Sly Uduosa

Sylvester Uduosa who goes by the nickname 'Sly' is a Legal Practitioner, Certified Ethical Hacker and Python Programmer.

Data of Nigerian Citizens sold online for 100 Naira

The Paradigm Initiative, a digital rights organisation, has discovered that millions of Nigerians’ personal data is being sold on the internet for as little as 100 Naira (7 cents). This contains private information like a person’s phone number, driving licence, international passport, tax identification number (TIN), permanent voter’s card (PVC), driving licence, bank verification number […]

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Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured Kubernetes Clusters

An ongoing effort of cryptojacking has been brought to light by cybersecurity researchers, which mines Dero money using misconfigured Kubernetes systems. The activity was made public by cloud security company Wiz, which stated it was an enhanced version of a financially driven operation that CrowdStrike had initially reported on in March 2023. Wiz researchers Avigayil

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$3 Million Was Stolen From Kraken Crypto Exchange Using a Zero-Day Vulnerability

The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken disclosed that an anonymous security researcher had taken advantage of a “very critical” zero-day vulnerability in its system to pilfer $3 million worth of digital assets, and was refusing to give them back. Chief Security Officer of Kraken, Nick Percoco, provided details of the incident on X (formerly Twitter). He said

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Hackers Exploit GitHub and FileZilla to Deliver Malware Cocktail

A “multi-faceted campaign” has been observed that uses reputable services such as GitHub and FileZilla to propagate a variety of banking trojans and stealer malware, including Vidar, Atomic (also known as AMOS), Lumma (also known as LummaC2), and Octo, by posing as reliable programmes such as 1Password, Bartender 5, and Pixelmator Pro. “The presence of

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Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator

Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national, is the administrator and creator of the LockBit ransomware campaign, according to the U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA). The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD) of the United Kingdom

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Malicious Android Apps Pose as Google, Instagram, WhatsApp to Steal Credentials

It has been noted that malicious Android apps that pose as Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and X (previously Twitter) can steal user credentials from devices that have been hijacked. In a recent analysis, the threat research team at SonicWall Capture Labs stated that “this malware uses famous Android app icons to mislead users and trick

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Ex-NSA Employee Sentenced to 22 Years for Trying to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia

A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee in the United States was given a sentence of nearly 22 years (262 months) in jail for trying to send confidential documents to Russia. “This sentence should serve as a stark warning to all those entrusted with protecting national defense information that there are consequences to betraying that

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Android Virus Wpeeper Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Hide C2 Servers

Researchers studying cybersecurity have uncovered a yet unreported malware that targets Android smartphones and evades detection by using hacked WordPress websites as relays for its real command-and-control (C2) servers. Code-named Wpeeper, the malware is an ELF binary that uses HTTPS to encrypt its C2 communications. “Wpeeper is a typical backdoor Trojan for Android systems, supporting

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New Android Trojan ‘SoumniBot’ Evades Detection with Clever Tricks

SoumniBot is a new Android malware that targets South Korean users by taking advantage of flaws in the manifest extraction and parsing process. It has been discovered in the wild. Researchers at Kaspersky have identified the virus as “notable for an unconventional approach to evading analysis and detection, namely obfuscation of the Android manifest,” according

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