The messaging from Safaricom is a bit confusing. On the FAQ below it asks:- *When should I whitelist my line?*- When you receive the below notification of an attempted SIM swap on your line that you did not initiate. ‘Dear customer, we have received your SIM SWAP request. If you are not aware of this, kindly dial *100*100# immediately to stop the swap. Thank you.’ See the link below:- https://www.safaricom.co.ke/faqs/faq/857 But then I have a question:- Can we whitelist NOW without waiting for someone to try Sim Swapping OR we can only do it when someone IS trying to Sim Swap our phones? Regards *Ali Hussein* Fintech | Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 9:19 PM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The *100*100# is a recent feature for Safaricom prepaid users introduced a few weeks ago. Apparently, postpaid users have the feature activated by default.
Anyone with an idea of what happens on Airtel and Telkom?
Victor
On Mon, 30 May 2022, 20:58 Bradley Kisia via KICTANet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I see this link doing rounds on WhatsApp. How valid is it? https://techweez.com/2022/05/30/stop-sim-replacement-at-mpesa-agent/
On Mon, 30 May 2022 at 13:32, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
You hit the nail on the head. Most good accounts have relationship Managers. I doubt they would just sit there and watch a fat account being decimated.
Regards
On Mon, 30 May 2022, 5:05 pm Alex Watila via KICTANet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon,
The Kenya Bankers Association and the Telcos are conveniently avoiding the evidence that most of these frauds involve insiders
Without dealing with the insider threats in the banks and telcos the frauds will continue
At the moment they have just identified the sim swap vulnerabilities (actually some of the international banks have made 2FA mandatory and are using Authentication apps that are not based on your sim)
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Consultant
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*From:* KICTANet <kictanet-bounces+awatila= gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *On Behalf Of *David Indeje via KICTANet *Sent:* Monday, May 30, 2022 10:59 AM *To:* Alex Watila <awatila@gmail.com> *Cc:* David Indeje <davidindeje@gmail.com> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Sim card swap: How Farah Bashir lost Sh2.6m to fraudsters in hours
Dear Listers,
These cases are emerging at an alarming rate. Indeed, the Kenya Bankers Association says consumer education will play a central role in addressing emerging security challenges. The association cites cases of phishing emails, and malware attacks, to have scaled up in tandem with the enhanced uptake of internet and mobile transaction platforms.
“A study paper on human-centered cybersecurity: Kenyan Fintech sector,” prepared by KICTANet, in collaboration with Trust4Cyber Flagship Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, says emerging threats in Kenya are organized crime, exporting cybercriminals to the East African region. https://bit.ly/3vBc5SA
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