<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The messaging from Safaricom is a bit confusing. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">On the FAQ below it asks:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>When should I whitelist my line?<br></b>-<br>When you receive the below notification of an attempted SIM swap on your line that you did not initiate. <br><br>‘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.’<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">See the link below:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://www.safaricom.co.ke/faqs/faq/857">https://www.safaricom.co.ke/faqs/faq/857</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">But then I have a question:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">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?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><span>Fintech | </span>Digital Transformation</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-size:small;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:georgia;color:black"><br></span></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><br><font size="1">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.</font></span></span></font><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;font-size:11pt"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span>
<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 9:19 PM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">The<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">*100*100# is a recent feature for Safaricom prepaid users introduced a few weeks ago. Apparently, postpaid users have the feature activated by default.</span><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Anyone with an idea of what happens on Airtel and Telkom?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Victor</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 30 May 2022, 20:58 Bradley Kisia via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I see this link doing rounds on WhatsApp. How valid is it?<br><a href="https://techweez.com/2022/05/30/stop-sim-replacement-at-mpesa-agent/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://techweez.com/2022/05/30/stop-sim-replacement-at-mpesa-agent/</a><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 30 May 2022 at 13:32, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 30 May 2022, 5:05 pm Alex Watila via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Good afternoon,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Kenya Bankers Association and the Telcos are conveniently avoiding the evidence that most of these frauds involve insiders<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Without dealing with the insider threats in the banks and telcos the frauds will continue <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Consultant<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ICT4D<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://advisera.com/27001academy/#a_aid=621f58ced9bb1&a_bid=f79f3b0b" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Quality Management Systems</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://advisera.com/27001academy/#a_aid=621f58ced9bb1&a_bid=f79f3b0b" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Information Security Management Systems</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> KICTANet <kictanet-bounces+awatila=<a href="mailto:gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Indeje via KICTANet<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 30, 2022 10:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Alex Watila <<a href="mailto:awatila@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">awatila@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> David Indeje <<a href="mailto:davidindeje@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">davidindeje@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Sim card swap: How Farah Bashir lost Sh2.6m to fraudsters in hours<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Dear Listers,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">“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. <a href="https://bit.ly/3vBc5SA" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3vBc5SA</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">Kind Regards,</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:6pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">David Indeje <br></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)">_____________________________________</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" id="gmail-m_6025660677733033902m_7908442670580233009gmail-m_5433351472776643082m_-8476262522825838318_x0000_i1027" src="https://cytonn.sheerhr.com/signature/icon/ico-phone.png"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(74,74,74)">+254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width: 0.3125in; height: 0.3125in;" id="gmail-m_6025660677733033902m_7908442670580233009gmail-m_5433351472776643082m_-8476262522825838318_x0000_i1026" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yBYq8CO3z4CMJjF8wcqHAMa3I57BvTkJ89uqP8lK9i8j6o7YiJQnjTC4eelqPvOYUff1aNqzI" alt=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-indeje/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="30" height="30" style="width: 0.3125in; height: 0.3125in;" id="gmail-m_6025660677733033902m_7908442670580233009gmail-m_5433351472776643082m_-8476262522825838318_x0000_i1025" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zyiOW04Rxia0Qfi-RSMSxiWoDKO7LTnIAJ31XooS-f1NPpWqyfbDIGHOe5UeIz64IJbDU2twg"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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