Cyberattacks in Kenya increased by 16.5 percent to 1.1 billion between April and June 2024 compared to 971.4 million recorded in the previous quarter (January and March).

In its latest Sector Statistics Report, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)revealed that the number of attacks targeting Kenyan firms substantially increased, underscoring the rising risks in the country’s cybersecurity landscape.

The Authority attributed the increase to several system vulnerability threats, which jumped from 871.2 million to 1.2 billion during the second quarter of the year.

“The total cyber threats detected rose by 16.5 percent from 971.4 million reported in the previous quarter to 1.1 billion recorded in the quarter under reference.”

However, CA data reveals reduced malware, brute force attacks, web application, and mobile application attacks during the period under review.

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According to the statistics, malware threats reduced from 33.2 million at the end of March 2024 to 31.9 million in June 2024.

Brute force attacks declined from 28 million to 26.9 million in the same period.

At the same time, other detected online risks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, dropped from 38.64 million recorded from January to March 2024 to 7.33 million in June.

Additionally, web application attacks were reduced from 199,435 to 146,903 during the review period.

The report further noted a surge in the total cyber advisories issued by the CA, which grew to 9.35 million, up from 8.52 million in the review period.