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Top 10 Tools Offering Free Plagiarism Detection

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Plagiarism considered as academic dishonesty is the “wrongful appropriation” and “stealing and publication” of another author’s “language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions” and the representation of them as one’s own original work, according to Wikipedia.
 
Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari launched the “Change Begins With Me” campaign, the President and his speechwriters received backlashes from the public over the purported plagiarism of President Barack Obama’s 2008 speech.
 
In Buhari’s speech, he said, “We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long.”
 
While Obama’s version was, “Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.” 
 
Nevertheless, not until recently, cases of “extreme plagiarism” were notable in the “academia world”.
 
But, how can you verify if written works- thesis, term papers, assignments, projects, articles, etc., are original thoughts or plagiarised? Here are ten tools to guide you.
 
PlagTracker
The tool, an anti-plagiarism software ensures you get high-quality, unique assessment of work submitted to you for use/score. “A plagiarism checker benefits teachers, students, website owners, and anyone else interested in protecting their writing. Our detector guarantees that anything you write can be thoroughly checked by our online plagiarism software to ensure that your texts are unique. The process of checking your work for plagiarism can be broken down into these simple steps”, the developers said (check: www.plagtracker.com)
 
CopyLeaks
With this tool, you insert your content, “Copyleaks scans the web for copies of my content and Receive comprehensive results of similar content. Using advanced algorithms, powered by cloud computing, we find copies of your content all over the internet. Our sophisticated search engine finds content duplication in more than 60 trillion pages over the internet. We support many file formats (doc, pdf, html, txt and more) in any language”. (Check: https://copyleaks.com)
 
PaperRater
PaperRater offers you instant result as by using Artificial Intelligence. Submissions are analyzed in real-time with results typically appearing 5-15 seconds after submission. “Our cloud-based software digs deep into the syntax and structure of your text without the need to signup, login, or download. You won’t find another tool offering plagiarism checking, automated proofreading, grammar check, and automated scoring that can analyze your text this quickly”, the developers said (check: www.paperrater.com)
 
DupliChecker
It allows maximum: 1000 words limit per search. “The Duplichecker online plagiarism checker is absolutely free whether you are going to use it for a single purpose or repeatedly. But, you need to sign up if you have to scan your content for plagiarism several times because only 1 search per day is allowed for every unregistered user. On the other hand, all registered users are given up to 50 searches a day using this free plagiarism software”.
 
How to Check For Plagiarism?
“There are two ways to check your work using Duplichecker: Copy and then paste your content in the big box. Content should not be more than 1000 words per search. Click on the Browse tab to upload your Docx or Text file. The plagiarism checker will process your request and give you the results within seconds. If it is clean you will see “No Plagiarism Detected!”, should there be any copied content it will show the source and then you may click on it to see the details of the website where it came from. So, if you are in search for a free plagiarism software that is accurate and easy to use, look no further Duplichecker has everything you need”. (Check: www.duplichecker.com)
 
Plagiarisma
It is regarded as the best plagiarism checker & proofreader. A type of Plagiarisma is called Grammarly, an automated proofreader and plagiarism checker. It makes sure everything you type is easy to read, effective, and mistake-free. Grammarly scans your text for proper use of more than 250 advanced grammar rules, spanning everything from subject-verb agreement to article use to modifier placement. Correctly spelled words used in the wrong context mean embarrassing mistakes for you and it addresses such. (visit: www.grammarly.com/plagiarism)
 
Plagium
It is very easy to use (via copy paste), however, you have to sign up before you can use it. Plagium Member Benefits:
Deep Search: provides extra levels of plagiarism search and additional display tools. File uploading: if you have a Microsoft Word, PDF or native text file, simply upload the file. Plagium will then generate a report on possible text reuse. You must have a paid-up Plagium account to use this feature. Sign up here to get an account. Learn about Plagium’s other great features: Institutional Accounts, Plagium API, Alerts- http://www.plagium.com
 
PlagScan
According to the developers, the tool- “PlagScan compares your document with billions of others and highlights relevant correlations between them. It enables our users to identify fraudsters by checking documents with our online plagiarism detection platform in real time”.
 
