Reported cyber crimes in Kenya increased to 0ver 700 million in 2022. System vulnerabilities was the most common online-related crime in the country, with some 452 million reports. In general, the number of cyber crimes in Kenya grew by 186 percent since 2018.
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"Malware refers to a software designed with the intention of damaging services, stealing data etc. Botnet refers to a collection of internet-connected devices whose security been breached. They are used to perform distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack".
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