http://www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/17676/51/ By Emeka Aginam Asst. Online Editor Vanguard 24 September 2008 Cyber terrorism and challenges posed by hackers have brought their ugly faces in the Nigerian economy and a nation with record porosity in cyber space is reeling in pain as to the devastation that can be caused in macabre time. The ugly trend, according to findings, has left majority of corporate organizations and IT firms across the globe in perpetual fears as a result of dangers associated with it. Just like the spam mail, how best to protect IT infrastructures of organizations against cyber attacks has become a serious challenge to government of the world, internet service providers, corporate bodies among others. Hacking, according to findings come in many forms including, hacker software, website hacking, mobile phone hacking, email hacking, credit card hacking, password hacking, hacking google,_linux hacking, google hacking and prevention, game hacking, black hat hackers, online hacking games Happenings in Nigeria last week which communicated in the closure of Channels Television for a story on the President.s rumored resignation are horrible examples of cyber terrorism. NAN has denied the story which purportedly emanated from its news gathering and dissemination platform. But looking at global cyber terrorism, service providers appear helpless in arresting the trend said to be increasing in geometric progression by the day across the globe. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Wed Sep 24 2008 - 22:26:39 PDT
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