Features like a student hand in portal, cross checking database, easy administration and many more make PlagScan the ideal tool for your workplace. Learn more about the tailored solutions on the page for your organization type- school, business, etc., www.plagscan.com
 
Quetext
Quetext is a free intelligent plagiarism detection software. “Simply input your text, then it will be analyzed based on lexical frequencies, phrase patterns, and many other factors. Then your text is mapped into an internal network where it is compared against the entire internet and other databases. Our algorithm is designed to ignore quotations and common phrases, and much more in order to give you the most accurate indication of plagiarism in your document. After your text is finished being scanned, results will appear with an indication of an exact match, or a similar match with a percentage of similarity along with the similar text”. (Check: www.quetext.com)
 
Viper
The name Viper rings bells in the motor and sports business. But, in the plagiarism management sector, Viper Plagiarism Scanner is important, as it is “fast becoming the plagiarism of choice with over 10 billion resources scanned and an easy interface which highlights potential areas of plagiarism in your work”. (Check: www.scanmyessay.com)
 
PlagiarismChecker
The tool is actually offered by a wide variety of software developers. For instance, solidseotools.com/plagiarism-checker supported document formats such as doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt; Search Engine Report Plagiarism Checker was “made with proper research on what the customers are looking for in a free plagiarism detection system, we have implemented all the strategies and tools required to make this the best anti-plagiarism checker for everyone”.
 
Students use plagiarism checkers to check for plagiarism in their papers, essays, and reports before submission.
 
Thus, Search Engine Report Plagiarism Checker has specifically designed a system to help the students go through their reports.
 


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Kaspersky Transforms Threat Intelligence Reporting into an Interactive Content Hub

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Easy interaction with exclusive Kaspersky reports, geo-filtering and actionable intelligence in a single click: expert insights on Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), Crimeware and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) threats are now available directly in Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal — with charts and visuals rendered inline.

In an era of increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks, threat intelligence inevitably evolves into a business enabler that equips security teams with strategic advantage in their mission to back their company’s stability and growth.

Kaspersky, a recognised leader in threat intelligence, facilitates informed decision-making and proactive risk mitigation by introducing simplified access to actionable and relevant threat insights.

Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Reporting is a subscription-based service delivering over 200 in-depth analysis reports annually. These insights are compiled by Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team, Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team and Threat Research experts through the continuous tracking of more than 900 threat actors and campaigns.

Following the update, all reports previously representing a library of static PDF files (that is more than 2000 exclusive Kaspersky reports published to date) are now structured and can be examined directly in the Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal. For offline use, the standard PDF download format remains available as well.

The update also introduces deeper integration within each report, featuring direct links to indicators of compromise (IoCs), detection rules (including YARA), and MITRE ATT&CK® techniques. Users can now perform a single-click drill-down into specific threat actors, malware families and Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) across diverse geographies and industries.

Smart geo-filtering streamlines investigations by prioritising content explicitly mentioning a selected country, followed by broader regional intelligence, giving analysts a complete geographic view in a single query.

Enhanced Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Reporting supports the following use cases:

  • Customised content discovery: apply geo, industry and software filters to instantly retrieve a list of relevant reports.
  • Exclusive intelligence: access the most recent incident investigation reports, including those without public disclosure, to understand the nature of an attack and identify the actions required for mitigation.
  • Actionable intelligence extraction: extract and apply threat data from the reports and apply it across specific infrastructure to detect traces of compromise.
  • In-depth Threat Lookup and contextual analysis: investigate suspicious indicators identified within the network and quickly determine if a specific IoC is linked to a related threat report.

“Empowering cybersecurity teams in their mission-critical daily work to ensure business resilience in a complex threat landscape. This is the main driver behind our ongoing visual and functional improvement initiative.

While updating Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal, we focused on refining the customer experience by optimising processes of active investigation, proactive incident monitoring and detailed mitigation techniques,” comments Alexander Mazikin, Head of Threat Intelligence Product Line at Kaspersky.


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Weebly Websites to Shut Down for Nigeria, 66 Other Countries from September

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Weebly, US-based free, beginner-friendly, drag-and-drop website builder and eCommerce service, will no longer be available for customers in 67 countries, including Nigeria, after September 2026, according to an email seen by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.

Weebly Websites to Shut Down for Nigeria, 66 Other Countries from September

Weebly said it is “winding down” services in different nations “due to changes in regulation and to simplify our global operations”.

The firm released a timeline of gradual changes, to help existing users access their data before the site shuts down.

