter, has infected more than 500,000 routers in 54 countries, researchers say. More than half a million routers and network devices in 54 countries have been infected with…
- 4 Jun 2020
Malicious Mobile Apps Double in Number
The total number of mobile applications identified as malicious in Q1 2020 has doubled compared to Q1 2019. The first quarter also saw a 55% spike in the number of fraudulent mobile transactions and…
- 7 Mar 2019
Nigeria Climbs to Third Position in Mobile Malware Attacks in 2018
Four African countries made the list in terms of top 10 countries by share of users attacked by mobile malware; Nigeria climbs from fifth place in 2017 to third in 2018. Kaspersky Lab researchers…
- 14 Dec 2022
NCC-CSIRT Warns of "Schoolyard Bully" Malware that Steals Facebook Account Credentials
A malware that steals Facebook account credentials, known as "Schoolyard Bully", has infected over 300,000 android devices, prompting the Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security…
- 5 Jun 2023
Kaspersky Releases a Utility for Operation Triangulation Malware Detection on iOS
Following the report on the Operation Triangulation campaign targeting iOS devices, Kaspersky researchers have released a special ‘triangle_check’ utility that automatically searches for the malware…
- 26 Mar 2023
Beware of Pirated YouTube Software-related Malware - NCC-CSIRT Warns
Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned those looking to acquire pirated software and resources that they risk becoming victims of…
- 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…
- 9 Jun 2019
Cyber Security Experts Decry Weak Endpoint Security
With increased cyber-attacks occurring on the endpoint devices of organisations, cyber security experts have urged organisations to do more in their endpoint security. Chris Buchanan, client…
- 4 Feb 2016
Sophos Delivers Easy-to-Use Security Solutions for Enterprise Mobility Management
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Control 6.0, which now includes Sophos Secure Email, a container solution that isolates and…
- 18 May 2023
New Smartphone Trojan Signs up Users for Unwanted Paid Services via Apps
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new Trojan family that targets Google Play users. The subscription trojan, dubbed Fleckpe, spreads via photo editors and wallpapers, subscribing unaware users…
- 2 Mar 2017
Mobile Advertising Trojans Account for 16 of Top 20 Malware- Report
A latest report by Kaspersky Lab shows that mobile advertising Trojans exploiting super-user rights became the top mobile malware threat last year. According to the report obtained by Nigeria…
- 30 Mar 2025
Cybersecurity Firm Says It’s Time to Back it Up, As the World Marks World Backup Day
How much do you trust your device memory? Definitely more than you should. According to the statistics only 33% of users back up their data regularly, and more than 77% of people have already…
- 18 Mar 2025
Microsoft Warns of StilachiRAT Malware Threat to Cryptocurrency Wallets
Microsoft has issued a warning to users about a newly identified malware called StilachiRAT. The company describes StilachiRAT as a remote access trojan (RAT) with advanced capabilities that allow it…
- 7 Jun 2023
Study Shows Some $30,000 Stolen via Fake Hardware Wallet
Cryptocurrency investors often turn to hardware wallets as a secure way to store their digital assets, assuming that they are impenetrable. However, even the most advanced hardware wallets on the…
- 16 Oct 2019
Kaspersky Detects over 100m Attacks on Smart Devices
Kaspersky honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications – have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in…
- 21 Feb 2024
Kaspersky, Favoriot to Boost Internet of Things Protection with a Cyber Immune Solution
Internet of Things (IoT) devices include wearables, smart home appliances, smart city systems, self-driving cars, automated retail checkouts, and other smart devices for home and business use.…
- 31 May 2020
6 Ways to Protect Your Networks Against DDoS Attacks
A DDoS attack can happen to anyone. In the past, it has hit Twitter, Telegram, GitHub, and the BBC. Whole governments, like those of Ecuador and Estonia, have had their websites knocked out by it.…
- 25 May 2023
Digital Superstitions that Internet Users Believe In
Kaspersky recently analysed what digital superstitions Internet users believe in nowadays and investigated whether there are grounds for these beliefs. According to the global Kaspersky Digital…
- 25 Sept 2024
Necro Trojan Sneaks into Google Play with up to 11m Victims
In late August 2024, Kaspersky experts identified a new version of the Necro Trojan that had infiltrated several popular applications on Google Play and modified applications on unofficial platforms,…