NAIROBI, KENYA: The number of cyber-attacks in the country grew to 3.8 million between July-September period, a new report by Communications Authority of Kenya reveals.
During the quarter, the National Cyber Centre (NCC) detected over 3.8 million cyber threats, which was an increase from the last quarter where 3.4 million threats were detected.
During the quarter under review, the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCC) received cases of malware, systems misconfigurations, web application, botnet, online fraud, online impersonation and online abuse attacks.
The cyber threats detected varied from denial-of-service (DOS) including botnet and brute-force attacks that led to denial of computer services and illegal access to computer systems; online impersonation via social media accounts and domain names; web application attacks including website defacement; malware including phishing attacks; online abuse including online fraud, hate speech, incitement to violence and fake news; and systems misconfiguration, among others.
“The detection is attributed to enhanced cyber threat detection capabilities through deployment of additional sensors,” the Authority said in a statement.
The NCC determined 6,384 as critical and were thus validated and escalated for action, which is an increase from the previous quarter where 2,613 cases were validated and escalated.
