Malware attacks record 25% increase in first half of 2019

HYDERABAD: There has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of malware attacks in India in the first half of 2019, according to the SonicWall 2019 Mid-Year Threat Report.

Country Director of the USbased company Debasish Mukherjee, who was here to release the report on Tuesday, said, “As India goes more digital, unknown cyber-attacks will increase manifold. Hackers are sophisticated and with access to affordable technology, it becomes easier for them to make targeted attacks.”

The security firm collected the data from over 10 lakh security sensors located in over 200 countries. However, their report also recorded that there has been a 62 per cent decrease in the number of ransomware attacks on the country.