I am not sure the CID is really doing anything, but they may one day spring a surprise on us. I think what we need is a framework on which to setup a cyber law enforcement system and detection system, and either have a dedicated Agency to do this as opposed to having incompetent divisions within the Police, CID, NSIS, City Council doing it. This will achieve better results. One of the 'Angloleasing type' project was something to do with a Security Satellite Network System, this would have been a nice place to start but you know how that ended. Maybe now they will come up with Security Fibre Option Network System, pour in several billions and then discover it is all a fraud aftera couple of years. Honestly, I think we are headed nowhere at the momemt. The change has to come from the top but it seems the political will is not there but we have very smart Kenyas who can do this very well but as everything else in Kenya, you need a political godfather to drive any project to fruitation. And talking of cyber crime, a friend of mine got his Yahoo! account hacked and his password changed, and the clever hacker (probably somewhere in Abuja or Nigeria) send a email to all my friend's contacts, pretending to be my friend and gave a long story of how he lost his wallet in Nigeria while there on some offical trip and now how he needs money for hotel and to get out of there and can you please send something like USD 2,000 urgently by Western Union to Lagos .... 2009/6/25 chuks Jonia <chuksjonia@gmail.com>
By the way guys have u heard about these Cyber Defense and offensive development in the West.
Check: http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/2009-June/000263.html http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/2009-June/000268.html
<sarcasm> May the CID are also trying to get ready </sarcasm>
2009/6/25 Denis G. Wahome <dwahome@gmail.com>:
@Philip
I think this is not possible and possible to some extent, the code for the implementation of encryption algorithms is in the public domain accessible to me and you hence open for scrutiny. OTOH,some network equipment vendors i know provide firmware with data intercept capabilities as an a purchase option - though they pre-qualify the purchase of such.
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2009/6/25 Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com>
And I don't think the CIA or the NSA takes years to decypt anything. I have heard they have had secret agreements with people who make
encryption
software and algorithms to provide them with back door access. But I am not sure anyway.
2009/6/25 Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>
@Chuks, is the time taken to decrypt a HDD proportional to the
processing
power you throw at the task? If so, suppose the CID hired a few botnets and asked IBM to demonstrate some of their Blue Genes (with veiled promises of sweet contracts to supply the govt core network), would that make the decryption more achievable?
2009/6/24 chuks Jonia <chuksjonia@gmail.com>
A heavily encrypted hdd, can take CIA years to decrypt, i wonder if the KE cops will be able to handle any drive encrypted by a skunker.
On 6/24/09, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:
This is where regulation comes in. The CBK has regulations that
demand
that all Banks have a solid BCP. It is expected that such kind of plan would include backups that can be recoverable and that go back in time for several years. So here its just a matter of demanding for the backed up data and suing the senior management or Directors if that data is not available.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I wonder what they'd do about that bank that took an axe to their > hard > drives before they filed for bankruptcy? The servers were running SCO > unix... > > 2009/6/24 Jacob Odada <jacob.odada@gmail.com>: > > I believe we all have tools that can be used to recover data from > > such > > devices. But lets see if they can do so from damaged e.g. by fire > storage > > devices > > > > 2009/6/24 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com> > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:20 AM, saich <saiched@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hey Skunks > >>> I heard in the grapevines that the Kenyan C.I.D have invested > >>> in > >>> the latest Computer Forensics Equipment and Software and that > >>> the > >>> Cyber Cops are really good with recovering data from any memory > >>> devices and Disks so beware skunkers.....anyone with 411 on this > >> > >> NSIS always had such technology for a long time. I'm just > >> wondering why > >> CID have to have their own? Both are funded by the govt! > >> Maybe I should find out if the CIA and the FBI do share any > technological > >> resources to start with. > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > >> Nairobi,KE > >> +254733744121/+254722743223 > >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > >> "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." > >> -- Lucky Dube > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Skunkworks mailing list > >> Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke > >> Other lists > >> ------------- > >> Skunkworks announce: > >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > Other lists > > ------------- > > Skunkworks announce: > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >
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