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Avast Global PC Risk Report2020
Table of ContentsACzech .24Spain.24Switzerland.25United Kingdom.25Introduction.3Simple Threats.4Advanced Threats.4Methodology.4BGlobal Risk Ratio. 5Global Risk Ratio: Home Users.6-7.Latin America.26Argentina.26Brazil. 27Mexico.28Global Risk Ratio: Business Users. 8-9CConclusion. 10-12.DAsia ata for Global Home User Risk Ratio: All Threats.14-15Data for Global Home User Risk Ratio: Advanced Threats.16-17Data for Global Business User Risk Ratio: All Threats. 18North America. 31Canada. 31United States.32Data for Global Business User Risk Ratio: Advanced Threats.19Europe.20Austria.20Avast Global PC Risk Report 2020.Contact Information. 33.2
A IntroductionCybercrime is a professionalized business, and cybercriminalsa 15% chance of encountering malware, up from 11% theare constantly looking for new and effective ways to attackprevious year. Businesses generally often have more layerspeople around the world.of protection in place than home users, making them lesslikely to encountering malware. A plausible explanation forIn 2019, Avast observed Swiss army-like malware, which isthe increase in risk is a growth in the number of attacks asmodular malware capable of carrying out various types ofcybercrime continues to be profitable.attacks, rather than just one. Cybercriminals often do notdiscriminate between targets and simply carry out mass attacksWith over 400 million of users worldwide, Avast has one of theto reach as many potential victims as possible, with manylargest threat detection networks in the cybersecurity industry.people simply affected as collateral damage from a blanketThe attacks on these devices provide valuable insightsattack. This is why it is so important for people to haveand knowledge of the most prevalent threats.cybersecurity to protect themselves when they go online.The PC Risk Report reveals that globally, home users havea 26% chance of encountering any type of malware, upfrom 20% from the previous year, while business users haveAvast Global PC Risk Report 2020 Contents3
A IntroductionCyberthreats are not all the same, but for simplicity, in thisreport we group the threats into two high level categories:simple threats and advanced threats.Simple ThreatsSimple threats are malware often produced by script kiddiesthat do not contain advanced packers, anti-emulationfeatures, and other types of self protection.Advanced ThreatsAdvanced threats include malware spread by nation states,malware with custom packers and hardcore anti-emulationfeatures. These often come from criminal groups that focus onsuccessful infection rates, making sure that the malware theycreate circumvents most security solutions users have in place.We define these more sophisticated threats as advancedthreats. Advanced threats are new, not yet before seenMethodologyThe data included in this report is collected from Avast’s threatdetection network, and represents the threats from whichAvast protected its PC users between September 8, 2019and October 7, 2019. In order to provide statistically relevantdata, this report includes data from countries, territories andregions with a sample size of at least 10,000 computersbelonging to home users that encountered threats during themonth we collected the data, and at least 1,000 computersused by businesses. The data looks at total threats andadvanced threats, evaluating the risk ratio for home andbusiness users around the world.To calculate the risk ratios for this report, we divided thenumber of computers where Avast’s protection layersstopped at least one threat, by the total number of computersAvast actively protected within the 30-day period.threats, designed to bypass common protection technologiesincluded in security software, such as signatures, heuristics,emulators, URL filtering, mail scanning, etc.Avast Global PC Risk Report 2020 Contents4
B Global Risk RatioAccording to our data, the worldwide chance of infection fromThe difference in the risk ratio between home and businessany type of malware - this includes simple and advancedusers is most likely due to the fact that businesses often havethreats - for a business computer is 15% (11% in the previousadditional security layers in place, blocking threats beforeyear). Home users, on the other hand, are at more risk ofthey even enter a business’ network, set up by dedicatedencountering all types of malware, with a 26% chance ofIT teams or external IT administration partners. Businessesinfection (20% in the previous year).usually also have more restrictive policies in place, and whenat work, users’ browsing activities may be more limited andThe chances of users being targeted by an ‘advanced’ threattherefore less risky; unlike at home, where they might shopare lower, but the proportion is similar to all threats, withonline, take care of their finances, visit video streaming andbusinesses having a 5% (3% in the previous year) chancegaming sites that can potentially harbor risks, without theof encountering an advanced threat, and consumers a 7%benefit of additional layers of protection they have in theirchance (6% in the previous year).work environment.Avast Global PC Risk Report 2020 Contents5
