Fight to foil cyberthreats intensifies
Companies and individuals are realising the importance of online security
published : 26 Apr 2021 at 05:30
4 The rise of cyberthreats has alarm bells ringing for corporations and individuals seeking protection. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Cybersecurity has become paramount for businesses and individuals as digital transformation, internet usage and digital asset values are skyrocketing.
Thailand encountered more than 20 million cyberthreats last year, according to global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) reported its products detected 20,598,223 different internet-borne cyberthreats on computers using KSN items in Thailand last year. Some 28.4% of Thai users were at risk of infection from online threats last year.
22% of PC users still use Windows 7, which Microsoft stopped supporting in January 2020. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Researchers on Monday reported that 22% of PC users still use Windows 7, which Microsoft stopped supporting in January 2020.
In a company release, Kaspersky said the study was based on anonymized OS metadata provided by consenting Kaspersky Security Network users.
âA trusted operating system may seem fine on the surface, but if the vendor no longer supports it with important updates to the software, the system becomes more susceptible to attacks,â Kaspersky said. âWhen operating systems reach end-of-life, vulnerabilities will remain on the system without patch updates to resolve issues, providing cyber attackers with potential ways to gain access.â
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Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky reported a significant decrease in the number of ransomware attempts it has detected and foiled among its small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) users in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region.
In its latest Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) report, the company revealed less than one million ransomware attempts (804,513) were monitored in 2020, less than half of 2019’s over 1.9 million detections.
Among the six SEA countries, only Singapore observed an uptick in the number of ransomware detections. There was a slight increase from 2,275 instances in 2019 that jumped to 3,191 in 2020.
Although Indonesia still ranked fifth globally for the volume of its ransomware detections, its 1,158,837 detections are now down to 439,473. The trend of decreased ransomware incidents was observed across other countries in the region including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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