According to Kaspersky, Vietnam tops the list of Southeast Asian countries facing the highest number of local cyberthreats, followed by Indonesia with 14.6 million incidents and Thailand with 4.7 million.
In 2023, Southeast Asia experienced nearly 43 million local cyber threats targeting businesses. Singapore, on the other hand, reported a 67% surge in local incidents, rising from 300,000 in 2022 to 500,000, though still the lowest in the region.
The tally of local infections on user computers serves as a crucial gauge of the overall cyber threat landscape. It encompasses infiltrations into target computers through infected files or removable media, or via initial access in non-open formats such as complex installers or encrypted files.
These figures stem from Kaspersky’s scans of files on hard drives at the moment of creation or access, as well as scans of removable storage media.
Adrian Hia, Kaspersky’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific, emphasized Southeast Asia’s promising potential to emerge as a key global manufacturing hub. He also noted the region’s consistent digital economic growth over the years.
Hia highlighted the necessity for organizations, whether operating in IT or operational technology (OT) systems, to fortify their cyber defenses against sophisticated attacks employing traditional techniques and tactics to ensure continued progress.
Effective protection against local cyber attacks demands not only a security solution capable of addressing infected objects but also a robust firewall, anti-rootkit functionality, and control over removable devices. Kaspersky advised organizations to scan systems with such comprehensive security solutions to prevent malware spread through files or removable media.
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Source: Vietnam Insider