REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and
privacy products, today revealed that the overall chance of home
users encountering a cyberthreat has increased, worldwide.
According to the Avast Global PC Risk Report 2020, home users have
a 25.6% chance of encountering any type of PC malware, up
from 20.1% the previous year.
Home users have a 6.7% chance of being targeted by an 'advanced'
threat, a 20% increase compared to the year before, where the risk
ratio was 5.6%. Avast defines advanced threats as new, not yet
before seen threats, designed to bypass common protection
technologies included in security software, such as signatures,
heuristics, emulators, URL filtering, and email scanning.
In the United States, the
likelihood of a home user coming across any type of threat
increased 49% within a year, from 13.8% to a 20.5% chance of
encountering a threat. Americans have a 5.0% probability of facing
an advance threat, an increase of 34% from the previous year where
the risk ratio was 3.7%.
"Our 2020 reports shows that the risk ratio has increased
worldwide for all threats. The number of connected devices
continues to increase dramatically and this report illustrates how
computers remain vulnerable as they form an important part of
the attack chain," said Luis
Corrons, Security Evangelist at Avast. "Cybercriminals
create threats that take advantage of the activities carried out by
home users, and exploit their potential lack of cybersecurity
awareness and cautiousness, making it vital for everyone to install
a reliable security solution on all devices possible."
The top 10 countries in which home users are most at risk of
encountering any type of threat changed slightly from 2018 to 2019,
with Venezuela, Algeria, Saint
Lucia, Yemen, and
Angola replacing Ethiopia, Egypt, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
Top 10 Countries
Most at Risk:
Home User,
All Threats
Avast Global Risk
Report 2019
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Top 10 Countries
Most at Risk:
Home User, All
Threats
Avast Global Risk
Report 2020
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- Afghanistan (38.73%)
- Iran (37.49%)
- China (37.27%)
- Ethiopia (35.7%)
- Palestine (34.66%)
- Egypt (34.41%)
- Vietnam (33.37%)
- Madagascar (32.73%)
- Laos (32.44%)
- Myanmar (32.17%)
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- China (43.67%) (up from #3)
- Afghanistan (43.30%) (down from #1)
- Venezuela (41.84%) (up from #11)
- Iran (40.17%) (down from #2)
- Algeria (39.41%) (up from #13)
- Palestine (39.33%) (down from #5)
- Madagascar (37.71%) (up from #8)
- Saint Lucia (37.39%) (up from #71)
- Yemen (37.35%) (up from #14)
- Angola (36.75%) (up from #12)
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Methodology
The data included in this report is collected from Avast's
threat detection network, and represents the threats Avast
protected its PC users from September 8,
2019 and October 7, 2019. In
order to provide statistically relevant data, this report includes
data from countries, territories and regions with a sample size of
at least 10,000 computers belonging to home users that encountered
threats during the month we collected the data. The data looks at
total threats and advanced threats, evaluating the risk ratio for
home users around the world.
To calculate the risk ratios for this report, the number of
computers where Avast's protection layers stopped at least one
threat were divided by the total number of computers Avast actively
protected within the 30-day period.
About Avast
Avast (LSE: AVST) is a global leader in digital and privacy
security products. With over 400 million users online, Avast offers
products under the Avast and AVG brands that protect people from
threats on the internet and the evolving IoT threat landscape. The
company's threat detection network is among the most advanced in
the world, using machine learning and artificial intelligence
technologies to detect and stop threats in real time. Avast digital
security products for Mobile, PC or Mac are top-ranked and
certified by VB100, AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, SE Labs and others.
Visit: www.avast.com.
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