87% of SMBs in APAC faced cybersecurity incidents in past year: Kaspersky
87% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Asia-Pacific region experienced a cybersecurity incident over the past year, according to a Kaspersky survey of IT security specialists across 18 countries.
The survey found that only 13% of businesses with fewer than 500 employees in APAC reported avoiding a cyber incident during the period. Vietnam recorded the highest proportion of businesses reporting incidents at 97%, followed by Malaysia at 95%, Indonesia at 92% and India at 87%. Thailand and China reported lower levels at 82% and 67%, respectively.
Among SMBs in APAC, software vulnerability exploitation accounted for 20% of reported incidents, followed by phishing at 19% and mass malware attacks at 18%. Zero-day exploits were reported by 6% of organisations.
Respondents identified lack of security awareness among non-IT employees as the leading factor increasing the risk of successful cyberattacks, cited by 26% of SMB respondents. Lack of expertise among IT...
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