Although Indonesia still ranks 5th globally in the number of ransomware attacks detected, it has dropped from 1,158,837 cases in 2019 to 439,473 cases in 2020. This downtrend also also appeared in other countries in the region including Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. China remains at the top of the list for the number of ransomware cases globally in both 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Brazil and Russia have swapped the 2nd and 3rd place in the rankings, with Brazil currently ranked 2nd by 2020. “When I look at the statistics for individual ransomware groups, I find that this trend is in line with an overall drop in the number of detected cases,” said Fedor Sinitsyn, security researcher at Kaspersky. This is mainly due to the decrease in the number of cases involving WannaCry. This group makes up a significant portion of all the ransomware discovered to date, although for more than three years these have not been supported by the “originator” and exist only as one. “zombie” “. One of the most persistent cyber threats facing small and medium businesses in the region is still ransomware, malicious code designed to infect the computers of organizations and individuals, and encrypting data. Data inside and block access to the computer. The attackers will then request a fee from the victim in exchange for re-activation of the system. Ransomware attacks may be on the decline, but Kaspersky has been warning businesses of all sizes in every sector about the increasing activity of Ransomware 2.0, also known as ransomware. have purpose. Mr. Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager of Kaspersky Southeast Asia commented: “We should not be optimistic that the number of detected ransomware cases has decreased. Since last year, we have noticed a number of changes to this threat. The ransomware teams are now more concerned with quality than quantity. This means that instead of randomly and passively waiting for an unsafe user to bite, the attackers are now actively hunting for victims ”.

In particular, the number of attacks on Vietnamese enterprises fell sharply, from 536.6 thousand cases in 2019, to 204.7 thousand cases in 2020. This pulled Vietnam’s ranking to 11 worldwide. , improved from the 7th place in 2019. In Southeast Asia, Singapore remains the country with the least number of detected attacks, ranking 78 globally. However, out of six Southeast Asian countries, Singapore is the only one experiencing an increase in the number of ransomware infection attempts. Number of detected cases increased from 2,275 in 2019 to 3,191 in 2020. Number of attacks on SMEs detected by Kaspersky in Southeast Asian countries. Although Indonesia still ranks 5th globally in terms of the number of ransomware incidents detected, the country has dropped from 1,158,837 cases in 2019 to 439,473 cases in 2020. This downtrend also coincides with export. currently in other countries in the region including the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. China remains at the top of the list for the number of ransomware cases globally in both 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Brazil and Russia have swapped the 2nd and 3rd place in the rankings, with Brazil currently ranked 2nd by 2020. Ransomware is designed to infect organizations and individuals’ computers, encrypt the internal data and block access to the computer. The attackers will then request a fee from the victim in exchange for re-activation of the system. Ransomware attacks may be on the decline, but Kaspersky has been warning businesses of all sizes in every sector about the growing activity of ‘Ransomware 2.0’, also known as software. targeted extortion. In the new method, the criminals do not ask for ransom to unlock the data, they threaten to publicly disclose the data they hold, adding pressure to the victims to pay the ransom to protect their reputation. .