Tag: Hacking
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Again, NCC raises alarm of Iranian hacking group targeting African MFAs, telcos, ISPs
Again, NCC alerts of hacking group targeting Telcos, ISPs
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Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones vulnerable to hacking
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip security flaw, uncovered earlier this year, that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers told Reuters. The Galaxy 7 and other smartphones made by Samsung Electronics were previously thought to be immune to a security vulnerability known as…
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FG probes PDP, firm over alleged hacking of Buhari’s profile
The Federal Government has raised a committee to scrutinise the reports of the data mining firm, Cambridge Analytica, which swiped the data of over 50 million Facebook users to sway elections in many countries, including Nigeria in 2015, instigating a campaign to perpetuate discord and hack into personal records of the the then opposition candidate,…
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Cybercrime costs $600 billion annually – McAfee
Fuelled by growing sophistication of hackers and proliferation of criminal marketplaces and cryptocurrencies, the annual cost of cybercrime has hit $600 billion worldwide, researchers said Wednesday. A report by the security firm McAfee with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies found theft of intellectual property represents about one-fourth of the cost of cybercrime in…
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IS terrorist group downs US govt websites
An Islamic State terrorist group has been reported to have hacked into United States government-owned websites, leaving the message “You will be held accountable Trump, you and all your people for every drop of blood flowing in Muslim countries” on the websites. The message ended with “I love the Islamic state”. Many websites, including the…
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Hackers ‘to leak’ emails of UAE ambassador to US
A computer hacking group that calls itself “GlobalLeaks” has reportedly said it plans to release emails taken from the inbox of Yousef al-Otaiba, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. The Daily Beast reported on Friday that it had been approached by the hackers, who offered a sample of the emails…
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US says it watched Russia hack French systems during election
The United States watched Russians hack France’s computer networks during the election and tipped off French officials before it became public, a US cyber official told the Senate on Tuesday. France’s election campaign commission said Saturday that “a significant amount of data” – and some information that was likely fake – was leaked on social…
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Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber-attacks
US President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber-attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on January 20, the White House said on Friday. In October, the US government formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber-attacks against Democratic Party organizations ahead of the…