Nigeria
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Report: Crooks behind more Net attacks
News Organized gangs are increasingly using networks of zombie PCs to launch attempts to make money.
Tags: Network security, Hacking
Developing nations losing spam battle, report says
News Countries with fewer resources are finding themselves overwhelmed as junk mail senders take shelter there, according to the OECD.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering, Spam
Nigerian company seeks US$20M OLPC 'damages'
News Lagos Analysis Corporation has gained an injunction that could halt the distribution of educational laptops to children in the country, to the bemusement of the One Laptop per Child body.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Legal
Facebook hits 175 million user mark
News Social networking site adds 25 million active users in little more than a month.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, Antarctica, Nigeria, Massachusetts, Japan, social networking, Russia, Harvard University
Soca socking it to cybercriminals
News The United Kingdom's Serious Organized Crime Agency has published its annual report, detailing a year of fighting e-crime.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Hacking, FBI, London, records management, U.K., marketing, bank, information technology, banking
Nigeria renews efforts to stop 419 scammers
News New legislation could be introduced in Nigeria to combat the notorious 419 spam scams that flood inboxes worldwide.
Econet, Transet, Eskom may buy Telkom Kenya stake
News Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless Holdings and South Africa's Transnet Ltd. and Eskom Enterprises are negotiating with Kenya to buy 49 percent of Telkom Kenya, Business Report newspaper said, citing unidentified Transnet sources.
Half the world will have no mobile by 2009
News India's mobile market is expected to enjoy the most subscriber growth, followed by China.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications
Nigeria joins antiscam effort
News U.K., Nigerian officials warn Net users about the long-standing problem of e-mail that try to con money out of recipients.
Tags: Spam and phishing, International governments
Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers
News Software maker will pitch in to nab those behind the junk e-mails that promise a windfall if you deposit cash in a bank account.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Government
Internet fraudsters sentenced to 15 years
News A British court today sentenced six ID fraudsters to a total of 15 years in jail for using false identities to con banks out of US$589,500.
Indian outsourcers to launch European invasion
News Offshore suppliers to win onshore contracts in 2006, says National Outsourcing Association
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Putting the squeeze on credit card fraud
News At session hosted by Visa, expert offers tips. One eye-opener: Brick-and-mortar stores are favorite targets of thieves.
Tags: E-commerce, Data security, Security
Free up IDD services, global body urges
News GSM Association calls for more countries to liberalize their international gateway markets, citing a new study that revealed economic benefits in doing so.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, VoIP/IP telephony
Negroponte: US$100 laptop trials to kick off
News Widespread field tests of portable PCs for children in the developing world will start next month, the project's chairman says.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, SMB
