NIGERIA is now ranked 70 in the world for malicious attacks and cybercrime according to Symantec’s latest internet security threat report (volume XV) highlighted from January 1, 2009 to Dececember 31, 2009.
Mr. Gordon Love, Regional Director for Africa at Symantec said attacks have evolved from simple scams to highly sophisticated espionage campaigns targeting some of the world’s largest corporations and government entities.

He said Nigeria ranked number 43 in EMEA (Europe and Middle East Africa) and 70 in the world in 2009 for malicious activity. In comparison to the previous year, South Africa climbed seven places from 50 to 43 globally.
Also, given the potential for monetary gain from compromised corporate intellectual property (IP), cyber criminals have turned their attention towards enterprises.
The report found that attackers are leveraging the abundance of personal information openly available on social networking sites to synthesise socially engineered attacks on key individuals within targeted companies.

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