Publications

10 June 2025

The internet ranks first among threat sources in all regions. The problem is particularly relevant to Africa, South-East Asia, South Asia and Russia.

• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

05 June 2025

Kaspersky ICS CERT experts managed to find and analyze the malware and utilities most probably used by the actors. The key finding was a previously unknown backdoor.

• backdoor,
• hacktivists,
• industrial cybersecurity,
• malware

15 May 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which various types of malware spread via the internet and email were blocked increased for the first time in two years.

• ICS security,
• malware,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

17 March 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked increased in eight regions. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 10.6% in Northern Europe to 31.0% in Africa.

• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

17 March 2025

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious scripts and phishing pages as well as ransomware were blocked continued to increase.

• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

24 February 2025

Kaspersky discovered a new attack targeting industrial organizations in APAC

• backdoor,
• fatalrat,
• malware,
• trojans

25 December 2024

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased from the second quarter to 22%. But the figure increased in Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and East Asia. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 9.7% in Northern Europe to 31.5% in Africa.

• APT,
• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

25 December 2024

The percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 1.5 pp from the second quarter to 22%. The biometrics sector led the surveyed industries in terms of this parameter.

• APT,
• biometrics,
• buildings automation,
• construction,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

21 November 2024

The global percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased from Q1 2024 to 23.5%. But the figure increased in four regions. Regionally, the percentage ranged from 11.3% in Northern Europe to 30% in Africa.

• buildings automation,
• energy sector,
• ICS engineering,
• ICS integration,
• malware,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics

26 September 2024

In the second quarter of 2024, the percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked decreased by 0.9 pp from the previous quarter to 23.5%. Compared to the second quarter of 2023, the percentage decreased by 3.3 pp.

• buildings automation,
• malware,
• manufacturing,
• miners,
• phishing,
• ransomware,
• spyware,
• statistics