Bahrain sees 39% drop in Covid cyber-attacks in Q3 MANAMA, December 24, 2020 Bahrain has seen an impressive 39 percent drop in the number of Covid-19-related cyber-attacks from 4,028 in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 to 2,463 in Q3 2020, according to new research from Trend Micro, a leader in cloud security. In Q3 2020, Bahrain’s Covid-19 related cyberattacks included: 2,415 email spam attacks, down 31 percent from 3,509 in Q2 2020; 48 malicious URL hits, down 91 percent from 518 in Q2 2020; and 0 malware detections, down from 1 in Q2 2020. “Bahrain’s 39 percent decrease in Covid-19 related cyberattacks is an impressive signal that Bahrain’s IT decision-makers are taking pandemic-related attacks seriously,” said Assad Arabi, Managing Director – Gulf Cluster, Trend Micro. “We are seeing Bahrain’s organizations deploy the right cybersecurity solutions and processes to enable secure remote work and work from home environments.”