Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [i-network] [Action requise] cyber security situational awareness (Reports from CA?)
Commendable effort! However, despite this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command This was still effected: https://nytimes.com/2017/09/07/us/politics/russia-facebook-twitter-election.... The more open the system gets, the more vulnerable it becomes to alien influences ------------------------------------------- On Wed, 9/13/17, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: [i-network] [Action requise] cyber security situational awareness (Reports from CA?) To: ict.researcher@yahoo.com Cc: "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 9:58 AM Listers, Just following this from our semejis or is it shemjis across the border. Is it possible for CA to avail this kind of reports to the community? Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Margaret Sevume <sevume@i-network.or.ug> Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:25 PM Subject: [i-network] [Action requise] cyber security situational awareness To: I-Network Uganda <i-network@dgroups.org> From Uganda Computer Emergency Response Team CERT (UCC) …….Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, The CERT maintains a research honeypot which is run to gather information about the motives and tactics of hacker communities targeting different networks. The primary objective of the honeypot is to provide cyber security situational intelligence and also to research the threats that operators face and to learn how to better protect against those threats. From the gathered information we note that at one any time we are under attack either directly or indirectly. Over the last 24 hours we see persistent attacks from the following sources (countries). This information confirms the fact that cyber-attacks are real happenings and are a global problem. Country Count1China1,7282Brazil7853Ukraine7344United States7275Russia6746France6557Czechia6358Argentina4689Iraq37810Mexico295 We note the attacks are geared towards the following ports, with traffic mismatch. For example we note SIP traffic being routed to port 80, yet SIP traffic uses port 5060 and 5061 for communications. dest_portcount224262231481801325506012015358145338912223237780807285456544357 Similarly, we note the following usernames /passwords are the most commonly used for attempted account hijacking; Top Usernames Top Passwords1Adminsupport2Supportadmin3Userpassword4Administrator12345DefaultDefault We strongly encourage you to avoid using the above usernames or passwords as they are the most commonly used for account hijacking. Most computing devices use the above usernames by default, it is recommended you change the usernames to those that are not easily guessed or used. RegardsCOMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM Uganda Communications Commission42-44, Spring Road - Bugolobi, P.O Box 7376 Kampala. Toll free: 0800 133 911 www.ug-cert.ug You are receiving this message because you are a leader of the community I-Network Uganda. All community leaders receive these notifications immediately regardless of their email settings for this community. MAILING LIST RULES - http://www.i-network.or.ug/ index.php?option=com_content& view=article&id=189&Itemid=193 WEEKLY DISCUSSION ROUNDUPS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/ index.php?option=com_content& view=category&id=191&Itemid= 208 QUARTERLY eNEWSLETTERS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/ index.php?option=com_content& view=section&id=34&Itemid=194 WEBSITE - www.i-network.or.ug TWITTER - http://twitter.com/inetwork FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ inetwork.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i- network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@ dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@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/ict.researcher%40yahoo... 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. -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
@ICT Researcher, Greater awareness does not necessarily mean more openness. Greater awareness makes more people alert and proactive. Regards On 9/14/17, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher@yahoo.com> wrote:
Commendable effort! However, despite this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command
This was still effected:
https://nytimes.com/2017/09/07/us/politics/russia-facebook-twitter-election....
The more open the system gets, the more vulnerable it becomes to alien influences
------------------------------------------- On Wed, 9/13/17, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: [i-network] [Action requise] cyber security situational awareness (Reports from CA?) To: ict.researcher@yahoo.com Cc: "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 9:58 AM
Listers,
Just following this from our semejis or is it shemjis across the border. Is it possible for CA to avail this kind of reports to the community?
Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Margaret Sevume <sevume@i-network.or.ug> Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:25 PM Subject: [i-network] [Action requise] cyber security situational awareness To: I-Network Uganda <i-network@dgroups.org>
From Uganda Computer Emergency Response Team CERT (UCC) …….Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, The CERT maintains a research honeypot which is run to gather information about the motives and tactics of hacker communities targeting different networks. The primary objective of the honeypot is to provide cyber security situational intelligence and also to research the threats that operators face and to learn how to better protect against those threats. From the gathered information we note that at one any time we are under attack either directly or indirectly. Over the last 24 hours we see persistent attacks from the following sources (countries). This information confirms the fact that cyber-attacks are real happenings and are a global problem. Country Count1China1,7282Brazil7853Ukraine7344United States7275Russia6746France6557Czechia6358Argentina4689Iraq37810Mexico295 We note the attacks are geared towards the following ports, with traffic mismatch. For example we note SIP traffic being routed to port 80, yet SIP traffic uses port 5060 and 5061 for communications. dest_portcount224262231481801325506012015358145338912223237780807285456544357 Similarly, we note the following usernames /passwords are the most commonly used for attempted account hijacking; Top Usernames Top Passwords1Adminsupport2Supportadmin3Userpassword4Administrator12345DefaultDefault We strongly encourage you to avoid using the above usernames or passwords as they are the most commonly used for account hijacking. Most computing devices use the above usernames by default, it is recommended you change the usernames to those that are not easily guessed or used. RegardsCOMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM Uganda Communications Commission42-44, Spring Road - Bugolobi, P.O Box 7376 Kampala. Toll free: 0800 133 911 www.ug-cert.ug You are receiving this message because you are a leader of the community I-Network Uganda. All community leaders receive these notifications immediately regardless of their email settings for this community.
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