Steps to learn hacking and cybersecurity with ease

Steps to learn hacking and cybersecurity with ease

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By Kavita Iyer 

 

Want to learn hacking and cybersecurity? Follow these 10 steps to kickstart on your hacking career.  Hacking! The term has glamourous connotation for some while others view hackers with contempt. Hacking was mainly used in the “good old days” for getting information about systems and IT in general. Over the years it has got a negative connotation due to few hackers who are also cyber criminals.If you leave aside the cyber crime part, hacking is a very respectable field with top dollar being paid to top grade ethical hackers. Most of the tech companies hire hackers to test the strengths and weaknesses of their own system and software. These hackers know when to stop, and the positive trust they build earns them a large salary.

CYBER SECURITY: REQUIRED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

CYBER SECURITY: REQUIRED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

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I’m not going to put any labels on this – like "this is good for a white hat" or "this language is great if you are in the blue team", which I know other resources tend to do.

Rather than that I’ll be focusing on the languages that I’ve found useful to know and understand from my experience, reading online and simply by listening to people’s experiences.

GLO DECLARES FRIDAY AS THEIR FIRST FREE DATA DAY

GLO DECLARES FRIDAY AS THEIR FIRST FREE DATA DAY

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Nigerian telecommunication giant, Globacom has declared Friday, 11th August 2017, as the first Free Data Day on its network.

A statement from the telco yesterday, said that this is keeping with the company’s promise of the Free Data Day package which was launched recently, adding that eligible subscribers will get 200 MB free data to enjoy a free day of FREE browsing, chatting, streaming, downloading, uploading and lots more.

Glo subscriber should use 100MB plus N150 on voice calls or N250 on voice calls between Friday, 4th and Thursday 10th August to qualify for the data largesse.

COULD VIRTUAL REALITY HELP REHABILITATE INJURED FOOTBALLERS?

COULD VIRTUAL REALITY HELP REHABILITATE INJURED FOOTBALLERS?

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A start-up in Manchester has created a virtual reality programme that offers rehabilitation for footballers using drills and exercises that gather data from the results.

HOW TO TRACE A MISSING OR STOLEN PHONE

HOW TO TRACE A MISSING OR STOLEN PHONE

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If you lose your mobile phone, you can trace it without going to the police.

Most of us always fear that our phones may be stolen at any time.

Each phone carries a unique

IMEI no. i.e. International Mobile Equipment Identity No which can be used to track it anywhere in the world.

This is how it works:

HOW TO TRANSFER MONEY WITH PHONES USING CODE

HOW TO TRANSFER MONEY WITH PHONES USING CODE

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As technology evolves, the financial sector is not left behind, Several softwares have been developed to make banking easier and faster. One of such is the USSD code for mobile phones, USSD means Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and is a service which allows you pay your bills and do other transactions by simply dialing a short code on your phone, USSD codes are also called Quick Codes.

Almost all banks in Nigeria now have their special USSD codes for mobile money transactions such as: Buying airtime, Account Opening, Balance Inquiry/Checking, Money transfer to same bank and other banks, Cash-on-the-go, etc.

The service is similar to internet banking except that it does not use internet access so when a person does not have access to the internet, he/she can still use USSD codes for banking transactions.

HOW TO TRANSFER MONEY FROM FIRST BANK ACCOUNT

HOW TO TRANSFER MONEY FROM FIRST BANK ACCOUNT

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894 is a quick, convenient, secure and easy way to perform your banking transactions (transfer money, check balance, buy airtime, pay bills and lots more) anytime and anywhere, using any type of phone without need for internet connectivity or data.

Once you have a FirstBank account with a linked debit card, a phone number profiled for SMS alert and a mobile phone, you are just one dial away from enjoying the unbeatable 894 experience.

Simply dial *894*0# to get started!!

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PHONE AGAINST VIRUS

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PHONE AGAINST VIRUS

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Mobile Phone Virus Protection – Learn how to protect mobile phone from virus attack. Protect Android Smartphone and iPhone from Virus Attack. Learn More Here.
Mobile Phone Virus Attack
Mobile cell phones, mainly Android Smartphone and iPhone are highly sensitive to virus attacks. Hackers, malware distributors, spyware distributors and even antivirus companies try to spread and inject different virus to mobile phones for different reasons.
These viruses can collect and transmit sensitive personal data and bank details to unauthorized people

HOW TO AVOID/REMOVE VIRUS FROM YOUR ANDROID PHONE

HOW TO AVOID/REMOVE VIRUS FROM YOUR ANDROID PHONE

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How to avoid Android viruses & malware

• Don't install apps from outside Google Play unless you know what you're doing: This functionality should be disabled by default, but to check you can open your phone or tablet's Settings menu, go to Security, then ensure the Unknown Sources option is disabled

• Avoid cloned apps: 99 percent of the time you will be safe downloading apps from Google Play, but malicious code has been found within apps there. Avoid downloading what appear to be cloned apps from unknown developers, or apps that simply don't do what they say they do

DATA SUBSCRIPTION PLANS, FOR MTN,GLO, ETISALAT AND AIRTEL

DATA SUBSCRIPTION PLANS, FOR MTN,GLO, ETISALAT AND AIRTEL

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Data Subscription Plan, charges for Mtn, Etisalat, Glo & Airtel Nigeria

MTN DATA PLAN (PC)

S/N	Amount (NGN)	Time	Duration	Size	Code
1	5,000	all day	1 month	10GB	116
2	10,000	all day	1 month	22GB	117
3	2,500	9pm-6am	1 month	3GB	102
4	8,000	all	1 month	5GB	101
5	3,000	weekend	1 month	3GB	108
6	6,000	Day Time (9am-9pm)	1 month	3GB	107

Send all code to 131 to subscribe to a data bundle plan of choice. To check your internet data bundle balance send 2 to 131.

MTN DATA PLAN (MOBILE)

MTN CHEAPEST PLANS FOR CALLS

MTN CHEAPEST PLANS FOR CALLS

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MTN Trutalk+, BetaTalk, iPulse: Their Cheapest Call Tariff Plan?

.Today, we are going to take a look at all the cheap call tariff plans recently introduced by MTN Nigeria so you can pick the one that’s going to serve your needs.

MTN TruTalk+

As mobile telecommunication giants in the country tries to woo more customers to their side, MTN Nigeria has introduced  the MTN Trutalk+ call tariff plan that allows one make calls at cheaper rates.

Customers on this cheap tariff plan can make calls to local numbers (irrespective of Glo, Etisalat,

HOW TO IDENTIFY OR KNOW ORIGINAL MEMORY CARD.

HOW TO IDENTIFY OR KNOW ORIGINAL MEMORY CARD.

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HOW TO IDENTIFY OR KNOW ORIGINAL MEMORY CARD.

I am glad to write about this device. The production of all SD cards is overseen by the SD Card Association. Their mission, oversee quality production of SD cards in different classes with different logos representing the class of the SD card. Class in this case would mean speed at which data is shared from and to the SD card.
Class 2 cards read and write data at 2MBps
Class 4 at 4MBps