Ife OgunfuwaA global cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, says Nigeria is among the top 10 countries globally where users of mobile devices experienced attack by malware in 2019. Kaspersky, in its Mobile Malware Evolution 2019 report, added that Nigeria dropped four places to become the seventh country out of 10 attacked by mobile malware, recording 33.16 per cent of the attacks. According to the findings of the analysts, three African countries made the list of the top 10 countries by share of mobile device users attacked by malware. Algeria came in fourth place, with 40.2 per cent mobile device users experiencing attacks and Tanzania was in the eight place with 28.51 per cent of mobile malware attacks. The top three countries with the highest number of mobile malware attacks, according to Kaspersky are Iran, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Source: Punch March 03, 2020 03:22 UTC