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Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Nigerian education sector embraced online solutions to cater for an improved record management system, e-result checker, and eLearning platform. However, this has led to increased vulnerabilities in portals of universities and other higher institutions of learning. This is according to…

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Security Company Says 20 Million Credentials Stolen From Russian Dating Website

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have stolen the user names and e-mail addresses of 20 million members of a Russian dating website and offered the information for sale online, according to a Web security company. Easy Solutions, the fraud-detection software-maker who unearthed the breach, did not identify the hacked website in its online statement, but the Bloomberg news…

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S/Sudan: Chinese company hacks govt’s system-Official

South Sudan has accused Chinese telecommunications company Huawei of hacking on the government institutions and officials, reports said on Saturday.South Sudan Minister of information Michael Makuei Lueth told reporters that the Chinese company has hacked government officials’ e-mail and forged […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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How To Protect Your Company From Cybercriminals

At a recent “Hacker Lab” event, “white hat” hackers revealed how cybercriminals work — and what businesses can do to protect themselves. The September 9 multimedia presentation used a simulated small business system to demonstrate how hackers choose their targets, […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Shielding company against cybercrime

Technology brings a lot of great opportunities for business, enabling companies to do things today that were unthinkable only a few years ago. However, as with most opportunities, there are associated challenges. Over recent years, cyber crime has become big […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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New company eliminates shaving irritation

A new company has introduced shaving products targeted towards individuals with sensitive skin. SHAVEWISE™ , based in Houston, is geared toward consumers who suffer from irritated skin as a result of shaving. The company’s shaving system uses patent-pending Nano-Soothe Technology™ to eliminate shaving irritation, including swelling, itching, redness, ingrown hair, razor…

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Online travel services company exposes more than a million customer records to malicious hacker

Think W3 Limited, an online travel services company, has been served a £150,000 monetary penalty after a serious breach of the Data Protection Act revealed thousands of people’s details to a malicious hacker. The company was hacked in December 2012 after […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Public Utility company strike by the hackers

The public utility in the United Sates is hacked by the hackers when it was only guarded by the ordinary passwords. The remote access was actually allowed on those utility’s hosts. The system and its privacy got into trouble when the complicated menace entered into the network in an illegal…

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