It also showed that cyber criminals tried to penetrate systems through attacks via browsers. Worms and file viruses accounted for a majority of such incidents that were detected and blocked by Kaspersky products in devices of its Filipino customers, according to the KSN report. This placed the Philippines in the 72nd spot worldwide, two notches down from its 70th ranking a year ago. The ranking is based on the number of web-based cyberthreats detected and blocked by Kaspersky products.īased on the report, a single device can frequently be targeted by cyber criminals and subjected to multiple attacks.Īttempts of local malware spread through removable drives such as flash drives dropped from 35,825,044 in 2021 to 25,060,519 last year.
The 2022 global ranking is topped by Mongolia with 51.1 percent of the attacks recorded, followed by the Philippines (49.8 percent), Ukraine (49.6 percent), Greece (49.5 percent) and Belarus (49.1 percent). MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines was the second most-attacked country by web threats worldwide last year, according to a global cyber security firm’s online security monitoring.ĭata from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) revealed that the country moved two places up, ranking second among countries most attacked by web threats within the period from January to December last year.
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