In Asia Pacific, Kaspersky has detected 53 coronavirus-related malware in the Philippines, 93 in Bangladesh, 40 in China, 23 in Vietnam, 22 in India, and 20 in Malaysia.
From its 11th ranking last 2018, the Philippines climbed to fourth place in Kaspersky’s worldwide ranking of countries with the highest Web threat detections from January to December 2019.
Recent data from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) showed nearly 4 million Internet-borne threats were detected in computers of Kaspersky users based in the Philippines who surfed the Web from October to December in 2019.
The malicious app visits smartphone app stores, downloads, and launches applications and leaves fake reviews on behalf of the user, all while hiding itself from the device owner.
Public attention on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, which premiered in the Philippines on December 20, was already attracting cybercriminals even before it was shown.
Kaspersky has reported on a sharp increase in fraudulent activities around the extremely active online shopping period in Asian countries which takes place every Singles’ Day on November 11.
