This year alone Trend Micro has seen a 54% increase in the number of threats across North Africa, as compared to the same period last year. For Trend Micro, Egypt is a big focus, and we remain committed in our efforts to keeping our customers, and the country safe from internet threats. Across North Africa spam email averages at 2.8 million, and Egypt accounts for 22% of all spam generated in the region. Currently the security vendor is seeing on average 85 banking malware in the country, which accounts for 12.5% of all banking malware being tracked across North Africa. Globally Trend Micro is seeing on average 250 million threats a day.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 09, 2016 10:41 UTC