2017 and new era of cyber crime in Nigeria

Nigeria cybercrime landscape is changing rapidly with threat actors growing in size, scope, complexity and capability over the past few years. The 419-cybercrime gangs are now specialising in using advanced malware tools common with sophisticated criminals and espionage groups according to a November 2016 report by Palo Alto Networks. In June 2016, a 40 year old Nigerian ostensibly to be the ringleader of a global cybercrime network behind frauds totalling more than $60m was arrested in Port Harcourt. He was accused of leading a network that compromised email accounts of small and medium-sized businesses around the world. There are soThe post 2017 and new era of cyber crime in Nigeria appeared first on Daily Times Nigerian Newspaper.
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