Apr 15, 2021, 12:27PM ISTSource: TOI.in
Malware attacks in India on mobile devices increased by more than nine-fold between October 2020 and March 2021 period, said a report prepared by the cyber security firm Check Point Technologies. According to its 2021 mobile security report, 97 per cent of organisations in 2020 faced mobile threats that used multiple attack vectors and 46 per cent of organisations globally had at least one employee download a malicious mobile application. “There has been a staggering 845 per cent increase in Mobile attacks since October 2020 in India. The total number of mobile attacks in India in Oct 2020 was 1,345. “The total number of mobile attacks in India in March 2021 was 12,719,” the report said. As per the report, almost every organisation experienced at least one mobile malware attack in 2020 and 93 per cent of these attacks originated in a device network, wherein attempts were made to trick users into installing a malicious payload via infected websites or web links, or to steal users’ credentials.
