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
About Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
- It is a premier industry body on data protection in India, setup by NASSCOM.
- It is committed to making cyberspace safe, secure and trusted by establishing best practices, standards and initiatives in cyber security and privacy.
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News source: Business Standard