NIGERIA AMONG TOP 20 MOST CYBER ATTACKED COUNTRIES

Nigeria has been listed among the top 20 most attacked countries in the world by cyber criminals in December 2015 based on threat intelligence drawn from Check Point Software Technologies ThreatCloud World Cyber Threat Map.

Six African countries appeared among the top 20 most-attacked nations (out of 142). These include Malawi (6), Cameroon (8), Tunisia (11), Mauritius (12), Botswana (13) and Nigeria (17). Kenya appears at number 44 while South Africa dropped from 63rd position in November to 67th in December.
Check Point also revealed that the risk of an organisation being infected by malware increased by 17 per cent in December, while the number of active malware families increased by 25 per cent. It identified more than 1,500 different active malware families during December, up from 1,200 in the previous month. The trend highlights the rising threat levels that businesses face in protecting their networks. As with previous months, Conficker remained the most prevalent malware type, accounting for 25 per cent of all known attacks, second-placed Sality, accounted for nine per cent of attacks.

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