NationThailand-Nov 16
Thai businesses were targeted by spyware over 21,000 times in the first half of 2025, ranking fourth in Southeast Asia for such attacks. The attacks are part of a wider regional trend that saw a 70% spike in spyware incidents across Southeast Asia during the same period. A major factor in the surge is the rise of commercial “zero-click” spyware, which can infect devices without requiring the user to click on a malicious link or file.
This spyware is designed to operate silently to steal sensitive information, such as login credentials, financial details, and proprietary corporate data. Businesses across Thailand and Southeast Asia are facing an escalating cybersecurity crisis, driven by a rapid increase in targeted spyware attacks that steal highly confidential data, a new report from Kaspersky has warned. During the first half of 2025, Thailand ranked fourth in the region for targeted espionage, recording 21,014 instances of spyware attacks aimed at its organizations and corporate network. The regional trend is alarming. Kaspersky’s enterprise solutions detected and blocked a total of 427,265 spyware attacks across Southeast Asia between January and June 2025. This marks a massive 70.73 per cent increase from the 250,260 attacks recorded during the same period the previous year. Vietnam topped the list with 191,976 detected attacks, followed by Malaysia (96,539) and Indonesia (85,560). Thailand’s 21,014 detections were closely followed by Singapore (20,157) and the Philippines (12,019). The report highlights that modern spyware is discreetly installed to harvest sensitive information, differing from typical malware as it generally avoids damaging systems, programs, or files. Instead, it operates silently by logging keystrokes, capturing screenshots, and monitoring activities before exfiltrating stolen data to attackers. Compromised information commonly includes login credentials, account PIN codes, credit card numbers, and proprietary corporate data. A significant factor driving the rising threat level is the emergence of commercial spyware.
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