Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Kenya’s cyber security has been dimmed poor following a test by Eluclid Consultancy. This was concluded after an 18 month test on the security of consumers using the four telecommunication networks.
The report says that the four telecom firms in the country use old technology to encrypt information which is easily prone to attacks. A test was conducted where they intercepted voice traffic and also tried to obtain temporary secret keys for some subscribers which proved successful, affirming the weakness of the country’s cyber security.
The older technologies being used-A5/1 and A5/2 -attracted global attention mid last year when a German company cryptographer revealed that he was able to manipulate mobile handsets into granting access to device location, SMS functions and allow changes to voicemail number.
Millions of mobile phone subscribers and internet users in the country remain exposed to snooping and data interception as the service providers are using outdated network security software industry regularly. Some have however announced plans to migrate to safer platforms.
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