41 billion cyber threats blocked, India 2nd on global ransomware list: Trend Micro

Bengaluru: Around 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files and URLs were blocked in the first half of 2021 for its customers by global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro and in India, it blocked a total number of 1,11,028 email spam, malicious URLs and malware, the company said on Wednesday.

Globally, ransomware remained the top threat in the first half of the year and in India, the total ransomware threats stood at 12.98 per cent, the second highest in Asia after China.