Beware, attack Ransomware getting crazy!

Beware, attack Ransomware getting crazy!

Beware, attack Ransomware getting crazy! - According to the official report of Karspersky Lab, ransomware attacks against the users PC and mobile devices this year reached a very alarming level.

In a recent report, Kaspersky said from April 2015 to March 2016 alone there were more than 2.3 million PC users around the world infected with ransomware attack. Similarly, as the team Tekno Liputan6.com quoted Forbes, Friday (07/08/2016).

Of the 2.3 million users of the PC, the five countries getting the most ransomware attacks in 2015 were India (9.6%), Russia (6:41%), Kazakhstan (5.75%), Italy (5:25%), and Germany (4:26%) ,

Not only in the PC, ransomware attacks on mobile devices also increased four-fold from 35,000 attacks in the period April 2014 to March 2015, into 136 500 attacks.

Of these, Kaspersky Lab also explained the top five countries struck by ransomware years ago, such as Germany (22.90%), Canada (19.61%), the UK (16:13%), United States (15.64%) and Kazakhstan (14:42%) ,

"Ransomware will always be there anytime soon. The increasing ransomware on a mobile device is a continuation of ransomware PC, with the possibility of popping malware that attacks other than PCs and smartphones," said Roman Unuchek, mobile security expert at Kaspersky Lab.

For your information, ransomware is malware that attacked the victim by encrypting the data or information on PCs and mobile devices. To be able to open the data and the information, the victim must be willing to pay a ransom.