22 CYBER CRIME & CYBER SECURITY TRENDS IN AFRICA HIGHLIGHTS METRIC DESCRIPTION / PERCENTAGE ATTACK Global percentage of attacks originating from Africa 0.6% Top attack originating from Africa Anonymous open proxy activity detected (38%) Top attack targeting Africa Microsoft Windows .lnk file code execution (13%) MALWARE Global percentage of malware originating from Africa 1.5% Top malware originating from Africa W32.SillyFDC.BDP Attack (47%) Top malware targeting Africa Downloader.Dromedan Activity (15%) SPAM Global percentage of spam originating from Africa 3.5% PHISHING HOSTS Global percentage of phishing hosts originating from Africa 0.8% BOT Global percentage of bots originating from Africa 11.4% Top named botnet family for bots originating from Africa Virut (40%) C&C SERVERS Global percentage of C&C servers originating from Africa 2.9%