30% of Georgian computer users faced various cyber threats in 2019
Kaspersky Lab Georgia says that the number of dangerous programmes are increasing annually. Photo: teiss.co.uk.
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About 30 per cent of Georgian computer users have faced various cyber threats in the first nine months of 2019, while 32 per cent of the users were attacked by dangerous programmes, Kaspersky Lab Georgia reports.
The number of cryptographs [coded messages] and money extorting programmes have increased. 7,500 such dangerous programmes were detected by Kaspersky in the second quarter of 2018 around the world, while the number of such programmes in the second quarter of 2019 reached 16,000. Around 222 computer users have been attacked by cryptographs over the past nine months in Georgia,” Kaspersky Lab Georgia reads.
The lab says that the most common method used by cybercriminals is “fishing”- creating fake pages and emails which are very similar to official pages or emails of famous companies.
Kaspersky Lab Georgia has recommended individuals to refrain from opening suspicious links or pages or downloading programmes from unofficial companies.
The lab recommended companies and organisations train their personnel for cyber security issues.
Graduates of Georgian schools and university students took part in the very first cyber security festival in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi.
Georgia together with the countries from the Eastern Partnership Region, South-eastern Europe and Turkey are making progress in the investigation of cybercrime by establishing closer links between professional communities of cybercrime investigators.
Georgia has made it among the top 10 countries with the best cybersecurity in the world, says a survey by the United Nations . Georgia was named eighth on the list topped by Singapore in the survey by the UN International Telecommunication Union.
Georgia has ranked 8th among 165 countries worldwide in the newest Global Cybersecurity Index.
The US Department of Justice has praised Georgian law enforcement agencies for their efforts and role in the identification and the conviction of the members of GozNym malware cybercrime network, affecting thousands of people worldwide and causing millions of dollars damage. GozNym infected tens of thousands of victim computers worldwide, primarily in the United States and Europe.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained the manager of Black Rose night club in Tbilisi for unauthorized access to a computer system and forcefully extorting money.