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CYBERJul 6GBB at 20 : Why Nigerian banks , payment firms , others should partner Galaxy Backbone against cyber threatsThis article explores why Nigerian banks and payment firms should collaborate with Galaxy Backbone to counter cyber threats, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity partnerships.dailypost.ng · Nigeria
CYBERJul 6Opera GX Flaw Let Malicious Sites Auto-Install Mods to Steal Data From Visited PagesResearchers found a flaw in Opera GX, the gaming-focused version of the Opera browser, that let a malicious website silently install a browser add-on and use it to lift specific data from the pages a victim visits. In a proof of concept, they reconstructed a signed-in user's full Gmail address from a single visit, with no click. Opera has patched the flaw and says it found no evidence thatThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 6SkillCloak Lets Malicious AI Agent Skills Evade Static Scanners with Self-Extracting PackingScanners meant to catch malicious add-on "skills" for AI coding agents can be fooled by a few simple changes that leave the malware working, according to a new study from researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their strongest trick slipped past every scanner tested more than 90% of the time, and the same team built a runtime checker that catches most of theThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 4North Korean Hackers Publish 108 Malicious Packages and Extensions in PolinRider CampaignThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 3Scam Alert: Beware of Fake Auction Vehicles, NDLEA Warns NigeriansJuly 3 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted Nigerians to a fraudulent scheme in which scammers are impersonating senior officials of the agency to deceive unsuspecting members of the public with fake offers of forfeited vehicles purportedly being sold at discounted prices. The agency said the fraudsters have been circulating [...] The post Scam Alert: Beware of Fake Auction Vehicles, NDLEA Warns Nigerians appeared first on THEWILL NEWS MEDIA .thewillnews · nigeria
CYBERJun 29Malicious Perplexity Chrome Extension Intercepted Searches and Address Bar InputMicrosoft has found a malicious Chrome extension that posed as the AI search engine Perplexity and quietly logged what people searched for. It routed every query and every character typed into the address bar through an attacker-controlled server before redirecting users to real results. Microsoft says Google removed it from the store after responsible disclosure. The extension was called "The Hacker News
CYBERJun 25German court jails 12 members of Nigerian ‘love scam’ networkThe court in Munich said those convicted were aged between 34 and 55 and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three years and four months to eight-and-a-half years. The post German court jails 12 members of Nigerian ‘love scam’ network appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
CYBERJun 24Nigerian army raises alarm over fraudsters using its name to solicit fundsThe Nigerian Army (NA) has alerted the general public to the activities of unscrupulous individuals and criminal syndicates who are fraudulently soliciting funds under the guise of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2026. The post Nigerian army raises alarm over fraudsters using its name to solicit funds appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
CYBERJun 24Nigerian sentenced to five years in US prison over $3.5 million romance scamMr Nwadialo, 42, was convicted on 14 counts of wire fraud linked to a romance fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable individuals, many of them elderly, widowed or divorced The post Nigerian sentenced to five years in US prison over $3.5 million romance scam appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
CYBERJun 23'Cordyceps': Mushrooming Malicious Pull Requests Threaten Developer WorkflowsDark Reading
CYBERJun 22New OXLOADER Loader Uses Malicious Google Ads to Deliver CastleStealerCybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that delivers CastleStealer by means of a previously unreported malware loader dubbed OXLOADER. According to Elastic Security Labs, the campaign leverages malicious Google Ads as a starting point to distribute the malware. Evidence indicates that the threat actor is likely Russian-speaking and financially motivated, owing to theThe Hacker News