Secure the endpoint and then have encryption in place. “I would always insist for any business that’s new, or qualifies as a small and medium enterprise to have basic protection from the get-go. If a company employee connects to an unsecured WIFI network or visits a non-work related website, such actions could result in disastrous and costly damage to company data. Drive-by downloads and social engineering are the favorite attack methods used by cyber attackers to spread malware on their victims.Ī drive-by download attack is when a user visits a website and unintentionally downloads a malicious code while a social engineering attack is when a user downloads malware but was made to believe it’s a legitimate program. Detected and foiled incidents by Kaspersky plunged from 50,544,908 to 39,387,052. The KSN report showed cybercriminals tried to penetrate systems through attacks via browsers. This placed the Philippines in the 72nd spot worldwide, two notches down from its 70th rank a year ago.Īccording to the KSN report, worms and file viruses accounted for the majority of such incidents that were detected and blocked by Kaspersky products in devices of its Filipino customers.
Based on the report, a single device can frequently be targeted by cybercriminals and subjected to multiple attacks.Īttempts of local malware spread through removable drives such as USB sticks dropped from 35,825,044 in 2021 to 25,060,519 in 2022. The ranking is based on the number of web-based cyberthreats detected and blocked by Kaspersky products. The 2022 global ranking is topped by Mongolia (51.1%), followed by the Philippines (49.8%), Ukraine (49.6%), Greece (49.5%), and Belarus (49.1%). The same data from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) revealed that the country moved two places up, ranking second among countries most attacked by web threats worldwide within January to December last year. This is what can be gleaned from recently released insights from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky showing its users in the Philippines received repeated attacks from threats through removable drives and infected websites in 2022 compared to 2021. Kaspersky’s report shows the country is now 2nd among most attacked countries in the worldĬybercriminals are relentless and persistent.
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