NCC Alerts Nigerians to Deadly FluBot Malware Targeting Bank Accounts Software uses Android devices to steal banking information 9-point advisory issued for protection Emma Okonji The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday raised the alarm about what it described as an extremely damaging malware called
“FluBot” which attacks Android mobile banking applications. According to the NCC, Flubot “impersonates Android mobile banking applications to draw fake web view on
targeted applications and its goal transcends stealing personal data and essentially targets stealing of credit card details or online banking credentials.” Malware is a generic word
used to describe a virus or software designed specifically to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system. “According to the information received today
(Thursday), October 21, 2021, from the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), Flubot targets Androids with fake security updates and App installations,” NCC’s Director
of Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, said in a statement issued yesterday. NCC explained that FluBot “is circulated through SMS Continued on page 5
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FG: Nnamdi Kanu Liable for Murder of Akunyili’s Husband, Gulak, 175 Others Links Igboho to Boko Haram’s sponsor May pardon Saro-Wiwa, 8 others as part of Ogoni’s integration Deji Elumoye and Alex Enumah in Abuja The federal government yesterday blamed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is on trial for treason, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late Director-General of Continued on page 5
With Peace Returning, Borno to Close IDP Camps within Maiduguri Deji Elumoye in Abuja Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State yesterday disclosed that following the degradation of Boko Haram, all Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps within Maiduguri metropolis would be closed by December 31. Zulum, who met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also revealed that the state, in conjunction with the federdal government, would start repatriating all Borno State Continued on page 5
HONOUR FOR SALIU MUSTAPHA… L-R: Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero; Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari; Mallam Saliu Mustapha; and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, during the turbanning of Mallam Mustapha as the Turaki of Ilorin, at the Emir's Palace, Ilorin, Kwara State...yesterday
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