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CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY
TRENDS IN AFRICA
Table 11. Top 10 Malware Targeting Africa—2016
MALWARE
RANK
PERCENTAGE
WITHIN AFRICA
GLOBAL
RANK
GLOBAL
PERCENTAGE
Downloader.Dromedan Activity
1
15%
5
4%
VBS.Dunihi!lnk
2
9%
20
1%
System Infected: Backdoor Houdini Activity
3
8%
27
1%
Trojan.Gen
4
6%
4
5%
W32.Ramnit!html
5
4%
16
1%
W32.Chir.B@mm
6
4%
33
<1%
System Infected: Fake Plugin Activity
7
4%
9
2%
Generic W32.Sality Attack
8
4%
19
1%
W32.Ramnit.B
9
3%
32
<1%
System Infected: Downloader.Upatre Activity
10
2%
12
1%
Figure 15. Top 10 Malware Targeting Africa—2016
4,000
Downloader.Dromedan Activity
3,582
VBS.Dunihi!lnk
Event Count (Thousands)
3,500
System Infected: Backdoor Houdini
Activity
3,000
Trojan.Gen
2,500
2,000
2,296
W32.Ramnit!html
1,942
W32.Chir.B@mm
System Infected: Fake Plugin Activity
1,500
1,000
1,339
Generic W32.Sality Attack
1,045 989
915 851
W32.Ramnit.B
795
590
500
System Infected: Downloader.Upatre
Activity