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How to use public computer safely

In order not to fall victim to fraudsters otherwise known here in Nigeria as ‘yahoo-yahoo boys’, you have to be mindful of the sites you visit, the pa

Hackers make $500,000 from terrifying ‘sextortion’ scam

A worrying new scam that uses recipients’ real passwords to trick them into paying a Bitcoin ransom has earned hackers tons of cash. The cyber s

Facebook, Google, Twitter execs hold secret meeting on elections

Executives from Silicon Valley’s top tech companies met on Friday to discuss how to prevent meddling on their platforms during the 2018 US midterm ele

Over 2m T-Mobile customers hit by data breach

T-Mobile has suffered a data breach that saw personal information of more than 2 million US customers stolen by cyber criminals, the mobile carrier co

Twitter, Facebook ramp up war on fake news

Facebook and Twitter have announced they are removing accounts, groups and pages suspected of spreading fake news. Some of them are sponsored by forei