If Nigeria must move forward, we should not dim our eyes at
Cyber terrorism. It an act of victimizing the innocently unskilled citizens in
ICT world through sophisticated use of gadgets which is not necessarily to be
authorized for individual usage. The victimization is by having access to the
privacy of these ignorant citizens for lack of caution and protection on how to
handle computer in information and communication technology world to ensure
security of transaction. Just as I said earlier in my previous articles: “Many
had been duped online by these cyber terrorist”. They a have many ways to get
access to your Personal computer, weather you are online or offline. The issue
is that you need to be vigilant to capture the movement on your PC while you
are working. These terrorist are not far from your Jurisdiction. Why did I say this? Use the length or
distant a WIFI can cover, and trace the attack within that range. We know that Bluetooth
cannot go beyond 100 meter. So we consider WIFI first because that is common
and latest means to connect with your Broadband or Phone with hotspot. Many had
been manipulated through this means and yet they don’t know, even some people
airtime and broadband MB are being used by the next neighbor who ceases Wi-Fi
to steal them and compromise your system, yet they are not aware because of
ignorant of the technology. Now, considering the Wi-Fi connection, these
attackers easily get to your computer through this means. The only option to
these is to change your broadband if it had been compromised by these hackers
and start afresh with encryption key WPA2 which may be hard for any hacker to
break.
Our leaders in Nigeria should not neglect this issue before
it gets out of hand, because as the society is developing and radical changing
taking place, I think the security of the nation should advance with the trend
of changes lest they will be left behind. Before they know it these issues will
be beyond their control. They should place more concentration and concern on
cyber crime. The radical increase of this dramatic error called cyber crime in
our society has created a big vacuum to occupy. People have lost a lot of valuable
assets and money through electronic media due to Nigerian government lack of
concentration on this area as an uncivilized nation. But recently they decided
to pass a bill to protect the issue of electronic transaction, but that does
not end in passing a bill but in training professionals that will monitor and
detect fraud and crime transaction going on 24 hours with sophisticated
equipment especially amongst our citizens. If any organization should be Expatriate
in this modern transaction technique, I think the government of a nation should
be number one with best sophisticated and unbeatable technological gadget and
with high skilled and proficient ICT personnel to manage the system.
The worst of this is that individuals should be limited on
certain hacking equipment like plug-in to extract information and monitoring devices
that connect to private and public individual computers through WI-FI, Bluetooth,
WI-MAX etc. causing them harms as well as sharing their privacy through their
unprotected files and folder due to lack of technical competency in ICT world.
And I hereby strongly advise that to control Cyber crime in
Nigeria, the government need to prohibit private individual from using some
sophisticate equipment as well as ban the importation of such gadgets which
some professional ICT criminal hackers cease to execute their robbery operation
online. Some of this equipment can break companies, institutions and
governmental private security codes and hack their secrets. The Practice of
online banking in Nigeria are not 100% secured because these so called hackers
gets into your privacy like e-mail box and online banking website by monitoring
your transactions through sophisticated machine, and that why FIRST BANK PLC has chosen that their
customer should reset their password from default and memorize it. And I suggest
that CBN will also encourage other banks to follow the same system. Let it be
that the passwords you are sending to e-mail of customer are at default for
reset by the customers. And when someone login and logout of your bank account
through online, their system will alert you on your personal phone number you
used to register the account to ensure that you are the one that logged in and
logged out, but if they can set it that when someone login the security will
alert the individual on phone immediately to know if he is the one that logged
in, instead of waiting for the person to logout before they alert the person so
that if he or she is not the one, she can alert the bank immediately to block
the account before the user will transfer the fund. Through so many ways
hackers attacks individuals online. As a result don’t always store important
and secret information on your hard disk and document, always make sure that
the desktop computer system or laptop you bought has a WI-FI control button
where you can turn it on or off for security purpose, because this is the main area
they will cease to victimize your computer system or an individual. Just as
said earlier in my previous article that firewall security software should be
installed along with antivirus, antispyware and antimalware software. System
security is utmost important if not you will lose assets and properties very
dear to you to others people in your neighborhood, and before you use any
computer and laptop for important issues; ensure the security of that laptop or
computer.
The one hacking and controlling your computer system is not
farther than Wi-Fi transmission range which is about maximum of 300 meter
length in distance depending on the standard, with different standards of
frequency and speed according to the International Electrical and Electronic
Engineer (IEEE). An Unencrypted Broadband settings that work with Wi-Fi are
easily Penetrated by intruders because Wi-Fi
accept wireless connection as a result I recommend strong new configuration
setup of new network and a new broadband
connection with higher quality protocol setting like WPA2 Key which is harder
for the Hackers to crack the security codes. Some of us cannot understand this
security setup, if you are such please always turn off your Wi-Fi when it not
in use and use Ethernet connection which is more secured to your internet
connection.
Computer without a wireless (Wi-Fi) control switch or button
should not be introduced into Nigeria. The Wi-Fi control button should be setup
in a way to eliminate intruders, and Cyber rats. And no user should use the
gadget without proper set up. Finally Nigeria should set up a monitoring Cyber
crime detection committee like EFCC to work with Nigerian Communication Committee
(NCC) to fight Cyber Crime in Nigeria as well as protect our image outside the
world.
ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD
CONTACT: +2348186388641
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