In the July to September Quarter 2024, Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) reports that over 11 million internet borne threats were detected in India; while 14 million attacks were unleashed by local malware infections
In its latest report, Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) has revealed that in the JAS Quarter 2024 over 11 million internet borne threats were detected in India. The report further says that nearly 14 million attacks were unleashed by local malware infections.
This places India among the top 100 countries where users are vulnerable to threats from both web and local infections. When it comes to the dangers associated with surfing the web, India is in the 89th place worldwide. India is in the 90th place worldwide for local threats to computers via worms and virus files.
The KSN findings say that some 18.7 percent of computer users in India were attacked by web-borne threats during the JAS period; while 19.9 percent of users in the country were attacked by local threats during the said period. This places India among the top 100 countries where users are vulnerable to threats from both web and local infections. When it comes to the dangers associated with surfing the web, India is in the 89th place worldwide. India is in the 90th place worldwide for local threats to computers via worms and virus files.
Our report shows that Indian computer users continue to be vulnerable to web threats, social engineering and local threat incidents. The threat landscape is becoming more complex with the increasing use of AI and deepfake.
Jaydeep Singh
General Manager for India Region
Kaspersky
Jaydeep Singh, General Manager for India Region, Kaspersky, says, “Our report shows that Indian computer users continue to be vulnerable to web threats, social engineering and local threat incidents. The threat landscape is becoming more complex with the increasing use of AI and deepfake. Protection against such attacks not only requires an antivirus solution capable of treating infected objects but also a firewall, anti-rootkit functionality and control over removable devices.”
According to the KSN report, Kaspersky web security solutions blocked 11,015,419 different Internet-borne cyberthreats during the period July to September 2024. In internet-borne threat, file-less malware continued to be the most dangerous form of web threat this quarter as well.
Social engineering like phishing, baiting and pretexting remained a popular mode of cyberattack on computer users in the country. The KSN report for the third quarter of 2024 showed that cyber criminals exploited the vulnerabilities in the browsers and their plugins by corrupting the user systems when they visited infected websites.
According to the KSN report, when it came to local infection, Kaspersky products detected 13,835,594 local incidents on the user computers in the same period. Worms and file viruses account for the majority of such incidents. In fact, KSN data shows that users are frequently attacked by malware spread via removable USB drives, CDs and DVDs, and other “offline” methods.
In terms of online threat sources, KSN has found that 1,979,544 incidents were caused by servers hosted in India in the period July-September 2024. This puts the country in 15th place worldwide. These statistics are produced by Kaspersky security solutions scans of files on the hard drive at the exact moment they were created or accessed, as well as the results of scanning removable storage media.
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