Every third computer faces virus risk via Internet in Azerbaijan
By Amina Nazarli
Internet is a constantly evolving tool that not only contains an amazing variety of information but also provides new ways of accessing, interacting, and connecting with people and content.
However, today, when everything is connected to the Internet, its danger may affect anyone, as through the course of using the Internet, one may have come in to contact with various computer viruses.
Meanwhile, some 30.2 percent of computer users in Azerbaijan are at risk of infection via the Internet.
Kaspersky Lab reported this figure as part of the “Cyber Security Weekend” conference in Baku on April 18.
According to the developer of information security systems, the index grew by four percent as compared to the first quarter of last year.
Some 54 percent of users in the country faced with the problems of security on local networks and removable storage media.
Both organizations and home users have become the targets of malicious attacks around the world, including in Azerbaijan.
In the Middle East and Turkey this figure is 15 percent, while in Africa it reaches up to 45 percent.
The number of attacks, detected and prevented through the
Kaspersky Lab technology has been increased in all countries
throughout the region as compared to the first quarter of last
year.
In addition the number of incidents with "software-extortionists"
increased by 14 percent in Azerbaijan.
The growth of mobile service consumption in the region also continues to attract the attention of cyber criminals, who constantly improve their tools.
Azerbaijan took 20th place among the countries at risk of infection mobile devices in the first quarter of 2016, Kaspersky Lab reported. The attacks were carried out via the infected mobile malware.
In Azerbaijan, the population is highly computerized and computer skills have become a major requirement for all applicants. Today, about 75 percent of Azerbaijan's population has access to the Internet.
The country is now developing its broadband Internet project, which aims to bring Azerbaijani Internet to the level of developed countries by 2017.
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