India, a soft target for cyber criminals

Internet giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon aren’t the only ones seeking to be part of the internet growth story in India; cyber criminals are also eyeing the party.

According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), India was ranked second on a list of countries targeted the most by cyber criminals through social media last year, after the US. And, new research by F-Secure shows India is the at the top among Asian countries in terms of botnet-related malware. A botnet is a collection of compromised computers infected with malware that allows an attacker to control them.

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