South Africa, Kenya And Nigeria Report Highest Cyber Attacks In Africa

mood · Sep 25, 2020

South Africa, Kenya And Nigeria Have Seen Millions Of Cyber Attacks In 2020 Already
September 23, 2020
https://www.cio.co.ke/south-africa-...en-millions-of-cyber-attacks-in-2020-already/

Kaspersky security solutions have reported on 28 million malware attacks in 2020 and 102 million detections of potentially unwanted programs (pornware, adware etc.) they have accounted for by the beginning of August 2020. These numbers show that it’s not only the malware that attacks users but also the “grey zone” programs that grow in popularity and disturb their experiences, while users might not even know it is there.

For instance, adware fills user device with ads; aggressive monetising software propagates unrequested paid offers; downloaders may download even more various applications on the device, sometimes malicious ones.
While calculating interim results of threat landscape activity in African countries, the researchers noticed that PUAs attack users almost four times more often than traditional malware.
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“The reason why ‘grey zone’ software is growing in popularity is that it is harder to notice at first and that if the program is detected, its creators won’t be considered to be cybercriminals. The problem with them is that users are not always aware they consented to the installation of such programs on their device and that in some cases, such programs are exploited or used as a disguise for malware downloads. [...]” says Denis Parinov, a security researcher at Kaspersky.
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By taking a closer look at PUA, it becomes apparent that they are not only more widespread but also more potent than traditional malware. Evaluating results over the same 7-month period in Nigeria, there were 3,8 million malware attacks and 16,8 million PUA detections – which is four times as much.

Kenyan and South African threat landscapes have been more intense. In South Africa, there were almost 10 million malware attacks and a staggering 43 million PUA detections. Kenyan users faced even more malware attacks – around 14 million, and 41 million PUA appearances.
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mood · Jul 22, 2021

Kaspersky Report Parses African Cybercrime Trends
July 21, 2021
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/07/178155-kaspersky-report-parses-african-cybercrime-trends/

New data released this week by Kaspersky shows even Africa is not immune from cyber attacks.

While not considered a hotbed of financial opportunity, many African countries are seeing attacks at rates similar to the global average of one out of every 10 computers in 2020.

“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,” Kaspersky principal security researcher David Emm said.
In South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria the top malware families are ransomware, financial/banking trojans, and crypto-miner malware. Ransomware attacks in South Africa in the second quarter rose 24 per cent from Q1, while crypto-miner malware use was up 14 per cent. Kenyans and Nigerians saw respective increases of financial and banking trojans of 59 and 32 per cent in Q2.
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