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HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION HEAD ON IN NIGERIA: THE 31-WAY COMBAT STRATEGIES TO ROOT OUT THE MENACE

‘’Dear Government…I’m going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.’’ – Stieg Larson

What Is Corruption?

For the sake of clearing any iota of ambiguity and to disabuse the minds of proponents of the retired debate in Nigeria who contend that stealing is NOT corruption, a definition of corruption suffices. Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption watchdog succinctly defines corruption as ‘’the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It goes further to say that corruption can be classified as grand, petty and political, depending on the amounts of money lost and the sector where it occurs’’. Etymologically, www.vocabulary.com holds that corruption originated from a Latin word – com, or ‘’with, together’’, and rumpere, meaning to break. In other words, corruption is an action, outcome that breaks trustworthiness, good reputation. It further says that corruption encompasses a wide range of actions and inactions such as (1) Lack of integrity (especially susceptibility to bribery); (2) moral pervasion (the quality of not been in accord with standards of right or good conduct, (3) use of a position of trust for dishonest gain, (4) inducement of a public official to violate duty and (5) the process of decay; putrefaction.

: DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 22:08

Stung, White House Orders Rapid Cyber Security Fixes

Following the news that the White House has ordered federal agencies to immediately adopt basic security practices, including privilege management, in the wake of the OPM security breach, Philip Lieberman, CEO of Lieberman Software explains why this is a positive step for the US government:

: Philip Lieberman, CEO and President of Lieberman Software Corporation; Talking Point; Posted On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 21:43

Stegoloader malware hides exploit code in images

Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™ Threat Intelligence unit has released information about Stegoloader. Appearing to have been active since 2012, this particular malware uses digital steganography – the art of hiding secret information within a digital image or graphic – to conceal its true nature and to avoid detection. Stegoloader operators are hiding a core component of the malware within a portable network graphic (PNG) hosted on a legitimate site. As Stegoloader executes, it downloads the core component and then uses digital steganography to extract the code from the image. The core component is never saved to the victim’s computer, meaning that it is incredibly difficult to detect the malware through regular tools.

: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS; Talking Point; Posted On Wednesday, 17 June 2015 21:37

Harbrick selects FlexNet Producer Suite for software monetisation

Maidenhead, U.K: Harbrick has selected Flexera Software’s FlexNet Producer Suite as its Software Monetisation solution. FlexNet Producer Suite will provide automated software licensing and entitlement management capabilities enabling Harbrick to safely, flexibly and reliably license Polysync to its customers and provide 24x7 customer self-service for managing the entire software license lifecycle. The solution consists of FlexNet Licensing for license management, FlexNet Operations Cloud for back-office operations and entitlement management, and FlexNet Connect, for automated updates.