Under The Hoodie—Simbiat Sadiq, Information Security Professional
In this Under The Hoodie edition, she tells us about her first encounter with cybersecurity, and her passion for helping a lot of women get into the field.
CyberSecurity
The protracted history of internet shutdowns in Africa
Internet shutdowns have become a motif in Africa. African leaders restrict internet access for the flimsiest motives. It could be to prevent exam malpractice, disperse protests, or mitigate against misinformation.
Kaspersky: Economic uncertainty to shape 2021 cybercrime agenda in Africa
Kaspersky experts expect growing economic turbulence along with the impact of COVID-19 to contribute to an increase in cybercrime across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria this year.
Bypassing a Government-imposed internet shutdown
Can the Nigerian government shut down the internet? How feasible is it? How do you bypass internet restriction or shut down? Here is all you need to know.
6 ways to protect your devices from stalkers and Spyware
Spyware is hard to define because we are yet to agree on what constitutes "consent" and "harm". Regardless, here are 6 ways to guide against Spyware.
Avoid getting hacked 104: A guide to internet anonymity
Perfect internet anonymity is technically impossible, except you build everything you use. But here are some tools and steps to help improve your anonymity.
How to make money from cryptocurrency and not get scammed
In this article, I point out how you can make money from cryptocurrencies, and how to avoid getting scammed. For the purpose of this article, I focus on Bitcoin as it is the most popular and the largest cryptocurrency by market volume and value.
Bully me not: Dealing with cyberbullying in Nigeria
Knowing how to deal with cyberbullying is a sine qua non. Because in this global village, it's only a matter of time before we are (or someone close to us is) cyberbullied.
Internet Governance II: Protecting your data and privacy online
While there is still so much governments and private individuals have to do, we also have a role to play in internet governance
Truecaller privacy policy finally gets NITDA attention
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)—the agency that coordinates the development of information technology in Nigeria—is investigating Truecaller for breach of privacy rights.