Starting June 29, customers of 67 countries were no longer able to publish any new pages.

September 27, 2026: Weebly websites will be unpublished.

Before this date, users should download site content and data. Follow these steps:

Go to Account Settings, click on My Data, and select Download My Data.

This will help you migrate your content to another website provider, or retain it.

Concerned about privacy? Ask Weebly to delete your data, through the Erase Data and Forget Me option under the My Data tab on your account page.

December 26, 2026: Last date of accessing Weebly account.

Until this date, you will have access to the account, although sites will be unpublished.

This period helps users move their site, domains, and data to another service.

Domain names can be moved to another registrar only after 60 days from the registration date.

According to the Weebly website, users must make sure that they do not make changes to your registrant contact information (email, phone number, first/last name), as this will lead to a 60-day registrar lock and prevent you from transferring your domain name.

Note that domain name transfers work differently for country-specific domains; users must contact Weebly’s support team for assistance.

How to unlock, transfer domain name

From your Weebly Dashboard, go to websites, and click on Domains, then select Manage Domain.

Disable registrar lock, get EPP authorisation code, and copy the full code.

Disabling registrar lock will also disable privacy protection. It is important to set privacy protection once again with the new registrar.

Follow the instructions for the newly chosen registrar as the rest of the transfer process will be managed by them

Why is Weebly winding down?

While the firm attributed it to “a change in regulation,” online users have argued that Square, which acquired Weebly in 2018, is pushing its platform ‘Square Online’.

Square is originally a US-based payment processor, and the firm says it has since evolved into the “largest business tech platform”.

It calls Square Online a “free online store” but clarifies that those who do not sell online can also use it to build their websites.

In an earlier support update for the Weebly Website Builder, Square Online was consistently referred to as a better alternative, although at the time, it was said that Square “has no plans to discontinue the Weebly website builder”.

Which countries will Weebly no longer be available in?  Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbadoa, Belarus, Benin and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Others are: Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Also affected are: Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Polynesia,    Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal and New Caledonia.

The rest are: Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

 

 


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NOTAP to Commercialise University Research, Expands Patent Drive

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National Office for Technology Acquisition and Transfer (NOTAP), has commenced the process of patenting and commercialisation of research works by universities and other research institutions in the country.

NOTAP to Commercialise University Research, Expands Patent Drive

Dr. Obiageli Amadiobi, director general of NOTAP

Dr. Obiageli Amadiobi, director general of NOTAP, stated this in Abuja, during an interaction with journalists on her achievements since assuming office.

Speaking on the theme, “Strengthening Indigenous Capacity: NOTAP’s Drive for Technology Transfer, Local Content Development, and Innovative activities,” Amadiobi said the agency had involved both the academia and industry so that researchers can work on topics brought forward for commercialisation purpose.

“My minister is very intentional about this– very intentional about commercialisation of research results, which we have already submitted to him. They are meaningful researches, which we need to commercialise.

“We have established 69 intellectual property technology transfer offices in 69 universities that we are still counting. We have informed the vice chancellors of Nigerian universities to set up such offices and we will come and educate them on intellectual property and technology transfers.

“As we are doing this, we are also taking record of all the researchers of these universities and research centres and documenting them in a compendium.

“So, we have compendiums from the universities to us and we put them in a database. If you will recall, recently, the ministry, our supervising ministry, which is the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, launched a programme titled Energise Commercialisation. This entirely was for commercialisation of all R&Ds,” she said.

On research Institutions carrying out research on areas of industry needs, she said, “NOTAP is bridging the gap between research and development with industry needs, “it is on our programme called the NITDF, NOTAP Industry Technology Transfer Fellowship. By this programme, we engage the universities and the industries, in what we call the triple helix. We liaise with the universities and the industries to sponsor, the industries will sponsor a Ph.D candidate in a Nigerian university to conduct relevant researches.

“They will provide the topics that they want researches for and such students will research on that with the assistance of the industries, because they wear the shoes, so they know where it pinches them. But usually, there are Ph.D candidates already established. This year alone, we certified about 15 of them to enter into this programme and they have gone into the various universities.

“And we are still looking for people to update some of the projects; the research topics we already have. But we are not getting enough persons to do the researches. So, we are going to do further advertisement to see if other candidates will come up.


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