Technologue.id, Jakarta – Microsoft has released Asia Pacific research results in the latest edition of the Security Endpoint Threat Report 2019 which revealed that Indonesia has the highest level of malware in the region. Indonesia also experienced a high cryptocurrency and ransomware mining case last year.
This finding comes from analysis from a variety of Microsoft data sources, including 8 trillion threat signals that are received and analyzed by Microsoft every day, covering a period of 12 months, from January to December 2019.
“As security defense develops and attackers rely on new techniques, Microsoft’s unique access to billions of threat signals every day allows us to collect data and insights to inform our response to cyber attacks,” said Mary Jo Schrade, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Asia.
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“The Microsoft Security Endpoint Threat report aims to create a better understanding of the emerging threat picture and help organizations improve their cyber security levels by reducing the impact of increasingly sophisticated attacks,” he continued.
According to this report, Asia Pacific continues to experience higher case rates than the world average for malware attacks (1.6 times higher) and ransomware (1.7 times higher).
Indonesia is recorded to have the highest rate of malware cases, which is 10.68 percent in 2019. Despite a decline of 39 percent last year, this is still 2 times higher than the regional average.
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Indonesia is also listed as having the second highest rate of ransomware cases in the entire Asia Pacific region, which is 0.14 percent, despite a 46 percent decline last year. This is 2.8 times higher than the regional average.
“Often, high malware cases correlate with overall cyber piracy and security, which includes patching and updating software regularly. Countries that have higher piracy rates and lower cyber security knowledge tend to be more affected by cyber threats, “said Haris Izmee, President Director of Microsoft Indonesia.
Izmee recommends patching software, using legitimate software, and keeping it updated can reduce the possibility of malware and ransomware infections.
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