India 4th in countries with hacked servers: Kaspersky Lab

Q.  Kaspersky Lab finds India ranking ___ in hacked servers with 3488 compromised servers listed on xDedi as of May 2016.
- Published on 17 Jun 16

a. 3rd
b. 4th
c. 5th
d. 6th

ANSWER: 4th
 
Kaspersky Lab investigates global forum where cyber criminals can purchase and sell access to compromised servers for close to USD 6 each. xDedic marketplace run lists 70,624 hacked RDP servers for sale. India ranks 4th in hacked servers with 3488 compromised servers listed on the site as of May 2016
  • Research says many of the servers are for consumer websites and services and some have software installation for direct mail, financial accounting and PoS processing.
  • India is among the top 5 countries attacked by ransomware
  • These type of sites target owner infrastructure or serve as a launchpad for greater attacks
  • Owners including government entities, universities and corporations need to be more alert

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