Microsoft continues to release updates in which it unveils a series of new features for Windows 11. Sequel to this upgrade, users will have to keep updating their system to keep to date with the recent features. In lieu of this, hackers are now attempting to deceive users by delivering fake Windows 11 upgrades that […]

Earlier we reported the Bet9Ja website shutdown now a new report suggests that the website has been restored, the mobile phone has been retrieved from Russian hackers, and the CEO has delivered a statement to bettors. The good news is that the Bet9ja website, which the Russian Blackcat hacking gang had hijacked, has been restored. […]

Russian Hackers at the prowl. Two large hacking attacks aiming at disrupting energy businesses and key infrastructure allegedly targeted 135 nations, including South Africa, between 2012 and 2017, according to the United States. Daily Maverick reports that the goal was to conduct a sophisticated effort to target and breach networks of vital infrastructure and energy […]

Bet9ja’s management has stated that their website was hacked by the Russian Blackcat gang. Bet9ja revealed this in a statement, identifying the attackers as the Russian Blackcat organisation, which is known for multiple attacks on large corporations throughout the world. The gaming site stated that the hacker gang had already sought a ransom, but it […]

Hackers targeted Trezor, a cryptocurrency hardware wallet. They used the company’s mailing list to send out fake data breach notifications to users. Mailchimp, a well-known email marketing platform, has confirmed that hackers used an internal tool to steal data from more than 100 of its customers, with the information being used to launch phishing attacks […]

A large amount of data supposedly belonging to the Bank of Russia was allegedly disclosed by Anonymous, a hacker outfit. The news comes after the group claimed earlier this week that it had hacked Russia’s central bank, a claim that Moscow’s monetary officials denied. The transnational hacktivist collective known as @Thblckrbbtworld (The Black Rabbit World) […]

The Anonymous hacker group has taken the responsibility of informing the people of Russia about the Invasion of Ukraine. After declaring war on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anonymous, a decentralized international activist, and hacktivist group has been relentless in its attacks on the Kremlin, undermining the country’s leadership and disrupting the country’s narrative on the […]

Lapsus$ Hackers Group at it again as nearly 200 gigabytes of data, including the source code for numerous technologies and algorithms used in biometric unlocking operations, have been reported stolen and exposed by hackers. The stolen data allegedly contains confidential information from Qualcomm, a US chipmaker that supplies chipsets for Samsung handsets sold in the […]

The Gulf of Guinea previously worn the title of the region with the highest rates of piracy attacks globally in the shipping corridor for years. The 5,000-nautical mile (nmi) coastline of the wider Gulf of Guinea offers seemingly idyllic conditions for shipping. It has numerous natural harbours and is largely free of weather-related chokepoints. It […]

As reactions trail the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the technological dimension continues to emerge by the day. Cyberspace has become another platform for this war. Both countries continue to experience diverse adversarial attacks and consequences technologically and within their respective cyber ecosystem.  As reported earlier this week by Techpression, the Russians have been accused […]

This is the second part of the Cybercrime in Nigeria series.  Read: Cybercrime Typology in Nigeria: A Sign of Industrialisation (Part 1) Nigerian crime now is abandoning pedestrian fraud-related crime that requires little or no technical skills. According to Statista, the country has 8th internet penetration rate, with 49 per cent of the country having […]

Ukraine has been hit by cyberattacks that are feared to be backed by President Putin of Russia. The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were targeted at the web portal of Ukraine’s ministry of defence as well as the country’s financial systems. The scope of the DDoS attack is such that hackers flood the servers hosting a […]

Users of Google chrome have been urged to update their browser as unpatched weaknesses in the software is being exploited by hackers. These vulnerabilities can lead to data corruption and the execution of arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. Tracked as CVE-2022-0609 and rated high severity, the exploited vulnerability is described as a use-after-free vulnerability issue […]

There is a new Crypto market called NFTs it is a non-fungible token is a non-transferable unit of data that may be sold and traded and is held on a blockchain, a type of digital ledger. Digital media such as photographs, videos, and audio may be connected with several types of NFT data units. If […]

Over the years, cybercrime in Nigeria has been equated to fraud on the internet. It is the only country where an internet crime was attributed to “the Nigerian scam”. A global perspective that Nigerian cybercrimes are only concerned with fraud has influenced the policing and focus of other law enforcement. It is also generally believed […]

European major oil transport and storage companies are battling with cyber-attacks. Companies including Evos (Netherlands), SEA-Invest (Belgium), and Oiltanking (Germany) are witnessing the disruption of their IT infrastructure. These attacks are having a global effect, with about a dozen terminals being affected. The affected companies confirmed its occurrence in the last few days.  According to […]