Romanian Google and Yahoo Domains Hijacked by Algerian Hacker

The Romanian Google and Yahoo DNS was on Wednesday hijacked by an Algerian hacker, redirecting the users to a defaced website page. An Algerian hacker by the name, MCA-CRB took credit for the attack. MCA-CRB is a popular online graffiti artist who has defaced at least 5,000 sites, according to records kept by Zone-H.

“When we heard about this incident, we were pretty skeptical about the attack. A site such as Google’s can be theoretically hacked, but it is very unlikely. Then we noticed that both domains were directed to an IP address in the Netherlands […], so it seemed more like a DNS poisoning attack,” said Stefan Tanase from Kaspersky Lab Romania. 

Citizens not Captured in 2016 Nigerian Census may Lose Their Citizenship

The chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Festus Odimegwu in a controversial statement said that any Nigerian who is not captured in the 2016 National Census will not be recognised as a Nigerian after the exercise. He also added that Religion and Ethnicity which were excluded from the previous demographic surveys will be included in the 2016 National Census. Mr. Odimegwu who spoke at the Second National Family Planning Conference in Abuja equally stated that the National Population Commission would resort to sale of data to the private sector should the Government fail to provide the over N600 Billion  required for the exercise which would capture Biometric Data for over five years. He argued that the high population of Nigeria is an asset rather than a liability and that capturing adequate data and biometric information of the citizens would help in national planning including healthcare delivery, education, security and the economy. It would be recalled that Nigeria had her last National Census in 2006. The census which is done in decades is expected in 2016 by the National Population Commission (NPC), the agency entrusted with that responsibility.

Body of Yasser Arafat Exhumed for Poison Tests

The search for what actually led to the death of the former Palestine Liberation Organisation leader, Yasser Arafat has led to his body being exhumed for tests to see if his 2004 death was as a result of poisoning.
The tests will hopefully clear some doubts whether Arafat's death eight years ago was as a result of poisoning by the radioactive element polonium. The Palestinian authorities insist that Israel is behind any poisoning of Yasser Arafat. The Israeli authorities on the other hand has refused comments on the allegation.
Forensic experts from Russia, France and Switzerland took their own samples for independent analysis.
The new investigation into the death of Arafat started earlier this year after Palestinian authorites said high levels of the radioactive substance, polonium were found on Arafat's personal belongings.

Protestant Church in Kaduna Attacked by Suicide Bomber.

A suicide bomber yesterday made his way into the St. Andrew's Protestant Church, Jaji in Kaduna. A military spokesperson who said that the attack was carried out with vehicles described it as surprising and embarrassing.The first vehicle which was a bus rammed into the church and exploded while a Toyota Camry packed outside the church followed suit in the explosion after about ten minutes.Over eleven persons were feared dead with several others injured
The sad event took place when the first set of worshippers were about to depart after the first Sunday service.The attack was purportedly aimed at the unsuspecting worshippers as they were coming out of the church.It was gathered that the vehicles were driven into the military cantonment through the bush thereby circumventing the various military checkpoints on the way that leads to the cantonment and then the church.
The main building of the church was not affected but a few people died and many were also injured.

Mikel Obi's name out of Glo-CAF Awards

CAF (Confederation of African Football) unveiled the shortlist of the five palyers for the 2012 African player of the year award with the only Nigerian on the initial ten-man list dropped. It would be recalled that John Mikel Obi, the young Nigerian who plays for Chelsea Football Club made the ten-man list for the 2012 CAF-Awards but his name was finally excluded in the released list of the  five contenders for the prestigious award.

On top of the list is the current African best player of the year, Yaya Toure of Manchester City and Cote d'Ivoire with three times winner, Didier Drogba also named. Camerounian and Barcelona midfielder, Alex Song also is on the list with the duo of Ghanaian Andre Ayew of Olympic Marseille and Senegalese Demba Ba of NewCastle United. 

Also excluded from the five-man list were Younes Belhanda of Morocco who plays for Montpellier of France, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon who plays for Saint Etienne of France, Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi of Cote d' Ivoire who plays for Arsenal and Christopher Katongo, the Zambian captain who plays for Henan Construction of China.

The Egyptian President; Morsy reaffirms his commitment to good governance as protests spread.

Protesters in Egypt stormed the party headquarter of the incumbent president; Mohammed Morsy for what they saw as undemocratic power grab by the president.

The president recently assigned more powers to himself, issued an order against any court overturning his decisions. In a swift reaction to the protests, he reassured the Egyptians that the step he has taken is in the interest of the nation. "I have dedicated myself and my life to democracy and freedom, the steps I took are meant to achieve political and social stability" Morsy told his supporters in Cairo. Read More

Sri Lankan President's Official Website Hacked.

A hacker with the name "Broken Security" has hacked into the official website of the president of Sri Lanka; www.president.gov.lk. The hacker did the damage using blind Sql injection Vulnerability.
Vulnerability also posted by hacker on a pastebin note with database dump including table and column names. Dump include the Username and Encrypted password of admin also shown in screenshot.

The hacker however did not mention any reason for his action. See image below.