USB hack attacks: Phi ranks 3rd in SEA

Global cyber-security company Kaspersky has called on Filipinos to be cautious in plugging in memory storage universal serial bus (USB) devices to their computers unless these have been scanned, following the release of data that 36.80 percent of users in the Philippines were attacked by local threats from such devices last year.

- RAINIER ALLAN RONDA

 

Local threats are malware spread through removable media such as flash drives, even CDs and DVDs and other offline methods.

Worms and file viruses account for the majority of incidents, according to the data.

At 36.80 percent, the Philippines ranked third in Southeast Asia with the most number of users attacked by local threats, trailing behind Vietnam (53.30 percent) and Indonesia (41.10 percent), according to the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN).