JAKARTA – Latest statistics from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky show that Indonesia is the second largest target in attempted attacks ransomware that happened in Southeast Asia. Data shows that there were more than 298,892 cyber attacks aimed at users in Indonesia.
“In Southeast Asia, as many as 831,105 ransomware were detected that Kaspersky could block. The number is not small and this is detected only in Southeast Asia. It is not a small and simple number. attack-there are many, “said Kaspersky’s Territory Channel Manager for Indonesia, Dony Koesmandarin in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, September 2.
In first place is Vietnam with 385,316 attempts to attack ransomware in H1 2020. Then, in third place in Thailand with 85,384 attempts to attack ransomware.
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Furthermore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore are in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively. Then why ransomware attacks in Indonesia are so high, according to Dony, this happens because the awareness of users in Indonesia is still relatively low.
“Although ransomware detection in Indonesia was 69 percent lower than in the same period in 2019, which was 967,372 attacks. However, nearly half, namely 49 percent of the efforts detected from January to June 2020 were targeted at the enterprise sector,” said Dony.
The enterprise sector that Dony refers to is consumers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based on the internet. “Individuals are second highest because there is no protection whatsoever.”
Ransomware is a malicious virus or malware designed to damage or block user access to computer systems. Not a few of the ransomware actors ask for a ransom from the user so they can re-access their computer system.
It is known that there are five major types of ransomware detected in Indonesia during the first half of 2020, namely Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Wanna, Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Stop, Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryakl, Trojan-Ransom.Win32.GandCrypt, Trojan -Ransom.Win32.Gen.
Ransomware is a big challenge for many organizations in the world including Indonesia. In 2019, organizations lost an average of 1.46 million US dollars due to ransomware incidents including expenses downtime, payment of fines and damage to reputation.
It is feared Dony that the current implementation of work from home could widen the attack surface and increase the loopholes that cybercriminals can exploit. Therefore, Dony hopes that internet users in Indonesia can get used to backing up data or using genuine and non-pirated software.
“Ransomware it has become a big challenge for many organizations in the world including Indonesia even though the tactics used are still very outdated, such as phishing emails, websites infected with malicious programs, or outdated software, “explained Dony.
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