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“These findings come from analyzes from a variety of Microsoft data sources, including 8 trillion threat signals that are received and analyzed by Microsoft every day, covering the period January to December 2019,” Microsoft wrote.
Ransomware
According to the research, the Asia Pacific region continues to experience case rates that are higher than the world average for attacks malware (1.6 times higher) and ransomware (1.7 times higher).
Indonesia is noted to have a case level malware the highest, which is 10.68 percent in 2019. Despite a decline of 39 percent last year, the attack is still twice the regional average.
Indonesia is also registered to have a case level ransomware the second highest in Asia Pacific, which is 0.14 percent. Despite a 46 percent decline last year, the incidence of cyber is 2.8 times higher than the regional average.
“Often, the case malware high correlation with the level of piracy and overall cyber security, which includes patching and regular software updates, “said Haris Izmee, President Director of Microsoft Indonesia.
According to Izmee, countries that have higher piracy rates and lower cyber security knowledge tend to be more affected by cyber threats.
“Patching software, use software which is legal, and keeping it updated can reduce the chance of infection malware and ransomware, “Izmee explained.
Cryptojacking
Meanwhile, for the case cryptojacking, despite a 72 percent decline from 2018, last year’s case was twice the regional and global average. Case rate cryptojacking in Indonesia the fourth highest in the Asia Pacific.
In an attack like this, “The victim’s computer is infected with malware mining cryptocurrency, which allows criminals to use computer systems without the victim’s knowledge, “Microsoft wrote.
In addition to the second attack, Microsoft also detected a download attack drive-by. For this case, Indonesia is at the sixth highest in the Asia Pacific.
“This attack involves downloading malicious code on a user’s computer in secret when they visit a website or fill out a form online, ”Says Microsoft.
“The malicious code downloaded is then used by the attacker to steal passwords or financial information.”
Seeing the series of attacks, Microsoft suggested that companies, governments, and individuals improve cyber security. Among other things, to update the software, use antivirus / antimalware services, don’t just click any links, use multifactor authentication (MFA), recognize email traps phishing (starting from the domain, message grammar, and attachments).[]
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