Russia ranks first among the countries where users face the greatest risk of online infection, with 48.9%, followed by Kazakhstan, with 46.27% and Azerbaijan, with 43.23%.
The Top 10 malware families most commonly used in 2015 to attack online banking users include two families of mobile banking Trojans, Faketoken and Marcher.
In 2015, Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked attempts to launch malware capable of stealing money via online banking on 1,966,324 computers, 2.8% higher than in 2014 (1,910,520).
According to the report, the numerous modifications of ZeuS, which had continuously topped the ranking of the most commonly used malware families for several years, were dethroned this year by Dyre/Dyzap/Dyreza. In the banking Trojan sector, the share of users attacked by Dyreza exceeded 40%.
Ransomware attacks have also extended on new platforms in 2015. The number of attacks aimed at the Android OS grew rapidly, and by the end of the year 17% of attacks involving ransomware were blocked on Android devices.
This year, Kaspersky Lab products detected ransomware Trojans in 200 countries.
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