According to security solutions firm Websense, India has emerged as the third most affected country in 2013 to be attacked by the Zeus malware that is used to access sensitive data from industries like finance, government, manufacturing and services.

According to Websense, Zeus is a malware that runs on PCs supporting versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. While it can carry out many malicious and criminal tasks, it is often used to steal banking information by keystroke logging and form grabbing. It is also used to install CryptoLocker ransomware, which locks access to the computer unless a fee (usually is paid to the hacker by the user.)

In terms of number of attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom are the other two leading countries impacted by malware. Other countries impacted by the malware include Canada, Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Italy, France and Turkey. While services was the most attacked vertical, manufacturing, finance and government sectors followed closely on the list. Other target sectors include communications, education, retail, healthcare, transportation and utilities.