Nigeria records 147% increase in password-stealing malware in three months— Report

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Nigeria records 147% increase in password-stealing malware in three months— Report
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Kapersky in its findings published on Monday said small businesses in Nigeria are still in danger of exposure to malware and face an 89 per cent increase in Remote Desktop Protocol attacks in 2022.

, a global cyber-security and digital privacy company, has found that the number of Trojan-PSW detections in Nigeria surged by as much as 147 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 when compared with the same period of 2021.

According to the statement, when a small business owner is lumbered with the responsibilities of production economics, financial reports and marketing all at the same time, cyber-security can often appear complicated and, at times, unnecessary.Kaspersky said its researchers assessed the dynamics of attacks on small and medium-sized businesses between the first quarter of 2021 and that of 2022 to identify which threats posed an increasing danger to entrepreneurs.

Kaspersky stated that having a special security solution enables attack visualisation and provides IT administrators with a convenient tool for incident analysis. Cybercriminals, he observed, are already way ahead of the curve so much so that virtually every organisation will experience a breach attempt at some point.Kaspersky blocks over 30,000 mobile malware attacks in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa in six months“Having trained staff and an educated IT-specialist is no longer a luxury but a must-have part of your business development,” Parinov said.

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