Kuwait ranks Gulf countries: report
KUWAIT CITY, 11 October: A report published through Trend Micro, the world leader in the progression of cybersecurity solutions, indicates that Kuwait has been exposed to 1,305 cyberattacks similar to the new Corona pandemic (COVID-19) in the first half of 2020, Al-Anba reports from the newspaper. As cases of the new coronavirus continue to increase, many attackers/hackers on the web are taking advantage of the word ‘coronavirus’ or ‘COVID-19’ to launch more cyberattacks, adding spam attacks and e-mail address violation. corporate email, malware, ransomware and malicious domains.
The wave of this fraudulent activity continues to grow in the mild measure of social distancing and quarantine in the region. According to the report, Kuwait ranks first among the Gulf countries in terms of exposure to cyber attacks, as it was exposed to 1,228 spam attacks, 8 threats through malware, and 69 threats with non-spam emails. desired. malicious link addresses, while the numbers and statistics are based on electronic threats that Trend Micro’s systems and responses have effectively detected and blocked. In the first part of 2020, the Gulf states experienced 163,774 cyberattacks, adding up to 36,312 spam attacks, 47 malware attacks, and 127,415 link attacks.
In this regard, Asaad Orabi, regional director of Trend Micro, said: “Although Kuwait controls the rate of spread of coronavirus from a public aptitude perspective, it ranks as the Gulf country at the time in the number of cyberattacks directly similar to propagation. affirming the desire of establishments operating in Kuwait for their efforts to invest in electronic security solutions. “As Kuwaiti painters adapt to new painting practices, they deserve to pay more attention to cybercriminals who use common Internet equipment and applications, participatory systems, and archives to free up fraudulent operations,” Orabi added.
Applications that adhere to coronavirus infection statistics can also pose significant dangers in this context. Information security experts propose adopting multilayer coverage methodologies to protect all fronts and prevent users from accessing malicious domain names that introduce malware.
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