Fortinet's list of top security threats in April was dominated by gaming-related threats, the company has said.
In a report from Fortinet’s research team, the company says the threats included a campaign launched on April Fools' Day as well as two online gaming Trojans that targeted a number of Asian countries.
The Trojans OnLineGamesEncPK.fam!tr.pws and OnLineGames.SIN shot up the list with a bullet, landing in the sixth and seventh positions in April’s top 10 respectively.
The Cutwail variant Mutant.CV debuted at number two and manifested on April Fools' Day as a scree-saver attachment in mass mail.
“With Asia accounting for more than 50% of all online gaming revenue worldwide according to recent reports, it’s no surprise that the cyber criminal activity we witnessed this past month were localised attacks to this region,” said Derek Manky, security researcher for Fortinet.
Such gaming threats will continue, Manky said.
“Due to the prosperous nature of the thriving online gaming community, it’s highly likely we will continue to see these types of attacks in the future.”
