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IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics

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Nov
2018

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According to Kaspersky Security Network:

  • Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked 947,027,517 attacks launched from online resources located in 203 countries.
  • 246,695,333 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components.
  • Attempted infections by malware designed to steal money via online access to bank accounts were logged on the computers of 305,315 users.
  • Ransomware attacks were registered on the computers of 259,867 unique users.
  • Our File Anti-Virus logged 239,177,356 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects.
  • Kaspersky Lab products for mobile devices detected:

1,305,015 malicious installation packages

55,101 installation packages for mobile banking Trojans

13,075 installation packages for mobile ransomware Trojans.

Mobile threats

Q3 events

Perhaps the biggest news of the reporting period was the Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Asacub epidemic. It peaked in September when more than 250,000 unique users were attacked – and that only includes statistics for those with Kaspersky Lab’s mobile products installed on their devices.

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