In a report done by by Symantec Corp titled Internet Threat
Report Volume 18, Internet Security threat has increased by 42%. That’s in comparison to the previous year and the
manufacturing sector and small businesses have been the prime target of
31% of these attacks that aim to steal Intellectual Property. Android
Platform user topped mobile users at most risk.
South Africa topped the list overall of the ten most exposed
countries to Internet Security threats. The others are Morocco, Tunisia,
Algeria, Mauritius, Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, Ghana and Cameroon in that
order. The country most at risk of spam attacks was Morocco followed by
Tunisia and South Africa. Phishing leaders are South Africa and Morocco,
South Africa also topped the Country most at risk of virus attacks.
Kenya also managed to be in that virus list at number ten.
The US also topped the Phishing and Virus laden list. India is the global Spam haven and also follows the US closely in the top ten virus list.
See below the full chart that shows how African countries performed compared to global stats.
