PASSWORD THEFT IN NIGERIA SOARS BY 147% IN JUST THREE MONTHS | The Sammy move💻🔥

PASSWORD THEFT IN NIGERIA SOARS BY 147% IN JUST THREE MONTHS

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A recent research by a global cyber-security and digital privacy company, Kaspersky, claims that there is a 147% surge in the number of Trojan-PSW (Password Stealing Ware) in Nigeria. Interestingly, this huge surge is the figure for just the first quarter of 2022. With this malware, attackers can steal users’ passwords and other sensitive information. According to the report, most of the attacks target small businesses. This makes these SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) vulnerable to attacks. Furthermore, Kaspersky believes that Remote Desktop Protocol attacks will surge by 89% in 2022.

In 2022 alone, it detected 2,654 attacks. This is a huge increase from 1,076 in 2021. It is often difficult for a small business to handle security when it has to take care of production economics, financial reports and marketing simultaneously. Thus, they often disregard IT security. Nevertheless, it is this loophole that cybercriminals exploit

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