Africa: One-in-Three Computers Processing Biometry Face Attempts to Steal Data or Remote Control

11 December 2019

37% of computers - servers and workstations - used to collect, process and store biometric data (such as fingerprints, hand geometry, face, voice and iris templates), on which Kaspersky products are installed, faced at least one attempt of malware infection in Q3 2019.

Overall, a significant number of conventional malware samples were blocked, including modern remote-access Trojans (5.4%), malware used in phishing attacks (5.1%), ransomware (1.9%), and Trojan bankers (1.5%). These and other findings came from the "Threats for biometric data processing and storage systems" report, prepared by Kaspersky ICS CERT.

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