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 analys ...
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 wer ...
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 August ...
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 Ir ...
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 ...
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 h ...
Social media giant Meta announced Monday a worldwide anti-scam awareness campaign aimed at protecting users from fraudulent schemes during the holiday shopping season. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, revealed it has taken do ...
A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with the help of his wife. Ilya Lichtens ...
Goods worth millions of naira were lost as a fire ravaged a market in the Ajah area of Lagos, according to a statement from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Monday. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, conf ...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyode, has raised concerns over the growing threat of cybercrime, warning that global losses could reach a staggering $10.5 trillion by 2025, with an estimated 2,328 cases r ...