Malaysia continues to attract cybercriminals despite businesses stepping up cybersecurity measures and tending to capitalize on the latest security intelligence. The 24th edition of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR) reveals such findings relating to the cyber landscape in Malaysia. As per the SIRv24, cryptocurrency mining malware encounter rate in Malaysia has increased considerably in 2018. The report also noted that the encounter rate would increase or decrease in accordance with the rise and fall in the value of cryptocurrency. Malaysia experiences a higher rate of drive-by download attacks compared to the rest of the world.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/malaysia-continues-to-lure-cybercriminals-report/