As per the latest report by Symantec on "Internet Security Threat (volume XV)" for the time period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009, Nigeria stood at 70th place on the world chart for harmful attacks and cyber crime.

Trend Micro, the Internet security company, states that the Italian bank 'Banca Popolare di Sondrio' has been recently attacked by phishers. The discloser was made on the basis of finding of spam mails that seem to have come from the Bank's website, SCRIGNO.

According to a latest study by the security firm Zscaler, Central and South American countries such as Argentina and Honduras are spreading and hosting malware at a higher percentage of their total Internet traffic compared to other countries.

Recently, Standard Bank of Namibia (SBN, Namibia) cautioned the public of a phishing mail that appears to be coming from the bank.