[kictanet] A Close Analysis 2019 Cyber Threat Groups in E.Africa

[Gichuki John Chuksjonia]

We usually give out some of our research on same page shared here earlier.
Full link with several documents can be found on www.onnetservices.io/Public

On that page you can click blog to get detailed public Cyber Threat
Intelligence. Several threat groups heists and their Tactics, Techniques
and Procedures have been “Outed” there making some Financial Institutes
harder to penetrate.  And since most of them are targets of opportunity,
those who have followed with Local CTI have become harder to hit.

We are trying to promote sharing, coz when you tell your neighbor how the
thieves came to your household you as the next victim will be ready and you
will cover the tactics and tradecraft used by the same thugs and stop them
cold.



On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 16:38, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> These are Interesting revelations Chuks.
>
> Do you have specific explanations on how they pull the heists?
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 12:08 PM Gichuki John Chuksjonia via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> There is a high likelihood that’s the reason, because most of these gang
>> leaders usually recruit straight out of college and brainwash the young
>> kids. And once the young boy is hooked, with the first fee of maybe
>> 100,000/= he wants to learn more on how to hack and they start learning new
>> things and eventually have a capability to penetrate banks that don’t do
>> RedTeams or any serious blackbox penetration testing. You have to know,
>> these hacks are usually Targets of Opportunity.
>>
>> So as they grow in the Cyber Gangs they learn the ways to hide money
>> after a heist and realize they can earn more by their own and end up
>> branching out and building a new gang group.
>>
>> And that’s why now, we have around 10 gang groups with the Seven doing
>> major heists around East and Central Africa.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 09:49, Barrack Otieno <barrack at kictanet.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chuks,
>>>
>>> Any reason why they grew from Kasarani and which part of Kasarani?, is
>>> it because of the numerous Student Hostels?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Barrack Otieno
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, 07-02-2020 at 18:31 Gichuki John Chuksjonia via kictanet
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good Afternoon,
>>>
>>> This is a close analysis of Cyber Threat Group in East Africa that are
>>> hitting Financial Institutions every month.
>>>
>>> These groups started their operations and grew from Kasarani which is
>>> currently known by Cyber Security community as the Kenyan Silicon Valley of
>>> Cyber Gangs.
>>>
>>> Read the report, released to the public in 2019.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.onnetservices.io/Public/2019_TOP_SEVEN_LOCAL_CYBER_THREAT_GROUPS.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>>
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