Delhi tops malicious cities' list

MUMBAI, INDIA: A new report from F-Secure Labs titled The state of Internet in India affirmed that Delhi was the most infected city in 2014.

The study noted that Sality, Ramnit, TroganLNK.Gen, Trogan.Script and Virtob were the top five malicious detections; and Delhi at 20 percent, Hyderabad and Chennai at nine percent and Chandigarh at seven percent were the top malicious cities in 2014.

On the vertical front, banking still remained the most vulnerable vertical in India, largely infected with the Ramnit malware that steals user names and passwords, and spreads through USB drives.

Among the trends, the researchers observed a decline in the Downadup/Conficker infection over the past three years in India.

On the mobile front, premium rate SMS remained the key reason behind a high number of SMS-related malware on the Android platform. The findings were in-line with a CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team of India) of December of 2014.

The mobile malwares are capable of collecting API key, application ID, carrier, device manufacturer, device model, GPS location, international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number, network operator, package name and SDK version from your device, F-Secure said.

It added that Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai and Gurgaon emerged as the top mobile infected cities in 2014.