Shift from cash to cashless banking fired up cybercrime worldwide—Nkrumah
Clear explanation has emerged on the skyrocketing jump in the activities of cyber fraudsters, who now use advanced technologies to try and hack into the database of institutions in order to steal funds. This analogy was given by Ghanaian Head…
Experts define Cybercrime, explains why Nigeria is ranked among worst cybercriminals
Founding fathers of Digital Encode Limited, a company that specialses in the design, management and security of business-critical networks, telecommunications environments and other information technology (IT) infrastructure have given fresh insights on cybercrime and how it affects Nigeria. The two…
‘Cybercrime climbing to breaking limits in Africa, needs sophisticated action’
The Managing Consultant of Delta3 International (D3I), an Informational Security Advisory Company in Ghana, Mr Dele Aden has said that cybercrime in Africa in the last few months, has jumped from ordinary 419 scam to much more sophisticated approaches, hitting…
Group seals deal with NITDA to provide systems protection for students
Leading ICT security group, specializing in offering anti-virus and firewall products, ESET has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to ensure maximum protection of both private and public organisations gateways. ESET also…
NASCAM mulls training for newsmen on cyber threats, solutions
As part of its drive to raise awareness on the dangers and solutions for tracking issues of cyber threats, the National Cyber Security Awareness Movement (NASCAM); a not for profit organisation, is set to hold a Master Class programme for…
Cybercrime has moved from site hacking to institutional sophisticated attacks—Expert
Emerging cyber crime detective and Business Development Manager of Asseco Nigeria, Peter Uka, has noted that cybercrime has moved from basic websites hacking and stolen of users’ data to more sophisticated methods of targeting e-Commerce sites, financial, tertiary institutions, insurance…
CBN, ACAEBIN team up to fight rising cybercrime in financial sub sector
As part of joint efforts to combat the spate of cybercrime and improve digital banking in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) are working on a…
