These countries were most vulnerable to cyber attacks in 2024

Financial sector faces malware threats

The global banking sector is also exposed to malware-type virus attacks on its ATMs and point-of-sale (PoS) terminals. Although since November 2023, incidents have decreased, although in recent months they have increased again.

During the period studied, at least 208,323 users around the world faced financial malware at least once. The countries and regions with attacked users are:

1. Afghanistan (9.7%)
2. Turkmenistan (9.2%)
3. Tajikistan (6.8%)
4. Syria (3%)
5. Uzbekistan (2.8)
6. Kazakhstan (2.7%)
7. Kyrgyzstan (2.5%)
8. Yemen (2.4%)
9. Switzerland (1.8%)
10. Angola (1.7%)

Business users are also vulnerable to viruses

Kaspersky identified 26 ransomware families and 16,035 different varieties between November 2023 and October 2024. In this period, ransomware Trojans attacked 303,298 unique users, of which 98,208 were corporate users, and 14,517 were associated with small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The ten countries and territories most affected for this reason are:

1. Yemen (4.23%)
2. Afghanistan (1.47%)
3. South Korea (1.41%)
4. China (1.40%)
5. Pakistan (1.31%)
6. Uruguay (1.28%)
7. Libya (1.22%)
8. Bangladesh (1.22%)
9. Syria (1.10%)
10. Iran (1.02%)

Miners account for 3.24% of all attacks

A mining virus is a type of software that often exploits computers or devices to mine cryptocurrencies for other people. Miners account for 3.24% of all attacks, and are 17.95% of all RiskTool threats.

Kaspersky found that this type of malware had installation attempts on the computers of 999,794 unique users. The main countries and territories attacked by this type of virus are:

1. Turkmenistan
2. Afghanistan
3. Kazakhstan
4. Tajikistan
5. Belarus
6. Venezuela
7. Ethiopia
8. Mongolia
9. Moldova
10. Uzbekistan