CA: Significant population of ‘Netizens’ in Kenya worries about online safety as cyberbullying soars
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) in an in-depth study of online safety trends, reveals that a majority of Kenyan internet users are concerned about their digital safety. The national survey conducted in collaboration with the University of Nairobi (UoN), seeks to generate empirical data on digital behaviour, device usage, parental...
Meta-terrorism: When the algorithm fails you, social media platforms are quick to punish you ‘for being a victim’
Meta’s customer service apparatus effectively does not exist for the non-elite user. There is no direct phone number. No accountable human being. No real-time support. No escalation pathway that actually works.
Kenya and United Kingdom team up to reform emerging technology laws, fight cybercrime
Emerging Tech and AI4D Advisor at the British High Commission in Nairobi Wilfred Oluoch said the review followed recommendations of the ICT Sector Working Group report, which identified gaps in existing laws.
State says it’s assembling a digital army of young Kenyans to repulse misinformation, disinformation and cyber threats
At the same time, the Executive Director of Sharp Education Centre Paul Wanjohi said that instilling values in learners from an early age was critical in shaping how technology was used.
France blackout information of Telegram boss’ detention as company the CEO has nothing to hide
Pavel Durov, who has dual French and United Arab Emirates citizenship, was arrested as part of a preliminary police investigation into allegedly allowing a wide range of crimes due to a lack of moderators on Telegram and a lack of cooperation with police, a French police source said.
Facebook parent company, Meta, reveals of how Iranian hackers targeted Biden, Trump staff
In July, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Iran’s government gave covert support to American protests against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Groups linked to Iran posed as online activists, encouraged campus protests and provided financial support to some protest groups, Haines said.
Republicans accuse Iran of hacking Trump campaign, but Tehran refutes the allegations
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York said in an email that “the Iranian government neither possesses nor harbours any intent or motive to interfere in the United States presidential election.”
Cashless outage: How global CrowdStrike meltdown shocked consumers back into using cash to pay bills
Richard Forno, a cybersecurity lecturer at the University of Maryland, said Friday’s outage demonstrates the vulnerability of our current cloud and internet infrastructure. “Software supply chains have long been a serious cybersecurity concern and potential single point of failure,” Forno says.
How one bad CrowdStrike update crashed the world’s computers in airports, train systems, banks, hospitals …and more
The widespread Windows outages have been linked to a software update from cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike. It is believed the issues are not linked to a malicious cyberattack, cybersecurity officials say, but rather stem from a misconfigured/corrupted update that CrowdStrike pushed out to its customers.
