Terrorists’ use of tech in West Africa must be contained
When al-Shabaab attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013, the group live-blogged the terrifying event on Twitter, taunting the authorities who were …
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3 Iranian Hackers, others charged over Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday announced sweeping sanctions against ten individuals and two entities backed by Iran’s Islamic …
Differences Between Android and iOS
Almost everyone who has bought a smartphone has had to decide what is right for them, an Apple device, or an Android. But what features …
Over 1,800 Android and iOS apps discovered to posing a major security risk
Researchers have identified 1,859 apps across Android and iOS containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials, posing a major security risk. “Over three-quarters (77%) …
Google Chrome involved in Clipboard Poisoning Attack
A “major” security issue in the Google Chrome web browser, as well as Chromium-based alternatives, could allow malicious web pages to automatically overwrite clipboard content …
Samsung Admits Data Breach that Exposed Details of Some U.S. Customers
South Korean chaebol Samsung on Friday said it experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the unauthorized access of some customer information, the second time …
TikTok Denies Data Breach Reportedly Exposing Over 2 Billion Users’ Information
Popular short-form social video service TikTok denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed to have gained access to an …
Cryptocurrency Worth $30 Million Stolen by North Korean Hackers, recovered
More than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency plundered by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group from online video game Axie Infinity has been recovered, marking the …
How Hackers have been able to attack more than 280,000 WordPress e-commerce sites
A zero-day flaw in the latest version of a WordPress premium plugin known as WPGateway is being actively exploited in the wild, potentially allowing malicious …
Ogun leveraging Materials Testing Laboratories to check Building collapse
In the recent past, the media have been awash with news of collapsed buildings across the country. Devastations caused by these incessant collapses are not …
Surayyah Sani Ahmad: How I Built a Business from Zero
Surayyah Sani Ahmad, is a serial entrepreneur, wife and mother. She is the co-founder of Ethco Group Limited, Tech Tanks Solution, former CEO at YDS …
What Iranian state-sponsored hacker ‘MERCURY’ are doing to Israeli entities
Iranian state-sponsored actors are leaving no stone unturned to exploit unpatched systems running Log4j to target Israeli entities, indicating the vulnerability’s long tail for remediation. …