India third most prone to cyber attacks with 76% firms hit in 2018: study

About 76 per cent of Indian businesses were hit by cyber attacks in 2018, the highest after Mexico and France, according to a study.

A report by Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced that the findings of its global survey, ‘Seven Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint Security’ revealed that most cybercriminals in India are detected at the server (39 per cent) and on the network (35 per cent).

Similarly, eight per cent are found on endpoints. More than 18 per cent threats discovered in India are on mobile devices, almost twice than the global average.

The survey polled more than 3,100 IT (information technology) decision makers from mid-sized businesses in 12 countries, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, India and South Africa.