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Howard University, a private research university based out of Washington D.C. admitted that it suffered a cyberattack on Friday. The university alerted both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the D.C. city government about the incident and added additional safety precautions to protect both staff’s and students’ data.

Attackers could pilfer user access credentials through a variety of tried and tested tactics ranging from phishing and social engineering attacks to using brute-force attacks and key logging malware. Once they get a hold of the usernames and passwords then breaching a system isn’t that difficult. CISA, therefore, recommends that switching to multi-factor authentication (MFA), which is a far safer option.

Transferring account information, profile photos, individual chats, group chats, chat histories, media files and settings from an iPhone to an Android is possible. Call history and display name cannot be transferred.

The multiple data leaks discovered and reported by the researchers were found to originate from Microsoft Power Apps portals that were configured to allow public access. Microsoft Power Apps portals is a tool that allows anyone to create responsive websites and gives users both internal and external secure access to data either anonymously or by using commercial authentication providers.

“Feedback on HUAWEI Ads has been overwhelmingly positive and developers have told us that they want a similar way to increase in-app revenue on mobile platforms other than Huawei,” said Adam Xiao.

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Liquid has fallen victim to enterprising hackers who compromised its warm wallets and made off with more than US$97 million in various cryptocurrency assets.

Amazon is the largest online marketplace in the world boasting over US$386 billion in revenue in 2020 with 200 million subscribers to its Amazon Prime service just in the United States. And that’s just a fraction of the whole customer base that it serves around the globe year-round.

"Imagine a reality where the system is tailor-made for each employee's role. That is true all-around personalization, and that is what we are bringing to market with Canvas," said Hyther Nizam, President-MEA, Zoho Corp.

IIS malware is a broad category of threats used in cybercrime, cyberespionage, and SEO fraud. “Internet Information Services web servers have been targeted by various malicious actors, for cybercrime and cyberespionage alike. The software’s modular architecture, designed to provide extensibility for web developers, can be a useful tool for attackers,” says ESET researcher Zuzana Hromcová, author of the paper.

The survey polled participants of previous editions of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa), including traders and investors, and explored their insights and views on various aspects of investment across the continent.