Cyber criminals
5 Dec
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cautioned telecommunication consumers to be conscious of the activities of Internet fraudsters and associated risk to phone users.
24 Feb 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, lamented that increasing usage of the Internet has caused corresponding rise in threats posed by cyber criminals, online fraudsters and cyber terrorists, who he said, cause tension in the country.
27 Jul 2018
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.
5 Aug 2017
According to him, terror groups and cyber criminals have used modern technologies to spread useless ideologies and defraud the people and the country cannot afford not to use the same strategies to respond to insurgency.
8 Apr 2017
But the Director of Banking and Payments System, CBN, as well as the Chairman, Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, ‘Dipo Fatokun, told The Guardian yesterday that hacking and cyber attack are ongoing challenges across the world against banks.
11 Nov 2016
“Local Attorney’s Identity Stolen, Used To Scam Women Online”; “Hacked home devices caused massive Internet outage”; “A Nude Snapchat Video and Cyberbullying Lead to Teen’s Suicide.....
1 Jul 2016
Cyber criminals are looking to cash in on the fast running out IPv4 addresses. IPv4 is still popular because it routes most Internet traffic today despite the ongoing deployment of successor protocol IPv6.
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