CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY TRENDS IN AFRICA MALICIOUS ACTIVITY DATA TABLES The data in this section lists the top 10 source African countries for each malicious behavior and their percentage within the continent. For attacks, malware, and spam, the incident counts, also known as event counts, are shown. For phishing hosts, bots, and C&C servers, the numbers of distinct IP addresses are given. 1. Attacks Table 2. Top 10 Source African Countries for Attacks—2016 COUNTRY RANK PERCENTAGE WITHIN AFRICA INCIDENT COUNT South Africa 1 25% 314,880 Egypt 2 12% 149,685 Kenya 3 9% 106,265 Nigeria 4 7% 89,100 Mauritius 5 6% 73,134 Algeria 6 5% 60,381 Seychelles 7 4% 45,661 Botswana 8 3% 37,880 Morocco 9 3% 34,464 Tunisia 10 3% 32,187 Figure 3. Top 10 Source African Countries for Attacks—2016 30% 25% Attack Incidents 25% 20% 15% 12% 9% 10% 7% 6% 5% 5% 0% a h ut So ric Af t yp Eg ya n Ke ia er Nig ius rit u Ma ria ge Al 4% 3% es a n wa s t o ell h yc e S B 3% co c ro Mo 3% a isi n Tu 25