More than half of cyberattacks in 2024 bypassed traditional security defenses by using legitimate login credentials, rather than exploiting system vulnerabilities, a newly released 2025 Sophos Active Adversary Report revealed. The report, which analysed over 400 cases of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Incident Response (IR), revealed that 56
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As the clampdown on internet fraudsters continue across the country, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four Chinese and 104 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. The suspects were arrested on Thursday, January 9, 2025, EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the man behind the recent cloning of its website in which a notice was placed to falsely inform Nigerians that the agency was carrying out a recruitment exercise. The suspect, Sylvester Victor Augustus, 32, a native of Abak local government area of
Operatives of the C4i Intelligence Unit of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspected online scammers for defrauding a Canada-based Nigerian, Sandra Austin of N150 million. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday said the scammers,
The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been compromised by hackers. This was disclosed by the Bureau in a post on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night. It, however, said efforts were ongoing to recover the website, warning Nigerians to disregard any message or
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, sitting in Jabi on Wednesday convicted and sentenced one Internet fraudster, Praise Humphrey Igbo, alias Jessica Allen, to one year imprisonment for $115,000 fraud. Justice H.L Abba-Aliyu, sentenced him after finding him guilty of the offence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had