Nigeria, others record increase in financial malware – Report The Punch Nigeria witnessed a 32 per cent increase in the financial/banking malware in the second quarter of 2021 when compared to the figures for Q1 2021, according to a report. In the report, Kaspersky identified ransomware, and crypto-miner malware as other top malware families affecting Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. Kaspersky said there was a 24 per cent increase in ransomware attacks and 14 per cent in crypto-miner malware in Q2 in South Africa. In Kenya, there was a 59 per cent increase in financial/banking trojans in Q2. Image used for representation only The Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky, David Emm, said, “Generally speaking, and based on our research, Africa has the same hit rate as we would see for other parts of the globe when it comes to cyberattacks and activity.