According to a 2022 study, there are 20% (or an estimated two million) Filipino children aged 12-17 who were subjected to online sexual abuse and exploitation.
The vast majority of cyber professionals state the cybersecurity skills shortage and skills gap has not improved over the past few years and even got worse.
Based on the list released by the cybersecurity company, the most targeted in the region were Vietnam (17,847,857), Malaysia (8,267,013), Thailand (6,283,745) and Indonesia (4,931,367).
From fake ticket aggregators to accommodation and survey scams, fraudsters employ various tactics to steal money and sensitive information, Kaspersky said.
The recent campaign is linked to the Satacom downloader, a notorious malware family active since 2019 and mainly delivered via malvertising placed on third-party websites.