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In its quarterly report for the third quarter of 2017/2018, the Kenya Communications Authority (CA) said the country was the target of 7, 9 million cyberattacks between January and March 2018, The report explains: "The decrease is due to the improved response to cyber-threat warnings issued by National KE-CIRT / CC to targeted organizations." Targeted organizations have prevented the repetition of some of these attacks. "
During this quarter, 3,488 cases were labeled as critical, with the National KE-CIRT / CC intervening to mitigate the risks. 679 cases were recorded in the previous quarter
5.9 million malware attacks were reported against 7.88 million in the previous quarter, while the number of botnet attacks and DDOS also pbaded from 1.5 million to 1 million.
Tyrus Kamau, Senior Consultant at Euclid Consultancy Services, said: "When we consider people who rely on online shopping and financial transactions, reducing attacks rebadures customers about transaction security. online.
But he also believes that the AC, which governs the National Incident Response Team, should give more training on reporting incidents.
"When a business loses money by fraud or identity theft, people instinctively call the police who will refer the case to the Cybercrime Unit. From DCI You can see, the CIRT is getting to know about the attacks. Ideally, the CIRT should be the first point of contact. "
At the political level, Kamau said that Kenya is ahead in East Africa, but because the landscape of cyber threats is changing so rapidly, there is a need for continuous monitoring. cybercrime, so it would be good to go beyond the policies and enforce the relevant authorities to deal with the growing threat, "he said, about US $ 210 million for cyber attacks.
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