B Global Risk Ratio: Home Users All ThreatsCOUNTRIES MOST AT RISKGlobal Home User Risk Ratio: All Threats*Values areapproximate20%25%Avast Global PC Risk Report 202030%35%40%COUNTRIES LEAST AT RISK1.China43.67%1.South ezuela41.84%3.Australia19.31%4.Iran40.17%4.Puerto d States20.48%8.Saint 2%10.Angola36.75%10.Switzerland 20.97% Contents6
B Global Risk Ratio: Home Users Advanced ThreatsCOUNTRIES MOST AT RISKGlobal Home User Risk Ratio: Advanced Threats*Values areapproximate6%8%Avast Global PC Risk Report 202010%12%14%COUNTRIES LEAST AT 7.Sweden rlands 4.65%10.Myanmar11.53%10.New Zealand4.63%4.65% Contents7
B Global Risk Ratio: Business Users All ThreatsCOUNTRIES MOST AT RISKGlobal Business User Risk Ratio: All Threats*Values areapproximate15%20%25%Avast Global PC Risk Report 202030%35%40%45%COUNTRIES LEAST AT China32.93%4.United ia 11.96%8.Turkey29.38%8.United Singapore28.75%10.Germany 12.46% Contents8
B Global Risk Ratio: Business Users Advanced ThreatsCOUNTRIES MOST AT RISKGlobal Home User Risk Ratio: Advanced Threats*Values areapproximate5%10%Avast Global PC Risk Report 202015%20%25%COUNTRIES LEAST AT RISK1.Vietnam28.93%1.Trinidad & Tobago 5.South Africa9.28%5.New can erlands3.81% Contents9
C ConclusionThe majority of computer users, whether it beBusinesses, especially larger businesses, onbe more aware and better informed when itbusiness or home users, are often collateralthe other hand, have IT support, various layerscomes to PC security best practices. Even so,damage, meaning they aren’t specificallyof protection, and are usually more restrictedthis correlation is not completely conclusive.targeted with personalized attacks.in terms of their online activities and with whatthey can and cannot access. This, however,What we can conclude is that both home andThis, along with different languages and localdoesn’t mean businesses are at lower risk ofbusiness users need protection, regardlesscircumstances, makes it difficult to pinpoint whybeing attacked.of where they find themselves in the world.certain countries are more or less targeted byCybercrime is a profitable business that is onlythreats. The numbers included in this report areThere are attacks that specifically targetexpected to grow and cybercriminals don’taverage figures and it’s important to rememberbusinesses, such as SamSam ransomwarediscriminate when it comes to who they target.that correlation is not causation when takingwhich successfully infected public servicethe data included in this report into account.departments in the United States, or theThere is one clear conclusion, the risk ratio hasattack against Marriott-owned Starwood hotelincreased worldwide for all threats, includingIn general, home users are at higher risk ofchain which resulted in a data breach ofadvanced threats. The number of connectedencountering threats, as they are typicallypersonal data belonging to about 500 milliondevices is increasing dramatically, and evensolely responsible for protecting theirhotel guests. If we take a look at the top tenthough this report just focuses on threatscomputers. Additionally, home users interactsafest countries, meaning the ones with theencountered by PC users, the fact is that therewith different content than business users.lowest risk ratio, they all belong to the OECDare more devices that can be used to launchCybercriminals create threats that take(Organisation for Economic Co-operation andattacks from, as well as be part of the attackadvantage of the activities carried out byDevelopment). These countries are amongchain, and this includes computers.home users and exploit their potential lack ofthe early technology adopters, which meanscybersecurity awareness and cautiousness.users in these countries, for the most part, mayAvast Global PC Risk Report 2020 Contents10
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threats, designed to bypass common protection technologies included in security software, such as signatures, heuristics, emulators, URL filtering, mail scanning, etc. Methodology The data included in this report is collected from Avast’s threat detection network, and represents the threats from which Avast protected its PC users between September 8, 2019 and October 7, 2019. In order to .
