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Re: [kictanet] Ring of bank hackers busted - Daily Nation
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Even with the collusion claimed in the article, the failure of controls that should prevent unauthorised physical and remote access to systems is quite troubling. On 09/03/2017 06:18, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Today we get a glimpse of the magnitude of cyber crime in the country. > > Kenya Revenue Authority, several blue-chip banks, a parastatal and a supermarket chain are some of the institutions penetrated by an international cybercrime syndicate that took off with hundreds of millions of shillings ? before they were all seized on Monday and Tuesday. > > Read on:- > > http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-bust-ring-of-hackers/1056-3842558-11h7q… > >

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open
by Mwendwa Kivuva 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

This is a call for proposals for AIS 17 to be held in Nairobi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "AFRINIC Communication" <comm-announce(a)afrinic.net> Date: Mar 9, 2017 11:19 AM Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Hosting AFRINIC-27 is Open To: <announce(a)afrinic.net> Cc: Dear Colleagues, The call for hosting AFRINIC’s 27th Public Policy Meeting, AFRINIC-27, is open. We invite potential organisations to submit a proposal to host this event. The tentative dates for hosting AFRINIC-27 is 25-30 November 2017. Hosting requirements for AFRINIC-27 can be found here at: http://www.afrinic.net/images/CFP_AFRINIC-27.pdf Kindly use the information provided as a guide to prepare Country Host Proposal and Budget. The deadline for submission of Country Host Proposals for AFRINIC-27 is 9 April. For more information or queries on Hosting Requirements for AFRINIC-27, please contact: meeting(a)afrinic.net Best regards, AFRINIC Communications Team _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Ngigi Waithaka 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Hi, Anyone interested in top-notch cyber-war tools and techniques, it doesn't get better than this... https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/ As we discuss Internet privacy etc, it's important to know friendly countries have such an arsenal of tools that are or could be used to spy on us. -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by simiyu mse 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Of manufacturers and liability, Tesla chose to go it a different way. Sort of crowd sourcing the RnD with a hacking contest. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/04/28/tesla-opening-car-to… I think this was a very transparent move and in retrospect would absolve such a manufacturer. ./ken On Mar 9, 2017 08:25, "Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: On Mar 9, 2017 11:00 AM, "Mark Kipyegon via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: If the locking mechanism makes the theft easier to accomplish, that is definitely a defect. And at a minimum the manufacturer has a responsibility to develop a stronger lock. The simplest rebuttal for your argument is accusing a lock manufacturer that a hacksaw can cut the lock _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/kensimiyu%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

If the locking mechanism makes the theft easier to accomplish, that is definitely a defect. And at a minimum the manufacturer has a responsibility to develop a stronger lock. On 9 Mar 2017, at 10:42, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > If I steal petrol from your car, is that a defect? Is the car > manufacturer liable? > > > > On 09/03/2017, alex watila via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> is vulnerability really a defect? >

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Invitation to Nairobi Innovation Week 2017
by Mwololo Waema Tim 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Dear Listers, You are most welcome to the Nairobi Innovation Week being held next week from 6th to 10th March. More details can be found on: http://innovationweek.co.ke/ I am specifically also inviting you to a panel discussion on the National Innovation Policy on Thursday 9th at 11.40 am, for which I am the moderator. Details of this panel are shown below. *Panel 4: Kenya’s Innovation Policy* There is an STI policy which is still in draft form and which was the basis of the STI Act. The Act created the necessary institutional framework and almost all the institutions are operational. There is also visible innovation work going on in various ministries. What are the key elements of the policy framework that we need to create? How do we create this policy framework? How do we re-arrange the existing institutional framework for more effective coordination, while ensuring collaboration and exploitation of synergies? *Moderator * - Prof. Timothy Waema, UoN *Panelists* - Julius Korir, PS, State Department for Investment and Industr <http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/principal-secre…> y - Eng. Victor Kyalo – PS, ICT and Innovation - Dr. Salome Gachu – Ag. CEO KENIA - Dr. Jemimah Onsare – Ag. CEO NRF - Nicholas Nesbitt, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa - Louis Otieno – Microsoft Africa Kind regards, T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of Computing & Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi | @timwololo

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Invitation to Online Speech and Social Change Event, 16 March 2017
by Grace Githaiga 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Listers Facebook, in partnership with KICTAnet,would like to invite you to a conversation about hate speech and using social media to advocate for positive social change, on Thursday 16 March from 11.30am. We will host an interactive, Chatham House rules discussion about hate speech on social media platforms and using social media to advocate for positive social change. It will address platform community standards, privacy tips and reporting, as well as using social media platforms to counter hate speech. The event will take place at Dusit D2, 14 Riverside Park – Riverside Woods (off Riverside Drive), Nairobi. FB will also be soliciting feedback about its platforms, and highlighting local examples of counter speech, as well as identifying possibilities for collaboration. To attend, please register here: https:// onlinespeechandsocialchangenai .splashthat.com [1] We look forward to seeing you on the 16th March! Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. Links: ------ [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__onlinespeechandsocialc…

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Re: [kictanet] WikiLeaks CIA Leaks
by Mark Kipyegon 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

If a manufacturer in any other industry sold a defective item they would rightly have a case to answer. Why should the tech firms be held to a lower standard? On 09/03/2017 06:18, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Wangare, we cannot hold any manufacturer liable for any vulnerability. > Indeed, most are not even aware of the Zero Day vulnerabilities that > CIA is exploiting. >

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Ring of bank hackers busted - Daily Nation
by Admin CampusCiti 09 Mar '17

09 Mar '17

Listers Today we get a glimpse of the magnitude of cyber crime in the country. Kenya Revenue Authority, several blue-chip banks, a parastatal and a supermarket chain are some of the institutions penetrated by an international cybercrime syndicate that took off with hundreds of millions of shillings – before they were all seized on Monday and Tuesday. Read on:- http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Police-bust-ring-of-hackers/1056-3842558-11h7q… Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Shine The Light on March 8th!
by Barrack Otieno 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lia Kiessling <kiessling(a)isoc.org> Date: Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 1:56 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] Shine The Light on March 8th! To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear All Happy International Women's Day! It seemed like yesterday we launched our #ShineTheLight campaign dedicated to closing tech's gender gap. The UN's theme for IWD2017 is Be Bold for Change - so we've chosen to celebrate women who are, sometimes in the face of great adversity, working to make the Internet a safer, more trusted place for all. We've got loads of content going out for this campaign - starting with a great piece in the Huffington Post Blog from our Senior Director of Global Internet Policy, Constance Bommelaer. It gives great context to the issue. · Not Backing Down: Women Across The Globe Fighting To Make The Internet Safe Here are some more posts you can share · Medium · Twitter · Facebook And over the course of the day, we'll be posting on our social media accounts sharing stories and tweets of these women and the women people around the world chose to tag as part of this campaign. If you have someone you'd like to #ShineTheLight on please do! We are using the hashtag #ShineTheLight and #ShePersisted alongside the #IWD2017 tag. See you all on the Internet and have a great International Women's Day! Lia _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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