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Surge in cyber-attacks worries Thailand: Weekly numbers surpass global average

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A recent report by Check Point Research has highlighted an alarming surge in cyber-attacks on organisations in Thailand over the past six months. The average attack incidents were notably higher than the global norm and even edged past figures from the rest of Southeast Asia. Every week, organisations in Thailand fell prey to an average of 2,388 cyber-attacks, which slightly surpassed Southeast Asia’s rate of 2,375 breaches.

Insightfully, a vast 72% of malicious files in Thailand took the email route over the past month. Remote code execution emerged as the prevalent vulnerability hack in Thailand, impacting a substantial 61% of organisations. High on the malicious intent list were banking Trojan (Zeus), Cryptominer (XMRig), and Info-stealer (Qbot).

Accentuating the gravity of the situation globally, the report reveals that the average…

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