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CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY
TRENDS IN AFRICA
Table 10. Top 10 Malware Originating from Africa—2016
MALWARE
RANK
PERCENTAGE
WITHIN AFRICA
GLOBAL
RANK
GLOBAL
PERCENTAGE
W32.SillyFDC.BDP Attack
1
47%
77
<1%
Trojan.Cridex Activity
2
9%
72
<1%
System Infected: Backdoor Houdini Activity
3
9%
27
1%
W32.Qakbot Activity
4
4%
66
<1%
System Infected: W32.Downadup Activity
5
4%
54
<1%
System Infected: Dark Comet RAT Activity
6
4%
216
<1%
Possible Conficker Infection
7
3%
6
2%
System Infected: Trojan.Malscript activity
8
3%
104
<1%
System Infected: Downloader.Upatre Activity
9
2%
12
1%
System Infected: Backdoor.Ratenjay RAT Activity
10
2%
109
<1%
Figure 13. Top 10 Malware Originating from Africa—2016
1,200
W32.SillyFDC.BDP Attack
Trojan.Cridex Activity
Event Count (Thousands)
1,026
1,000
System Infected: Backdoor Houdini
Activity
W32.Qakbot Activity
800
System Infected: W32.Downadup
Activity
System Infected: Dark Comet RAT
Activity
600
Possible Conficker Infection
400
200
System Infected: Trojan.Malscript
activity
194
192
94
0
78
77
64
System Infected:
Downloader.Upatre Activity
54
48
37
System Infected:
Backdoor.Ratenjay
RAT Activity