Kaspersky Lab highlights the cybersecurity trends in the META region

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Kaspersky Lab highlights the cybersecurity trends in the META region
April 29, 2019
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Kaspersky Lab has shared the evolution of the digital threat landscape in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) and worldwide during its annual Cyber Security Weekend in Cape Town, South Africa.

Experts from Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discussed various topics and threats facing organisations and ordinary users and shared the required steps to stay safe. Focus was laid on modern and emerging technologies such as IoT security, Blockchain and industry-specific threats that can have direct impact on business success and longevity.

Highlighted among the information shared was the META threat landscape during the first quarter of 2019. Kaspersky Lab reported more than 150 million malware attacks in Q1 alone, representing an average of 1.6 million attacks per day, and an alarming 108% increase over Q1 2018.
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guest · Apr 29, 2019

Major spike in South Africa cyber attacks, over 10 000 attempts a day
April 29, 2019
https://www.fin24.com/Companies/ICT...-000-attempts-a-day-security-company-20190429

Malware attacks in South Africa increased by 22% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018, according to global cyber security company Kaspersky Lab.

This translates into about 13 842 attempted cyber attacks in SA per day, Amin Hasbini, head of global research and analysis for Kaspersky in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, said during an information session in Cape Town on Monday.
That means there are just under 577 attempted attacks per hour, or over 9 per second.

"In many countries – especially in Africa - we see a lack of awareness of this threat to critical infrastructure. Many of these facilities are not aware that they are exposed to cyber risk and can be controlled if hacked," said Hasbini.
"They also do not know their systems need maintenance and must be upgraded."
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Kaspersky estimates that in the first quarter of the year there has been about 8% more malware detected than in the first quarter of 2018.

Hasbini added that mobile malware increased even more than computer malware - by over 17% during the period.
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