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Google's Gemini Broke Into Three Real Companies. It Thought It Was Just Passing a Test.
Google's Gemini AI guessed its way into three real companies during a routine safety test in May 2026 — and Google stayed quiet about it for four months. As Nigerian banks and fintechs race to hand AI agents real operational access, the incident is a live case study in what can go wrong.
Nigeria Just Asked for $750 Million in Two Years — for a Cloud Market Worth $374 Million Today
Nigeria's new National Digital Cloud Policy targets $750 million of private investment in 24 months — roughly double the current value of the country's entire data-centre market. Here is what it actually changes for your business, and what the headlines got wrong.
Nigerian SMEs Aren't Being Hacked by Genius Criminals — They're Being Hacked by Preventable Mistakes
Nigerian SMEs are among the most frequently targeted organisations by cybercriminals — not because attackers are sophisticated, but because businesses consistently underestimate operational discipline. Here is what the most common attacks look like, and why cybersecurity is fundamentally a management problem.
Why Nigerian Businesses Are Either Massively Overpaying or Dangerously Underpaying for IT Support
Most Nigerian SMEs fall into one of two traps: overpaying for in-house IT that can't scale, or underpaying with informal arrangements that fail expensively. Here is what each pattern actually costs — and how to find the right balance.
FortiBleed: 73,932 Admin Passwords Were Cracked — And 'Patched' Devices Were on the List
A Russian-speaking threat group just cracked 73,932 Fortinet administrator credentials across 194 countries — including Fortune 500 companies and NATO contractors. The twist: most of the affected devices were already patched. Here's the vulnerability no one told you about.
Your Password Isn't the Problem: How Meta's Own AI Bot Handed Hackers Your Instagram Account
Meta's AI support chatbot was manipulated into changing account emails and triggering password resets — no phishing, no data breach, just a very polite chat session with a bot that trusted the wrong person.
One Bug, 100 Companies: How Oracle's Zero-Day Handed Hackers the Enterprise
A critical zero-day in Oracle PeopleSoft — no password required, exploitable over the internet — was actively used to breach more than 100 organisations before Oracle issued a single warning. Here is what happened and what you need to do right now.
30 Million Students. One Ransom. How ShinyHunters Crashed the Classroom During Exams
The ShinyHunters hacking group breached Instructure's Canvas learning platform, stealing data on 30 million students and staff — then defaced school login screens during final exams when the company refused to pay. The lesson for every organisation is stark.
Inside the Defender Zero-Days: Why Microsoft Is Begging Nigerian IT Teams to Patch Now
Two Microsoft Defender zero-days — CVE-2026-41091 and CVE-2026-45498 — are being actively exploited in the wild, and one of them hands attackers full SYSTEM-level control. Here is what your team needs to do today.
Is Your Browser Spilling Your Secrets? Why Microsoft Edge’s Password Handling is Raising Eyebrows
We’ve all been there: clicking "Save Password" to avoid the headache of remembering a 16-character string of gibberish.
The End of the "Cloud-First" Era: Why Hybrid IT is the New Enterprise Standard
For the better part of a decade, "Cloud-First" was the undisputed mantra of the tech world. It was the gold standard of digital transformation
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