21923 - SCTE Broadband Aug2023 COMPLETE v1 (1)

57 Vol. 45 No. 3 - September 2023 Issue from the industry users (11) in the country. Computers that have been infected with the Gamarue botnet open doors to hackers and make it easier for them to take control of your business data and devices. Belgium also has the joint second lowest malware hosting sites among all top 10 European countries, with an average of 390 sites per 100,000 urls. Ranking third as the most cyber-secure European country is Austria, with an overall cyber security index score of 80.59/100. Boasting the lowest number of both malware hosting sites (34) and phishing sites (260) per 100,000 urls, the country owns fewer sites that could trick you or contain malware, making businesses less worried about sensitive information being stolen. In fourth place is Switzerland with a cyber secure index score of 78.09/100. Sweden and Greece rank joint fifth place with a score of 76.31/100. Bulgaria ranks the least secure European country for businesses that allow working remotely, with a total cyber security score of only 51.82 out of 100. With 1,220 phishing sites and 1,170 malware hosting sites per 100,000 urls, businesses in the country will need to be extra careful when identifying whether a website is genuine. Serbia owns one of the highest number of compromised computers per 100,000 internet users (1,467) which leads to its low cyber security score of 53.83 - ranking as the second least cyber-secure European country. Top 10 most cyber secure European countries to work from Rank Country DDOS attacks per 100,000 Internet Users Phishing sites per 100,000 urls Malware hosting sites per 100,000 urls Compromised computers per 100,000 internet users Cyber security index score (/100) = 1 Finland 79 320 430 47 82.45 = 1 Belgium 314 280 390 11 82.45 3 Austria 175 260 340 137 80.59 4 Switzerland 203 460 470 17 78.09 = 5 Sweden 94 410 390 736 76.31 = 5 Greece 386 370 440 25 76.31 7 Norway 475 340 490 14 75.51 8 France 50 610 850 31 74.92 = 9 Germany 177 480 570 75 73.89 = 9 Estonia 698 540 440 14 73.89 * Total DDOS Attacks were counted between 2015 to 2021. **Compromised computers = have been infected with the Gamarue botnet. Please see full methodology below Indusface found out that Finland and Belgium share the title of the most secure European countries for businesses to allow employees to work remotely, each with a cyber security score of 82.45 out of 100. 5 least cyber-secure European countries to work from Rank Country DDOS attacks per 100,000 Internet Users Phishing sites per 100,000 urls Malware hosting sites per 100,000 urls Compromised computers per 100,000 internet users Cyber security index score (/100) 1 Bulgaria 167.40 1220 1,170 430 51.82 2 Serbia 173.61 780 790 1,467 53.83 3 Lithuania 560.74 1010 840 38 55.77 4 Romania 118.00 1040 720 1,435 56.01 5 Croatia 724.60 750 340 2,105 56.57