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Comparitech's "Which countries have the worst (and best) cybersecurity?"

»www.comparitech.com/blog ··· country/
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We considered seven criteria, each of which had equal weight in our overall score. These were:
- The percentage of mobiles infected with malware – software designed to gain unauthorized access to, destroy, or disrupt a device’s system
- The percentage of computers infected with malware – software designed to gain unauthorized access to, destroy, or disrupt a computer’s system
- The number of financial malware attacks – malicious programs created to steal a user’s money from the bank account on their computer system
- The percentage of telnet attacks (by originating country) – the technique used by cybercriminals to get people to download a variety of malware types
- The percentage of attacks by cryptominers – software that’s developed to take over a user’s computer and use its resources to mine currency (without the user’s permission)
- The best-prepared countries for cyber attacks
- The countries with the most up-to-date legislation

The highest-scoring countries per category were:
- Highest percentage of mobile malware infections – Bangladesh – 35.91% of users
- Highest number of financial malware attacks – Germany – 3% of users
- Highest percent of computer malware infections – Algeria – 32.41%
- Highest percentage of telnet attacks (by originating country) – China – 27.15%
- Highest percentage of attacks by cryptominers – Uzbekistan – 14.23% of users
- Least prepared for cyber attacks – Vietnam – 0.245 score
- Worst up-to-date legislation for cybersecurity – Algeria – 1 key category covered

The lowest-scoring countries per category were:
- Lowest percentage of mobile malware infections – Japan – 1.34% of users
- Lowest number of financial malware attacks – Ukraine – 0.3% of users
- Lowest percent of computer malware infections – Denmark – 5.9% of users
- Lowest percentage of telnet attacks (by originating country) – Algeria, Uzbekistan, and Sri Lanka – 0.01%
- Lowest percentage of attacks by cryptominers – Denmark – 0.61% of users
- Best prepared for cyber attacks – Singapore – 0.925 score
- Most up-to-date legislation for cybersecurity – France, China, Russia, and Germany – all 7 categories covered
Came across this today and sounds pretty interesting. Sharing out of general security interest.

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