Kaspersky Reports 52% Rise in Backdoors on Indian SMBs
Over 37 lakh RDP attacks in six months, while 83% of organisations surveyed in India are ready to invest in their contractors’ security
Backdoors detected on the systems of Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) grew 52.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, according to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) data. Kaspersky detected 4,52,351 backdoors on SMB systems in India between January and June 2026, compared with 2,97,412 in H1 2025 and 4,08,244 in H2 2025, a rise in each of the last three half-years.
Kaspersky describes a backdoor as a way of bypassing normal authentication to gain hidden remote access to a computer, and notes that backdoor Trojans are among the most widespread and dangerous types of Trojans. Once in place, a backdoor lets attackers return at will to steal data, move deeper into the network or launch further attacks.
Remote access remains a prime entry point. Kaspersky recorded...
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