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Quite a number of folks have confronted cyber threats within the first three months of 2024.
Cyber threats are a giant menace in India and it appears the malware points are plaguing extra folks than we imagined.
Nearly one in 4 Indians confronted hacking assaults within the first quarter (January-March interval) this yr, as malware continues to be a significant cyber menace, a report confirmed on Friday.
In the quarterly information launched by international safety firm Kaspersky, 22.9 % of net customers within the nation have been attacked by net-borne threats. About 20.1 % customers have been weak to native threats throughout the identical interval.
“Malware remains a major threat to the users in India. Targeted malware attacks continue to be a major source of worry for organisations and users alike,” stated the corporate.
Cyber criminals exploited the vulnerabilities within the browsers and their plugins. “File-less malware is being seen as the most dangerous web threat this quarter since it does not leave any trace for static analysis of the attack,” the findings confirmed.
Social engineering like phishing, baiting and pretexting additionally remained a prevalent mode of cyber assault on the Indian customers. Kaspersky stated its net safety options blocked 12,454,797 totally different Internet-borne cyberthreats in the course of the January-March interval. In the identical interval, it detected and blocked 16,751,049 native incidents on computer systems.
