In this presentation we were looking at how cybersecurity threats are in Africa and which are the common type of attacks African countries are exposed to

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2. Who am i
• Mchatta Kharim
• CEO at HACK IT Consultancy
• Half a decade of experience in
cybersecurity and digital forensics
• My experience revolves around
various industries including
financial institutions, education
institution, government institutions,
non-profit organizations,
telecommunication, research
institutes, publication institutes etc
Kenya
• Public Speaking
• Training
• CTF Competition
• Mentor
Tanzania
• Public Speaking
• Training
• CTF Competition
• Digital Forensics
• Penetration Testing
• Curriculum Creation
• Public Speaking
Egypt
• Public Speaking
• Public Speaking
Morocco
Rwanda
• Public Speaking
Nigeria
• Penetration testing
Ghana
• Penetration testing
• Public speaking
South Africa
• Penetration testing
Benin
Uganda
• Public Speaking
Experience in Africa

3. Experience in USA & Europe
• Penetration Testing US Department
of Defense
United States of America
UK
• Author at eForensics
Magazine
• Author at PenTest
Magazine
• Penetration testing
( Research Institute)
Poland
Germany
• Subject Matter Expert
(DW Swahili)

4. CYBER THREATS IN AFRICA
Todays talk will be around:
Definitions
- what is cybersecurity
- what is cyber threat
Measures against cyber threats
Factors that led to the increase of cyber threats
- Covid 19
- Digital economy
- examples of cyber threats prominent in Africa

5. What is Cybersecurity
Hacker
Virus/worms
PC Database Applications
Anti-virus
Firewall
Organization
Security
Thief
PROTECTING
From unauthorized access
From Malicious program
From unauthorized access
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6. What are cyber threats?
Hacking Phishing Ransomware Viruses
These are program that cause damage to systems and networks, Here are some of the
threats that organizations are exposed to
IdentityTheft/
impersonation
Damage of company
service network
Insider’s
Website dephasing
Data breach
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7. Factors that accelerated cyber threat growth in Africa
1. Pandemic (COVID 19)
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CHINA
In December 2019 WHO reported the first outbreak of Covid 19
On 30th Jan 2020, the virus was announced as a global pandemic and part of
counter measures On stopping the virus lockdown started worldwide.

8. What did this mean?
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Increase on number of
cyber threats
New way of working
(remote working/working
from home)
Increase in number of online users.
In 2021 43% of Africans had access
to the internet
Lead to the
Lead to the

9. Factors that accelerated cyber threat growth in Africa
2. Digital Economy
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Largest Digital Economy Countries Worldwide
USA
CHINA
JAPAN
GERMANY
UK

10. Factors that accelerated cyber threat growth in Africa
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S. Africa
Kenya
Nigeria
African Countries leading in the digital economy

11. Factors that accelerated cyber threat growth in Africa
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What is the digital economy?
Business Business Process
Technology
Integration into
Cloud comp.
AI
IOT
Networking
Tools
Communication Employee’s
Customer’s Data
The goal is to revolutionize the way business's function and thrive.

12. What did this mean?
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Business Process
Technology
into
Business
Lead to the increase of
System hacks
Services not
available
Data breach
Data loss
(crushed server)
Malicious
programs
Damage of
company assets
Cyber threats

13. Leading cyber threats in Africa
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Social Engineering
(Phishing,Vhishing & Smishing)
Website dephasing
Denial of service
Malicious programs (ransomware)
Cyberespionage and data leak
Credential compromise
Vulnerability exploitation

14. Example of vhishing
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15. Example of phishing
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16. Targets of cyber criminals
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17. Targets of cyber attacks and their success rate percentile
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18. Consequence of cyber attacks and their success rate percentile
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19. CYBER INCIDENCE IN
AFRICA

20. Cyber attack cases
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Kenya
1.Anonymous sudan hacked
- e-citizen
- financial institutions, mpesa
- kenya power
- National Transport & SA
- kenya railways
1. Basic education certificate
examination hacked; website changed
to casino like platform
2. Government website hacked by
alsancak (Turkish)
3. Electric company of Ghana hacked
Ghana
2. Medusa hacked
- Kenya Airport Authority
- Naivas
- Jubilee Insurance

21. Counter measures
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PerformVAPT
Train employee’s and perform cyber drills
Keep up to date with the cyber trends
Patch systems regularly
Implement security postures
Have a security operation center (SOC)
use a strong password
Enable 2FA

22. Counter measures
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23. ANY QUESTION?

24. Author: Kharim Mchatta
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