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Security agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom have told organisations to patch two critical flaws in PHP immediately, or take affected…
Read the storyBy Oluoma Onyeukwa The person who steals your money may never speak to you, open the account receiving it or personally move a single…
A breach claim can affect customer trust long before investigators establish exactly what happened. That creates a difficult problem for Nigeria’s digital banking industry.…
Three researchers at Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude to chain two flaws, take over the ChatGPT and Codex accounts of several OpenAI employees, and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has cautioned Point of Sale operators across Nigeria against enabling fraudsters and money launderers, pointing to a…
Zenith Bank Plc has confirmed that hackers gained unauthorised access to a limited set of customer information, including email addresses and phone numbers, in…
Abuja-based robotics and drone manufacturer Terra Industries is partnering with Miva Open University to build integrated robotics and drone labs across Miva’s learning centres,…
Malawi is taking a bold step to protect its citizens in the digital age. The country recently held consultations on new data protection regulations…
Check Point Research recently released its Global Threat Intelligence insights for June 2026. Organisations worldwide faced an average of 2,270 cyberattacks per week. That…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Identity Management Commission Act 2026 (NIMC Act) into law, repealing the outdated 2007 legislation and establishing a…
OPay has rolled out two new in-app security features, Emergency Lock and Safety PIN, designed to give users immediate protection against account compromise, phone…
Meta brought together government agencies, educators, civil society groups, and industry leaders in Abuja on Thursday for a Youth Safety Summit aimed at…
Meta is facing serious questions about the security of its AI-powered support tools after a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers revealed a critical…
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