Kaspersky reports a drop in cyber threat incidents in India

India has shown some progress in its fight against cyber criminals, with the country witnessing a fall in the number of threats in 2019 compared with 2018.

According to Kaspersky’s KSN (Kaspersky Security Network) reports, 38.8 per cent of the overall Kaspersky users in India saw at least one Web-based attack in 2019 compared with 40.4 per cent in 2018. These threats include file-less malwares, social engineering attacks and other attacks routed through the world wide web.

The local threats or infections detected in India by Kaspersky products in 2019 were around 231,142,762, placing the country at the 69th position worldwide. In 2018, 297,477,131 attacks were detected, placing the country at the 47th position. These attacks usually happen due to a major spread of malware through removable USB drives, CDs, DVDs and other offline methods, the cyber security firm said.