Poland in 26th position in 2017 global cyberattack ranking

Last year, 0.86 percent of all global cyber attacks were recorded in Poland, which places the country in 26th position in the world ranking in terms of cybercriminal activity and in 10th place among European countries, according to results from the 23rd edition of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. The most common threats were phishing, cryptojacking and attacks using malware. Last year, the astronomical increase in the popularity of cryptocurrencies triggered a cryptojacking gold rush. The number of coinminer detections (programs for extracting cryptocurrencies) in users' computers increased by 8,500 percent globally in 2017.