It has been reported that hackers are working to break into federal agencies using a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. The FBI has warned that it “has received information regarding a likely ongoing phishing campaign that started 08 July 2015 and was observed targeting U.S. government agencies.”
London, UK: AppRiver, LLC, a leading provider of email messaging and Web security solutions, today released results from its Q2 Global Security Report, a detailed summary and analysis of malware and spam trends traced between April and June 2015.
During the second quarter of 2015, AppRiver quarantined 4.7 billion spam messages (81 percent of all email traffic), down from 5.5 billion spam messages in Q1, 2015. AppRiver blocked 165 million email messages with attachments that contained viruses in Q2. More than half (51 percent) of all spam traffic in Q2 originated from North America. Total spam traffic originating from North America and Europe accounted for 80 percent of all Q2 spam traffic.
NEW YORK, NY: BalaBit has opened registration for the eCSI Hacker Playground, a global online competition designed for the Black Hat USA 2015 conference in Las Vegas where BalaBit will feature and manage the competition.
We would begin this editorial by sounding a very strong warning to all political officials in Nigeria that the days are fast gone when public officers think they can do whatever they like and get away with it or continue business as usual. All political officials and their cronies MUST hear us loud and clear that we shall from this side of the Atlantic henceforth, keep them on their toes and give them sleepless nights until they do what is right for the overall good of the Nigerian people.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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