In year 2023,17% increase in cyber attacks was seen within Pakistan.
Global cyber security company Kaspersky has revealed that the year 2023 saw a 17% increase in cyber attacks within Pakistan as the company thwarted 16 million cyber attacks on Pakistan throughout the year.
During the 9th Cyber Security Conference organized by Kaspersky in the federal capital Islamabad, the increasing cyber attacks and security in the country were discussed.
Kaspersky’s telemetry showed a 17 percent increase in the number of cyber threats in the country overall in 2023 compared to 2022, according to a company release.
It was also reported that the company prevented 1.6 million cyber attacks in Pakistan in 2023.
The company warned that 24.4% of consumers in Pakistan were affected by online threats, while attacks using banking malware in the country increased by 59%.
According to the company, such attacks were designed to collect online banking data and other sensitive information from infected machines.
Experts at the conference in Islamabad also reported a 35 percent increase in Trojan attacks, which disguise themselves as legitimate computer programs but are used by cybercriminals to run malicious code.
In addition, ransomware attacks designed to encrypt a victim’s data, files or systems increased by 24 percent in Pakistan.
In addition, the researchers reported a 36 percent increase in attacks using spyware, which is malicious software that enters a user’s computer, collects data from the device and the user, and allows third parties to access them Sent without consent.
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