Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- As cyber threats continue to grow in scale globally, new data highlights that local malware infections remain a persistent risk for users in Sri Lanka. According to Kaspersky, which detected an average of half a million malicious files every day worldwide in 2025, offline infection vectors continue to contribute significantly to the regional threat landscape.
Data from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) shows that during the third quarter of 2025, Kaspersky detected 3,938,281 local malware incidents on the computers of KSN participants in Sri Lanka. During this period, 23.2% of users in the country encountered local threats, placing Sri Lanka 53rd globally in terms of exposure to malware spread through local infection v...