Tag: Cybercrime

Technology giant Google is filing a lawsuit aimed at stopping a cybercriminal group named Outside Enterprise. The group allegedly uses ...

Equity Bank Kenya has confirmed that one of its customers suffered a loss after her email account was compromised and ...

A GitHub employee installed a malicious VS Code extension, and that single mistake gave hackers access to roughly 3,800 of ...

Kenya's tech sector grew in 2025 as mobile connections crossed 78 million and internet subscriptions hit 64.4 million. Mobile money ...

Uganda’s latest immigration and cybercrime sweep has exposed what appears to be a tightly run scam operation inside a Kampala ...

There is something quietly telling about a prosecution office that loses the same argument twice and decides the solution is ...

Last year, this publication reported that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) had faced cyberattacks on its core systems. This was ...

For years, two sections of Kenya's Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act sat on the books like a loaded gun pointed ...

Kenya's financial system does not look the way it did a decade ago. Paying rent, settling utility bills, and even ...

Between December 2025 and January 2026, a single unknown person used a consumer AI chatbot to systematically dismantle the cybersecurity ...

More cybercriminals have been arrested in Kenya in a collaborative operation between local and international law enforcement agencies. From December ...

Kenya's cybersecurity team caught 4.5 billion cyber threat events between October and December 2025. That's a 441% jump from the ...

The Kenyan government suffered a coordinated cyberattack earlier this morning that took down dozens of official websites across multiple ministries ...

Kenya's government just lost the power to shut down social media platforms, at least for now. High Court judge Lawrence ...

Retailers across the globe are confronting a growing ransomware threat that is becoming more damaging by the day. A new ...

Africa’s biggest celebration of digital innovation is almost here. Africa Tech Festival 2025, now in its 28th edition, will take ...

Trust has become the most valuable currency in the digital age. Every online payment, data exchange, and virtual interaction depends ...

Microsoft has unveiled its 2025 Digital Defense Report, offering a sweeping view of the global cyberthreat landscape and providing critical ...

Parliament and President William Ruto barely had a week to celebrate the new cybercrime law before it ran straight into ...

President William Ruto signed Kenya's controversial Cybercrime Bill into law a week ago, and it's already landed in court. Gospel ...

President William Ruto’s signing of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2024, has stirred widespread debate across Kenya’s digital ...

Kenya ranked as the second most attacked country in Africa in September, according to the Global Threat Intelligence Report by ...

Kenya is moving forward with the controversial Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which aims to give the government ...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has established a new Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre (BS-SOC) designed to protect financial ...

Kenya's cybersecurity agency recorded 4.6 billion cyber threats between April and June 2025, an 80.8% increase from the previous quarter's ...

New data from cybersecurity and antivirus firm Kaspersky has revealed that Sub-Saharan Africa faced 42.4 million web attacks and 95.6 ...

The latest FBI’s Internet Crime Report reveals that phishing remains the most common cybercrime in the US, with over 193,000 ...

The continent of Africa is facing a rise in cybercrime activities, and Kenya is right at the centre of this ...

The cybersecurity space in Kenya has witnessed a huge escalation in threats during Q3 of the 2024/2025 financial year, with ...

In a crackdown on online financial crime, messaging app Telegram has shut down two major Chinese-language black markets, Huione Guarantee ...

Nigerian authorities have accused four Kenyan nationals of participating in an online fraud scheme, leading to a warrant for their ...

Yesterday, the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) submitted a comprehensive memorandum providing detailed feedback on Kenya's Draft Cybersecurity Strategy 2025-2029. ...

The debate about freedom of expression has resurfaced online after reports emerged that 22-year-old Titus Wekesa Sifuna is facing serious ...

Cybersecurity threats keep evolving, and now, PDFs have emerged as a surprisingly effective weapon for cybercriminals. With 68% of cyberattacks ...

A recent study by Visa indicates that 71% of Kenyan consumers have encountered digital fraud, the highest exposure rate in ...