Italy 4th in world for malware attacks

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - Italy is fourth in the world for the number of malware attacks is suffers, behind Germany, France and Britain, according to the 'Navigating new frontiers' report from the Trend Micro Research company.
    In 2021, it said, over 60 million malicious viruses were intercepted in Italy.
    This was up from 20 million in 2020.
    Over 336 million e-mail threats hit Italy in 2021 while 269 million malicious sites were blocked in the country and the number of malign apps downloaded was 51,000.
    Online banking malware intercepted amounted to almost 3,500, the report said. (ANSA).