<ul><li>In Q4 2024, 21.9% of ICS computers had malicious objects blocked, a decrease of 0.1 pp from the previous quarter.</li><li>Regionally, Africa had the highest percentage (31%), while Northern Europe had the lowest (10.6%).</li><li>The biometrics sector had the highest percentage of blocked malicious objects among industries.</li><li>Kaspersky's protection solutions blocked malware from 11,065 different families on ICS systems in Q4 2024.</li><li>Primary threat sources include the internet, email clients, and removable storage devices.</li><li>Malicious objects for initial infection included denylisted internet resources and phishing pages.</li><li>The percentage of ICS computers with blocked malicious scripts and phishing pages rose to 7.11% in Q4.</li><li>Spyware blocking increased to 4.30%, while ransomware blocking reached its highest value in two years at 0.21%.</li><li>Next-stage malware such as spyware, ransomware, and miners were utilized after initial infections.</li><li>Self-propagating malware (worms and viruses) saw increased block rates in Q4 2024.</li></ul>

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems in Q4 2024

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