New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- India has overtaken Brazil and Spain as the country most targeted by cyber attackers, according to Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis.

In May, 12.4% of the devices running on the Windows operating system in India experienced malware detections, the highest worldwide, rising to 13.2% in June, according to the Acronis Cyberthreats Report for the first half of 2025.

Malware, or malicious software, refers to a software program or code designed to gain unauthorized access to an endpoint such as a computer or a network, and disrupt operations.

India's digital ecosystem faces a "perfect storm" of hostile factors, warned the report, which drew on threat intelligence from more than a million global endpoints or devices such ...