Push Admin

PH drops to 6th spot from 4th on global web threat detections: report

Article (news)

ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/01/19/cyber.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Philippines went down two notches -- from 4th to 6th place -- in the global list of countries with the most web threats recorded, based on a report from a cybersecurity firm.</p><p>Kasperky&#x27;s 2020 Security Network (KSN) report showed that there were 44.4 million web-borne threats in computers in the Philippines, as detected by their installed Kaspersky softwares.</p><p>Around 42.2 percent of online users in the country were almost infected by web threats in 2020. </p><p>Kaspersky said web threats in the Philippines is about 37.2 percent more in 2020 from the 27.9 million recorded in 2019.</p><p>Web threats are attacks mostly coming from internet browsing, unintentional downloads of certain programs or files, email attachments, browser extensions&#x27; activity and others.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/02/19/21/gems-for-photos-cybersecurity-experts-warn-lyka-users-data-privacy-may-be-at-risk">Gems for photos? Cybersecurity experts warn Lyka users&#x27; data, privacy may be at risk</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/08/21/pldt-smart-says-cybercrime-data-privacy-laws-need-to-align-vs-online-child-porn">PLDT-Smart says cybercrime, data privacy laws need to align vs online child porn</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/12/21/song-lyrics-for-passwords-experts-give-tips-on-cybersecurity-and-cyber-hygiene">Song lyrics for passwords? Experts give tips on cybersecurity and ‘cyber-hygiene’</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Kth6jjkVPs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><br/> </div>

<p>The Philippines went down two notches -- from 4th to 6th place -- in the global list of countries with the most web threats recorded, based on a report from a cybersecurity firm.</p>

The Philippines went down two notches -- from 4th to 6th place -- in the global list of countries with the most web threats recorded, based on a report from a cybersecurity firm.