Global cybersecurity services provider NortonLifeLock on Wednesday said it had blocked more than 18,013,055 threats - the equivalent of about 195,794 per day - during the first three months of 2022 in India.
Of these, 59,907 were phishing attempts and 31,062 were tech support scams, the company said, adding that cybercriminals were now deceiving victims using deepfakes and crypto scams to access financial or personal information.
Globally, the company blocked more than a billion attacks during the three months ended March, ie, more than 11 million attacks per day.
