Archive | Cyber Crime

03 June 2010 0 Comments

‘The Alternative’ 2.0, Nigeria waves goodbye to Cybercrime

Nigeria’s image on the internet is synonymous to cybercrime of many kinds, but there is more to Nigerians on the internet than the Cyber criminals. The Alternative 2.0; a Paradigm Initiative Nigeria and Microsoft Nigeria campaign to redirect Nigerian youths energy towards positive side of technology.  It is in continuation of a year long campaign; [...]

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03 May 2010 0 Comments

National Anti-cyber crime essay competition

Organized by YGC Africa with support from Microsoft, PIN, HIIT to continue the fight against Cyber crime in the country. Titled: CYBERCRIME IN NIGERIA: THE WAY OUT targeted at young people between the ages of 17 and 28. Modalities Article must be between 2 pages and 4 pages typed document; Font size 12 Times New [...]

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24 March 2010 0 Comments

Cyber security and you, how to protect yourself

Cyber security is the wall against cyber crime, if you are cyber secured, then to a large extent, you are less likely to fall victim to cyber crimes. So let’s consider couple of tips that can help you staff safe online. What are the most important things we all need to do to protect our [...]

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16 March 2010 0 Comments

How to choose a password

I am fired up to share couple of interesting online security tips with us; as we grow in online presence and begin to transfer our personal lives to the web, it’s really of great importance that we understand how to choose a password so as to protect our online asset. Your password is the key [...]

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11 February 2010 2 Comments

Naijacards.net is a scam! Please stay off the site

As online payments in Nigeria continues its growth, now comes attached challenges of an e-society, phishing! Phishing usually involves cloning of reputable website to trick people into believing that they are on the right side, hence making they pass on sensitive data. Naijacards.net says it gives you 15% discount on every card purchase from them. [...]

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