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- 5 Feb 2025
Firm Discovers New Crypto-stealing Trojan in AppStore, Google Play
Kaspersky Threat Research expertise center has discovered a new data-stealing Trojan, SparkCat, active in AppStore and Google Play since at least March 2024. This is the first known instance of…
- 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…
- 5 Aug 2016
Nigerian Criminal eMail Syndicate Steals Millions from Companies
A criminal syndicate in Nigeria is stealing millions of dollars from companies around the world by intercepting their emails and diverting bank transfers, according to FT. SecureWorks, a cyber…
- 27 Feb 2022
NCC Warns Nigerians of Malicious Software Stealing Bank Login Credentials on Android Devices
The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has discovered a newly-hatched malicious software that steals users' banking app login credentials on Android…
- 5 Jan 2026
Court Sends Faleti, Ex-Lagos Director to Jail for Stealing ₦48.9m from Access Bank
An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced Olawale Faleti, a former Lagos State Education director, to two years and five months’ imprisonment for stealing ₦48.9…
- 25 Jan 2013
Rising Wave of Authority Stealing
Stealing and lying are being consciously put together in brazen manner in government circles in Nigeria. The same government whose job it is to protect the intellectual property of its citizenry is…
- 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…
- 20 Jan 2021
Bank Workers in Trouble for Allegedly Stealing Customers’ Funds
Two employees of Fina Trust Microfinance Bank are in trouble for allegedly stealing funds belonging to customers of the financial institution. On Wednesday, the police arraigned the suspects…
- 8 Sept 2025
Firm Warns of a New Credential-stealing Campaign via Facebook
Since late August 2025, the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has been observing a new malicious campaign leveraging a stealer — a type of malware designed to steal passwords and…
- 16 Sept 2019
EFCC Nabs Fidelity Bank Staff for Allegedly Stealing N137m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, has arrested one Kehinde Olumide Agbabiaka, a sales agent of Fidelity Bank Plc for allegedly stealing N137million, from personal…
- 8 Nov 2019
Deborah Oguntoyinbo, Nigerian Woman Accused of Stealing Identities of 20 Women
Deborah Oguntoyinbo, a Nigerian woman, is currently being investigated In Canada for stealing the identities of over 20 women in the Toronto area in the last two years alone. Described as one…
- 9 Jan 2022
Police Nab Man for Stealing 200 Phones
The police in Yobe have arrested Usman Ali, a 35-year-old man, for allegedly stealing over 200 cell phones and other valuables in Damaturu, the state capital. This is contained in a statement by ASP…
- 20 Sept 2018
4 Men Hack into FCMB Database, Steal N1Bn
Four suspected hackers were arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing the sum N1billion from accounts belonging to customers of First City Monumental Bank (FCMB).…
- 23 Nov 2020
Nine People Allegedly Steal N415m from Dangote
An Ikeja High Court Monday fixed January 20, 2021 for continuation of trial of nine accused persons arraigned for allegedly stealing the sum of N451million from Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc. Aliko…
- 2 Mar 2020
EFCC Busts Syndicate of Bankers Stealing Depositors’ Funds
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo zonal office of the has uncovered a criminal syndicate of bankers that specialized in forging signatures of deceased bank customers, and stealing…
- 23 Dec 2020
Eze Brothers Allegedly Steal N1.5Bn from Billionaire Arthur Eze
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday arraigned Okwuchukwu Olisaebuka Eze and Nnadozie Onyeka Eze for stealing N1.5billion from billionaire Arthur Eze. Arthur Eze Charged with…
- 20 Jul 2018
EFCC Accuses Access Bank Manager of Stealing N1.2Bn
Olayinka Sanni, an employee of Access Bank Plc has been arraigned alongside one Oyebode Oteyebi by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly stealing money…
- 6 Nov 2019
Banker in Court for Allegedly Stealing $8,907 from Major-General
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Anieka Udoh, a banker for allegedly stealing the sum of $8, 907 belonging to Major-General Umaru Mohammad. He was…
- 12 Nov 2020
Orumade, Ex-Banker Docked for Stealing N18m from ATM Machine
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Office has arraigned Philip Orumade on a nine count charge bordering on stealing before Justice Efe I. Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High…
- 26 Jun 2022
Three Bank Staff in Court for Allegedly Planning with Hackers to Steal N20Bn
Ozioma Ugorji, 35; Ugwu Emeka, 32; and Obike Chukwuka, 38, have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)for allegedly attempting to steal N20bn from the bank. The three…
- 13 Sept 2014
Nigerian Hackers Break into Bank System, Steal N6Bn
A group of criminals aided by an insider gained access to a bank’s computers, stealing a jaw-dropping sum. How did they do it? According to Weekly Trust, Godswill Oyegwa Uyoyou worked in the…
- 15 Jul 2019
Man Allegedly Hacks into Wema Bank Account, Steals N4m
Nonso Okereke, a 29-year-old man has been being arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking into a Wema Bank account and stealing N4 million. Okereke,…
- 24 Sept 2019
Husband, Wife in Police Net for Allegedly Hacking into NHIS to Steal N60m
Mr. Tunde Ogunseye and Funmiayo Oyelaja, his wife, have landed in trouble for allegedly hacking into the Federal Government’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) account and stealing N60 million…
- 25 Feb 2020
EFCC Arraigns Polaris Bank Staff for Allegedly Stealing Customer’s N12.6m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Babatunde Keshinro, a staff of Polaris Bank, formerly Skye Bank Plc, in an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing…
- 19 Jun 2019
Oluloye, 67-Year-Old Woman Accused of Hacking, Stealing N16m from First Bank
Wuraola Folashade Oluloye, a businesswoman, has been arrested for allegedly hacking a First Bank Plc account and stealing a customer’s N16.2million. Oluloye, 67, was Tuesday brought before an…
- 12 Jul 2021
EFCC Accuses 3 Bankers of Stealing Customer’s N51.9m with ‘Forged NIN’
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested three bankers for an alleged case of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.…
- 10 Jul 2024
Beware of these Malicious Android Apps Stealing Your Sensitive Information - NITDA warns Nigerians
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has recently flagged several malicious apps targeting Android users in Nigeria. These apps are designed to infiltrate devices, steal…
- 17 Aug 2018
Police Declare 9 Bankers Wanted for Stealing of N500m Customers Deposits
The Nigerian Police force has declared nine bankers wanted for stealing various amount of money from depositors of a FCMB Bank. The police acted on petitions it received from the bank and its…
- 1 Aug 2024
Police Arraign Two Students for Allegedly Stealing N1.9Bn in Data, Airtime from MTN
Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, has brought two students before the Federal High Court for allegedly hacking into MTN Nigeria Communications’ systems and stealing airtime and data worth N1.9…
- 6 Dec 2024
Access Bank Staff Arrested for Allegedly Stealing from Customers' Accounts
The Katsina State police command, on Thursday, paraded one Adewumi Gabriel, Head of ATM Operations of Access Bank Daura branch, for conspiring with a colleague to steal the sum of N18 million from a…