The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), has issued a stern advisory to Nigerians regarding a widespread phishing campaign employing fraudulent websites that mimic the Google Play Store. These deceptive platforms are being used to distribute a new malware strain known …
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Cybersecurity awareness has become imperative due to the attendant risks that emanate from the appreciable migration of several transactions, meetings and other forms of interaction to online and digital platforms especially due to the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic. “Technology eases processes and procedures, therefore safeguards must be put in place …
Read More »NITDA Cautions Nigerians on Fake Websites Pledging Federal Government Lockdown Funds
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has warned the general public, especially those in the cyber space, about the existence of fake websites trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, NITDA, disclosed this on Monday, in a statement signed …
Read More »NITDA Alerts Nigerians on Fake Websites Pledging Federal Government Grants
The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has raised the alarm on the existence of fraudulent websites that are capitalizing on the Coronavirus pandemic to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. A statement signed on Tuesday by the NITDA’s Head of Corporate Affairs & External Relations, Hadiza Umar, said one of such tricks …
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