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- 26 Feb 2019
Cyber criminals Promise Millions to Skilled Professionals
Cyber criminals are willing to pay more than a million dollars a year to skilled information security professionals who are willing to don a black hat. Skills including network management,…
- 30 Jun 2013
Cyber Criminals and Trails of Blood, Sweat & Tears
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. The threat from cyber crime is multi-dimensional, targeting citizens,…
- 23 Jul 2018
Cyber Criminals Bait Users with Fake Gift Cards
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new scheme whereby cyber criminals trick users into giving up their data by luring them with 'free' gift cards. By creating fake Web sites for the free…
- 19 Oct 2009
Cyber Criminals on the Prowl, NIG Expresses Worry
The activities of cyber criminals otherwise known as Yahoo Yahoo are taking a dangerous dimension which if not abated are capable of isolating Nigeria from the global economy, Nigeria Communications…
- 18 Jan 2022
Cyber Criminals Wreak Havoc in Nigeria
Cyber attacks in Nigeria are alarmingly higher than the global average, according to cajnewsafrica.com According to findings by Check Point, the cyber security firm, the number of attacks experienced…
- 27 Oct 2017
Mobile Banking, New Target For Cyber Criminals in West Africa
Participants at this year's National CyberSecurity Awareness Month, organized by United States Consulate in partnership with International Centre for Leadership Development Nigeria, believes that…
- 23 May 2013
NiTDA Tightens Noose on Cyber Criminals
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) implementation is critical to contain the activities of cyber criminals, Professor Cleopas Angaye, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency…
- 10 Sept 2015
Cyber Criminals Compromise 24m Records in 6 Months
Figures published by Gemalto, Security Company, show that data breaches are getting worse with 246 million records compromised by criminal activity in the first six months of 2015. The numbers…
- 8 Jun 2018
Kaspersky Warns as Cyber Criminals Target Public WiFi
Of the approximately 32 000 public WiFi networks in FIFA World Cup 2018 host cities, 7 176 of them do not use traffic encryption, meaning that hackers need only be located near an access point to…
- 11 May 2009
Growing Activities of Cyber Criminals Bothers Yar’Adua
President Umaru Musa Yar’adua has decried the rate at which cyber crime is increasing in the country and called for measures to stem the tide. He also warned that the situation is now a global…
- 7 Sept 2014
Reign of Unarmed but Lethal Cyber Criminals
Nigeria, Africa's largest telecom market by investment and subscription has also earned notoriety as cybercrime haven. Cyber crime refers to illegal activities that take place online,…
- 1 Sept 2015
Web Address Explosion is Bonanza for Cyber-criminals - Study
An explosion in the number of new Internet addresses has created a wealth of opportunities for criminals exploiting shady domains such as .zip, .kim or .party, according to an industry study…
- 19 Jun 2019
MTN Nigeria Loses N700m to Cyber Criminals
MTN Nigeria has reportedly lost over N700 million to the hacking of its server by cybercriminals at the weekend. The incident took place within just two hours after subscribers accessed up to…
- 9 Jun 2025
Human Hacking: When Cyber Criminals Target You
By Nancy Werteen When you get anti-hacking advice, you’ve probably heard “Don’t use a simple password,” or “Don’t plug in that USB you found on the ground.” But there’s one form of hacking that…
- 29 Jul 2013
Nigeria’s Vacillation on Cyber Crime
With effective deterrents to cyber crimes lacking, Nigeria is at the mercy cyber criminals- the gang of unarmed but lethal criminals hiding under the anonymity of the county’s cyber space. The…
- 6 Apr 2014
Help! Cyber Terrorists Everywhere
Cyber criminals pose direct threat to security and play increasingly important role in facilitating most forms of other organised crimes and terrorism. And God forbids! Any cyber attack on Nigeria’s…
- 22 Jul 2020
McAfee Raises Cyber Crime Alarm Amid COVID-19
Cyber security solutions company McAfee has issued a warning on the rise of cyber criminal activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it observed an average of 375 new threats per minute in the…
- 18 Jun 2017
Nigerian Hackers Steal $3Bn Worldwide- Reports
Nigerian hackers and cyber criminals are being accused of masterminding a grand theft of information and money running into billions of dollars, worldwide. According to experts, the Nigerians are…
- 15 Apr 2019
Cyber Terrorists Threaten Nigeria, Experts Proffer Solutions
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. Nigeria as a country is at risk of cyber terrorism and needs urgent…
- 18 Aug 2008
Cyber Crime: Killing Nigeria Quickly
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are on the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. At least count, Nigeria financial institutions lost some N7.3billion…
- 6 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Cyber Thieves Target Victims with Relief Packages- CBN Warns
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has alerted the general public that cyber-criminals are taking advantage of the current COVID-19 pandemic to defraud citizens, steal sensitive information, or gain…
- 9 Sept 2019
Africa’s Cybersecurity Laws Ignore Local Environment- Experts
Cybersecurity experts have decried cyber security laws in Africa that are not addressing peculiar cyber- attacks, hence a big challenge in the prosecution of cyber criminals. They argued that…
- 3 Nov 2015
$9.3Bn Global Cyber-Crime Lose Emanates from Nigeria- CSEAN
Cyber-crime originating from Nigeria costs about $9.3 billion annually across the globe, President, Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon has said.‎ ‎ In a statement in…
- 17 Feb 2015
Cyber Thieves Raid Banks, Steal Record $1Bn
A criminal cyber gang has stolen as much as $1 billion (£650 million) from up to 100 financial institutions in about two years, a computer security company has said The gang – dubbed “Carbanak” by…
- 20 Sept 2013
Why Corporate Networks Are Breached-Expert
Rock Adote, head, Information Technology (Security & Research), International Electronics Services Limited (I.E.S) has said that most corporate organization in the country do not comply with…
- 24 Aug 2017
Check Point Identifies Nigerian as Behind Massive Global Cyber attacks
Check Point's researchers have revealed the identity of a cyber criminal who attacked more than 4 000 organisations over the past four months. The Israeli-based cyber security firm says the cyber…
- 19 Jul 2010
Towards a Cybercrime Free Society
Nigerians world over are perceived by the international community as criminals, no thanks to the activities of cyber criminals in the country. The nefarious acts of these scammers in no little way…
- 13 Jul 2010
Towards a Cybercrime Free Society
Nigerians world over are perceived by the international community as criminals, no thanks to the activities of cyber criminals in the country. The nefarious acts of these scammers in no little way…
- 25 Feb 2021
FG Launches Strategy to Combat Cyber Crimes
Federal government has expressed concern over the rising wave of the activities of cyber criminals, which is giving his administration some concerns. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this at the…
- 12 Jul 2020
Expert Blames Fundamental Flaw in IP for Cyberattacks
Dr. Adewale Obadare, co-founder, Digital Encode, has attributed activities of cyber-criminals on the super-highway to fundamental flaws in the internet protocol. He explained that the internet is…