How difficult is it to maintain cyber security? Depending on the precise field of cyber security you pursue and the requirements of the individual position, cyber security careers can range from moderately demanding to difficult. Individuals can choose from a wide range of occupations in cyber security, allowing them to pursue a career that is as easy or tough as they desire. So, what is it about a cyber security career that makes it easier or more challenging than others?...

What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malware that hijacks a computer and demands payment from the user in order to release it. The most common ransomware is called Locky, which encrypts files on the computer and then asks for a ransom to be paid in order to obtain the key to decrypt them. What are the risks associated with ransomware? How hospitals are at risk from ransomware? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a victim’s data, making it inaccessible until a ransom is paid....

With this new data plan, Airtel NG has responded to the recently launched Glo special data of 1.2GB for N200 to continue claiming of being the grandmasters of data as customers gets up to 12GB for N2000 in a month. On a similar scenario, Airtel is another network that values internet data so much hence the nickname “the smartphone network”. For instance, some Airtel subscribers are still enjoying double data offer and free 4GB data if you successfully purchase or upgrade to a new 4G Sim....

Some of the cheap SIMO data plans includes 100MB for N69, 200MB for N129, 1.5GB for N799 and so on. In this post, you will see how to subscribe or activate any SIMO data plan easily with instructional images. Recall that SIMO was launched back in September 17, 2018 and since then, the telecom company has being on test run. Some of us benefited immensely from the free internet data given to by SIMO....

What are phishing texts? Phishing texts are a type of spam that try to trick you into giving away personal information like your bank account number, credit card number, or social security number. They usually look like they’re from a company or website you trust, and they may even use the company’s logo. But if you click on the link in the text, you’ll be taken to a fake website that looks real but is actually just a way for the scammer to steal your information....

Right now, there are several ways to convert Exe to Apk both through online and offline but I will teach you the best way to do it. Anyway, let’s checkout the meanings of these terms in contention. What Is Exe? Also known as .exe, EXE is a computer program that is executable on a Microsoft windows computer, DOS, OpenVMS, Symbian or OS/2. It may contain other elements known as “resources”, such as bitmap graphics and icons which the executable program may use for its graphical user interface....

Quite a number of people who need to receive foreign currency in Nigeria do not know how to go about it hence they are not able to receive monies from abroad. This article lists the various ways individuals and corporate organizations can receive foreign currency from other countries to Nigeria and also how people abroad can send money to Nigeria from the country they reside. This article discusses methods of receiving money sent to you from countries such as United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA), India, Europe, Kenya, Philippines, UAE, Malaysia, Germany, Dubai, Indonesia, London, Jamaica, China, Pakistan, Cameroun, Ghana, Singapore, Russia, Qatar, Namibia, Mexico, London, Kuwait, Japan, Iran, Egypt, South Africa, Uganda, Canada, etc; basically all countries in the world....

Massive battery draining issue is common in older Android devices with low battery rating and aging lifespan. In this type of phones, certain apps usually consumes the battery making it last for very few minutes or few hours. Some culprits are apps that run in the background. Occasionally some applications that we consider useful or that we use several times during the day are activated in background and begin to consume resources which, in turn, drain the battery to power the functions of the application....

When it comes to the internet services you use, your privacy is crucial. While it may be tempting to keep your Google Account open at all times, this could compromise your privacy, especially if you share devices with other family members. Fortunately, securing your Google account is as simple as logging out. Here’s how to sign out of Google on both your mobile and desktop device. How to Logout of a Google Account While Connected to the Internet?...

According to Tech Beacon, 80% of organizations have experienced at least one cyber-security incident in the past 12 months, prompting their investment into IT. Additionally, the most common malware file types have included MS Office documents (45%); malicious Windows apps (26%) delivered via email in 94% of cases. No matter the industry or scale in which a business operates they are bound to look for a cyber-security expert sooner or later....

Security researcher Anurag Sen found the database unprotected and reported it to Tech Crunch, resulting in owners being notified and the database secured. Further research reveals that the database of the social media marketing company Chtrbox, a company that pays top account owners, links sponsor content influencers to its account. The database consists of tons of personal information belonging to tens of millions of Instagram influencers and includes their bio-profile picture, numbers of followers that they have if verified by city and country, and also private contacts such as their e-mail address and telephone number....

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First spotted in 2019 and also known as Mailto, NetWalker was available as Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) and is blamed for many high-profile attacks, including the hacking of a U.S. public health agency and an Australian transport and logistics firm. It is also assumed that NetWalker was responsible for breaching the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) network, which cost more than $1 million to recover from the incident. The FBI warned in July of NetWalker assaults targeting government agencies....

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This tutorial will go over statistics on different types of cyberattacks as well as specific advice to help business owners prevent and respond to such situations. Costs of Cybercrime Cybercrime is expected to cost businesses globally $10.5 trillion per year by 2025. In 2015, the global cost of cybercrime was $3 trillion, a more than threefold rise over the previous decade. Small firms are most vulnerable to cybercrime and suffer the most severe effects as a result....

Guardicore, dubbed PLEASE READ ME, said the campaign began as early as January 2020, with more than 83,000 victims having been successfully violated to date. The attacks are expected to continue against those with weak authentication credentials, with more than five million Internet-facing MySQL servers on the internet. Security researchers from Guardicore say that in an attempt to force victims to pay the ransom demand for the encrypted data, the attackers engage in double extortion....

The articles released in recent weeks by the Israeli business journal Calcalist sparked outrage over what the newspaper claimed was the police’s unrestricted use of sophisticated phone hacking software on a wide range of figures. An inquiry into the unsourced reports revealed no evidence of wrongdoing. The NSO lawsuit is based on a recent report that claimed the company allowed clients to wipe traces of their spyware use, which the company rejects....

An open relay is a SMTP server that enables third parties to relay (send / receive email messages that are neither from nor to local users). Spam senders usually target such servers to send spoofed emails to the victim’s inbox. Email spoofing Tool You can use GitHub to clone or download the tool. Here we present our tool for testing whether or not your email servers are vulnerable to email spoofing attacks....

The flaw, known as scheme flood or protocol flooding, uses custom protocol handlers in browsers to probe desktop computers for installed apps, profile users, and track them across browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Tor. Scheme flood is an attack vector that allows an attacker to find programmes that a user has installed by using custom URL schemes (also known as deep linking, the functionality allows applications to register their own schemes for other applications to open them)....

Knowing that phishing attacks exist is the first step in defending your company from them. According to a Proofpoint report, nearly 90% of firms worldwide faced spear phishing attacks last year, with 55% of those attempts being successful. The good news is that we’re gaining a better understanding of this type of threat. One of our strongest defences against phishing is education, and the growing availability of effective phishing awareness training solutions is partly to blame for the drop in click rates and increase in reporting rates over the previous year....