Anonymous group warns Kenya of more cyber attacks

According to a global survey from B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, in the last year, almost 98 per cent of users enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping and banking on their PCs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. The report also indicates that Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this reality. Last year alone, the number of cyber-attacks involving financial malware increased to 28.4 million -27.6 million more than 2012. Bethwel Opil is the channel sales manager for Kaspersky in...

>Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants may be planning new attacks on Kenya, the director of US national intelligence warned on Wednesday.

According to the  “PWC REPORT”, the cost of a cyberattacks to businesses has more than doubled in the past year. This should be a wakeup call to other nations – The rise of cyber-attacks in recent years has proven the need to do more than what has been done. More collaboration beyond border is extremely needed and the required skill set on the fight is to be raised along with cybercrime awareness programs that will eventually add impact to the community.

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A young boy has appeared in court charged with carrying out cyber-attacks on websites across the world (This includes, Asia Africa, Europe and other parts of the world) he was also charged with sending bomb hoaxes to US airlines.

The boy, aged 14 and 15 when the alleged offences took place, sat with his parents at Plymouth youth court in Devon for a brief first appearance.

He denied three charges under section three of the Computer Misuse Act relating to alleged distributed denial of service...

Online marketplace eBay is forcing users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems.

The US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March, and had contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data.

The company added that it had no evidence of there being unauthorized activity on its members' accounts.

However, it said that changing the passwords was "best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users".

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of the possibility of revenge killings in the on-going conflict in South Sudan.

Kampala. The American embassy in Uganda warned citizens Friday of the threat of attacks during televised screenings of the World Cup, amid a wave of bombings in east Africa blamed on Islamist insurgents.

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Kenyan police say they have cracked a cyber crime centre run by 77 Chinese nationals from upmarket homes in the capital, Nairobi.