Banks and financial services organizations were the targets of 25.7 percent of all malware attacks last year, more than any other industry, IntSigths revealed in their latest report. These include: Trojans (banking, info-stealing, downloaders)ATM malware (since the start of 2018, more than 20 ATM malware families have hit banks around the globe)Ransomware (Mexican financial institutions… Continue reading CYBER THREATS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR
Author: Ehiabhi Femi
CYBER SECURITY THREATS:REGULATORY FINES ON FIRMS LOOMS AS SENSITIVE DATA ARE STILL NOT PROTECTED
22% of a company’s folders are accessible, on average, to every employee, according to the new report from the Varonis Data Lab, which analyzed more than 54 billion files. The report shines a light on security issues that put organizations at risk from data breaches, insider threats and crippling malware attacks. Key findings from the… Continue reading CYBER SECURITY THREATS:REGULATORY FINES ON FIRMS LOOMS AS SENSITIVE DATA ARE STILL NOT PROTECTED
OAU: ADMISSION FIGURES DROP FOR 2018/2019 YEAR_Ehiabhi Femi
Admission figures for new entrants for the 2018/2019 academic year at Obafemi Awolowo University has reduced. Figures made available to our correspondent shows that while in 2017/2018 academic year, she had 8,158 new intakes, 6,650 students were admitted for the 2018/2019 session. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the spokesperson for the school attributed the reduction to the loss… Continue reading OAU: ADMISSION FIGURES DROP FOR 2018/2019 YEAR_Ehiabhi Femi
POLITICAL REALIGNMENT: AKPABIO “RECONCILING”_EHIABHI FEMI
Politics have been described as a "game" where there are no permanent friends but permanent interests. The seeming long drawn "battle" between Senator Akpabio and Former Governor Ameachi seem to be taking a possibly new positive dimension as the two leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South region, met each other to iron… Continue reading POLITICAL REALIGNMENT: AKPABIO “RECONCILING”_EHIABHI FEMI
CRYPTOCURRENCY: BITFINEX AND TETHER ACCUSED OF $850m FRAUD
The New York Attorney General has accused cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and cryptocurrency Tether of an $850m fraud. The State’s Attorney General Letitia James obtained a court order last week directing iFinex, which operates Bitfinex and Tether, to turn over financial documents within 30 days. In a separate legal filing, she accused Bitfinex’s operators of controlling… Continue reading CRYPTOCURRENCY: BITFINEX AND TETHER ACCUSED OF $850m FRAUD
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE VS MINIMUM WAGE_EHIABHI FEMI
We noticed a lot of backslapping and "hi fives" from stakeholders during the formal signing, by the President, 2 weeks ago, the Minimum Wage into law. The implication of the law is that, all workers are now to receive a minimum of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira Only) as "take home" pay in both the public… Continue reading BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE VS MINIMUM WAGE_EHIABHI FEMI
APC MOCKS PDP: SAYS THEY ARE SEEKING FOR RELEVANCE
APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, has lambasted the PDP chairman, Mr Secondus for insinuating thattthere was insecurity in the country and says its an attempt by the main opposition party to seek relevance following its loss at the poll. “It is just an attempt by the PDP to find a way back to the… Continue reading APC MOCKS PDP: SAYS THEY ARE SEEKING FOR RELEVANCE
JAMB STILL SCREENING UTME RESULT
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results are still being screened. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview today in Bwari. Mr Benjamin said that screening of the results would soon be over and the result released,… Continue reading JAMB STILL SCREENING UTME RESULT
JACOBS AND JOKE WELCOMES GRAND CHILD
The son of Veteran Nollywood practitioners Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs, Olusoji and his wife Boma have welcomed their first child. The baby named Oluwasoromidayo Atarah Owanemi Abimbola Jacobs was born in Maryland, USA, one week ago. The couple got married last year in Port Harcourt and Lagos.
