After a short break in August, cybercriminals return to focus on Italy, which in September is confirmed as the first country in Europe most affected by malware. Specifically, in September the total number of malwares that hit Italy was 27,420,994. France (22,743,991), the United Kingdom (19,381,564), Germany (18,883,148) and Spain (8,320,493) are among the five most affected European countries. The data is the result of the analysis of the Smart Protection Network, Trend Micro's global intelligence network that identifies and analyzes threats and constantly updates the online database related to cyber incidents, to block attacks in real time thanks to the best technology available on the market. The Smart Protection Network consists of over 250 million sensors and blocks an average of 65 billion threats per year, with the record of 94 billion threats blocked in 2021. In September 2022, Trend Micro's Smart Protection Network handled 514 billion queries and stopped 15 million threats.