Home » today » Technology » Closures, video games and bad guys: more than 5 million attacks detected last year – Market & Profit Closures, video games and bad guys: more than 5 million attacks detected last year – Market & Profit September 4, 2021 by world today news – – – Between the third quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2021, Kaspersky’s solutions detected and prevented more than 5.8 million attacks by malware and unwanted software disguised as popular computer games. – – – This increased volume may be related to the rapid growth of gaming activities during a pandemic. The data comes from Kaspersky’s latest report on cyber threats related to video games, in which researchers measured changes in game-related threats during a pandemic. Over the past 18 months, the video game industry has seen unprecedented growth, in part due to users being forced to look for alternative forms of entertainment to stay home. Although the world has become more secure this year, demand for video games has not declined and the industry is projected to grow further, peaking at as much as $ 175.5 billion by the end of 2021. In light of this, Kaspersky researchers have examined the threats to video games that users faced during the pandemic, from potential attacks on computers and mobile devices to phishing scams. (Photo: Pexels.com) – To get a clear picture of the trend, Kaspersky experts analyzed malware attacks as well as attacks with unwanted software disguised as 24 of the most popular computer games and 10 most popular mobile games in 2021. The results showed that cyber threats related to computer games jumped into the skies with the introduction of closures in the second quarter of 2020, reaching 2.48 million detected globally, an increase of 66% compared to the first quarter of 2020, when 1, 48 million attacks were detected. Interestingly, the number of attacks and affected users fell sharply in the second quarter of 2021; only 636,904 attacks were detected during this period. There was a slightly different trend for mobile games, where the number of affected users increased by 185 percent at the beginning of the pandemic: from 1138 in February 2020 to 3253 in March 2020. Furthermore, the number of users trying to relax using mobile phones has not decreased significantly. following two waves of epidemic: compared to the second quarter of 2020, the monthly number of attacked users fell by only 10 percent on average in the second quarter of 2021. This indicates that mobile threats remained attractive to cybercriminals even after the closures were lifted worldwide. 1 2 – Next page » – – . Related posts:Adele Refuses to Buy Sylvester Stallone's Los Angeles Mansion Without Iconic 'Rocky' StatueUS Federal Trade Commission Appeals Court's Decision on Activision Blizzard-Microsoft MergerMicrosoft is giving away a free game for XboxCould Apple release a battery-powered HomePod Mini?Share this:FacebookX Related World class Zurich in the Letzigrund stadium After ten years, Plácido Domingo sang in Český Krumlov. He fulfilled his promise, pleases the president of the festival – ČT24 – Czech Television Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Search for:
