Kaspersky says hackers attacked financial institutions in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, and UruguayA global cybersecurity fir
m, Kaspersky Lab, says Nigeria is among the top 10 countries globally where users of mobile devices experienced attack by malware in 2019.
Algeria came in fourth place, with 40.2 per cent mobile device users experiencing attacks and Tanzania was in the eight place with 28.51 per cent of mobile malware attacks. According to the researchers, some malware have become less active, others have completely ceased, and new players have yet to gain momentum.
The cybersecurity company said that the number of detected adware installation packages almost doubled from 2018. In 2019, Kaspersky noted that cybercriminals mastered a new method of stealing funds from bank accounts by manipulating banking apps.
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