He added the ASR states that in the face of increased attack surface exposures, exponential improvements in attack sophistication, more widespread use of state of the black art monetisation techniques by attackers and involvement of rogue states, there is a worldwide shortage of nearly a million skilled security professionals.

On the shortage of trained professionals in India, Dayal said: "In India itself we are seeing a shortage of close to 4,00,000 cyber warriors as per CERT report in September last year. Over 1,000 times, the Indian government websites have been breached for past 3 years."

The report also revealed that hackers are increasing attacks on the core of the internet -- servers of web hosting providers, name servers and data centres -- to spread exploits. Thousands of web hosting centres now acting as launch pads for such attacks.

Android and Java are top security targets for malware and hacks, the report said adding Android also has a large install base and is therefore an attractive target for hackers.
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