Video conferencing has always been an effective tool for interaction. It serves to bridge the location gap between people. It has always been used by individuals and organizations alike. In places where lock downs have been imposed, technology is now…
COVID-19 has changed most aspects of our daily lives, including how businesses are being run. Organizations now require employees to work from home in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to crn.com Microsoft cloud services reported a 775% increase in…
The Ransomware Story In recent years, ransomware has developed enormously. Between the year 2014 and 2016, CryptoWall ransomware came onto the scene, spreading via emails with ZIP attachments carrying malicious PDF files. The same year also saw the arrival of…
In this follow-up article on ‘Email Attack Vector’, we will be identifying the various defense mechanism to protect against this malicious attack; which is the ‘Defense Against Email Attacks’. Many people assume that cybercriminals are always some technical brain-writing advanced…
It’s no news that people are sending and receiving emails all around the world, all day, every day. With the popularity of emails and the numbers that emails are making, it is no surprise that when it comes to cyber…
Social Engineering is a continuous and ongoing threat. If executed well against anybody who is unprepared, the perpetrator is able to gain access to an unlimited amount of information with minimal effort. For this reason, it is important to understand…
There has been an enormous increase in global digitisation over the past decade and Nigeria is no exception. The use of mobile phones and the Internet to conduct business through e-payment, e-banking, e-registration and even e-learning is now a routine…
The motives behind cyber attacks can vary massively, from data theft to blackmail, ransoming and outright theft. Many of these cyber attackers aim to leech every penny from their target and in many cases are able to live a lavish…