India in fact takes the 1st spot in the list of countries that were attacked by Teslacrypt ransomware in March-May 2016
India stands among 5 countries to have suffered from Ramsomware attacks. At the CISO meet organized by Kaspersky Lab, which was attended by 20 CISO’s from leading corporates belonging to verticals including BFSI, IT&ITES, Manufacturing, Telecom, etc.. Vitaly Kamluk – Director, Global Research & Analysis Team, APAC said, “Our researchers have found India to be among the top 5 countries in the world to be attacked by Ransomware. India in fact takes the 1st spot in the list of countries that were attacked by Teslacrypt ransomware in March-May 2016 and ranked 4th in the countries that was attacked by Locky ransomware during the same period. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system. This is an alarming situation and needs to be addressed.”
Altaf Halde, Managing Director (South Asia) – Kaspersky Lab, further added, “Kaspersky Lab is now rolling out 360-degree security solutions for enterprises in India. Globally, we are the largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions and have always been at the forefront of addressing the threat landscape & providing solutions. We have started offering very focused services to the enterprises, such as solutions for data centers, light agent solution for virtualized environment that does not degrade its speed and performance and solutions for industrial security. We hope to help corporates, big or small to address their security needs in the best possible manner.”
