University of Calabar Official Website and Portal Hacked

A recent trend in Nigeria is the systematic hacking and defacing of websites of institutions and organizations, with tertiary institutions been the worst hit.

I was alerted by a friend some minutes ago that the website of the prestigious University of Calabar, popularly know as UNICAL is currently treating visitors to "Bend Down Select", a song by Young Jon Featuring Lil Kesh  with on-screen dancers to complete the groove. What my friend was saying in plain words is that hackers who called themselves "$_naijaGHOST$" hacked the website and and defaced it with the above image. The hackers did not stop at defacing the site but added animations and XXX video (pornographic video) to the homepage with a sound track to go with it. (see full pix after the cut- NB-- 18+ only)

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The Danger of Malicious Apps On Facebook

A lot of people have complained that their account has been hacked, somebody starts posting nude pictures and malicious links on your timeline. They chat up your Facebook friends asking for financial assistance that your mom or wife or one relative is sick and needs expensive medical assistance to survive....they spam and scam with your account and on your behalf. Yes, they destroy your social and corporate image. Who told you that an app can tell who your boyfriend or spouse will be or how many kids you will have or the number of cars you will have or probably read your so called zodiac signs and tell you how fortunate you are to be born on a particular date. The only truth that you will get from those app and zodiac signs is the fact that you are vulnerable. Yes its very obvious....I don't need a malicious app or a star gazer to tell me that. Your argument might be that you do it for fun. I feel your pain oo... because you are having fun at your own peril. The fact is  that most of those Apps are loaded with malware and if you are oblivious of what that is, a 'Malware' is an umbrella term used to refer to a variety of forms of hostile or intrusive software, including computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransom-ware, spyware, adware, scareware, and other malicious programs. It can take the form of executable code, scripts, active content, and other software. There are millions of them that the antivirus can not even keep up with their evolution.
With that they can have access to your device and do what ever they wish. A lot of them are undetectable like the stealth "Keyloggers" and "The Extractors". While the Keylogger records every keystroke you make on you device and sends them to who ever it was programmed to communicate to, the "Extractor" records and transmits the content of every form you fill online. It means that it records and sends the  login details every account you have online. Which compromises your emails, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, your everything online.
The internet is a wonderful place but also very dangerous. Don't make a habit of giving third party apps permission to view your details or post to your timeline.
Think safety, browse safely.

Dennis Obi
Web Developer/System Analyst

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Internet Pioneer and Email Inventor Ray Tomlinson, dies at the age of 74.

Raymond Tomilson, the man widely cited as the inventor of email  has died, according to  CNN report on Sunday afternoon at age 74. He reportedly had a heart attack which lead to his death on Saturday.

The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent from one network to another in 1971.

His invention included the ground-breaking use of the @ symbol in email addresses, which is now standard.

He sent what is now regarded as the first email while working in Boston as an engineer for research company Bolt, Beranek and Newman.

The firm played a big role in developing an early version of the internet, known as Arpanet.

However, Tomlinson later said he could not remember what was in that first test message, describing it as "completely forgettable".

His work was recognised by his peers in 2012, when he was inducted into the internet  hall of fame

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How To Disable Facebook Video Autoplay On Both Mobile And Desktop

acebook recently updated its features and introduced a new video autoplay option for users. With this new feature, videos and video ads on your Facebook page will be automatically played while you are browsing your newsfeed. In other words, a video starts playing when it gets autofocused as you scroll on it. When autoplay was first introduced, there was no settings option. If you were not interested in watching video, you just had to scroll down the page to scroll away from the video.

Though the new feature is beneficial for Facebook’s ad clients, many Facebook users have found this autoplay update distracting. Users with limited data plans were troubled for different reasons. The automatic video streaming can use a high amount of data, which means users need to upgrade to a higher data plan to use Facebook. The only relief is that the video autoplay doesn’t have sound. If you want to watch any specific video, you can just click or tap on it.

Thankfully, Facebook has provided a recent update to disable autoplay. You need to configure this setting separately on every device you use. The following steps will help you in disabling Facebook video autoplay on your desktop and mobile, except you have unlimited data and enjoy the distraction.

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