Context: The India cyber threat report 2023  is released by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and Quick heal.

About Indian Cyber Threat Report 2023

• Purpose: To empower businesses to fortify their cybersecurity posture by presenting a  thorough analysis of cyber threats in the Indian landscape, drawing on a wealth of data, statistics, and telemetry from approximately 8.5 million endpoints.

Indian Cyber Threat Report 2023: Key Findings

• Total Detections: Over 400 million detections across approximately 8.5 million Endpoints.
• Detection Rate: Averaging 761 detections per minute.
• Behaviour-Based Detections: Approximately 49 million detections(12.5%) stem from behaviour-based analysis.
• Ransomware incident ratio:  1 per 650 detections
• Malware incident ratio:  1 per 38,000 detections · 
• Cryptojacking (Emerging Threat) It is a type of cybercrime that involves the unauthorized use of people’s devices (computers, smartphones, tablets, or even servers) by cybercriminals to mine for cryptocurrency.
• A significant increase in Adware and Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs).

Must Read: NCRB Data On Cyber Crime In India

News source: Business Standard