In the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 0.3 pp from the previous quarter to 24.4%. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 1.3 pp.
Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked, by quarter, 2022-2024.
Building automation has historically led the surveyed industries in terms of the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked.
Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked in selected industries.
In the first quarter of 2024, Kaspersky's protection solutions blocked malware from 10,865 different families belonging to various categories on industrial automation systems.
Percentage of ICS computers on which the activity of malicious objects in various categories was prevented.
Compared to the previous quarter, in the first quarter of 2024, the most significant increase in the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects in various categories were blocked was detected for AutoCAD malware: by 1.16 times.
In the first quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which threats from various sources were blocked decreased for every major source.
Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects from various sources were blocked.
Regionally, the percentage of ICS computers that blocked malicious objects during the quarter ranged from 32.4% in Africa to 11.5% in Northern Europe.
Regions ranked by percentage of ICS computers where malicious objects were blocked, Q1 2024.
The two regions with the highest percentage of attacked ICS computers, Africa and South-East Asia, saw their percentages increase from the previous quarter.
Malicious objects used for initial infection of computers deliver next-stage malware - spyware, ransomware, and miners - to victims' computers.
As a rule, the higher the percentage of ICS computers on which initial infection malware is blocked, the higher the percentage of next-stage malware.
Miners in the form of Windows executable files are seventh in the global rankings of threat categories by percentage of ICS computers on which they were blocked.
We should note that during Q1 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which miners in the form of Windows executable files were blocked increased in all regions except for Russia and Central Asia.
In Q1 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which browser-based web miners were blocked increased in all regions except for Russia and Central Asia.
Globally, worms are in sixth place in the threat category ranking by percentage of ICS computers on which they were blocked.
In Southeast Asia, viruses are in first place in the threat category rankings by percentage of ICS computers on which they were blocked.
Normally, AutoCAD malware is a minor threat that usually comes last in the malware category rankings by percentage of ICS computers on which it is blocked.
This Cyber News was published on securelist.com. Publication date: Mon, 27 May 2024 10:13:06 +0000