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SG ranks 11th globally as a cyber threat source: Kaspersky detects over 1M incidents in Q4 2019
Kaspersky’s latest data shows that more than one million detected incidents originated from servers located in Singapore in the final quarter of 2019. This places Singapore at 11th place globally when it comes to locations with the most number of… Continue reading
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Protecting your holiday season from festive hacks
With the Christmas and New Year festive season looming ahead, many families and individuals are taking the rare opportunity to enjoy some well-deserved break from the gruelling monotony of work. With people travelling on holidays, going online to shop for… Continue reading
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How to decide on your company’s IT security budget
By Alexander Moiseev, Chief Business Officer, Kaspersky Worldwide spending on information security products and services has been on the rise for years. According to Gartner, it’s going from $114 billion in 2018 (an increase of 12.4% from 2017) to forecasted… Continue reading
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Kaspersky uncovers zero-day in popular web browser exploited in the wild by the threat actor
Kaspersky’s automated technologies have detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser. Kaspersky has allocated the vulnerability as CVE-2019-13720 and reported it to Google. A patch has been released. Upon review of the PoC provided, Google confirmed that it is a… Continue reading
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Autumn harvest: Half of the Q3 DDoS attacks happened in September
In the third quarter of 2019, the number of DDoS attacks rose by a third compared to the previous period (30 percentage points) and Q3 2018 (32 percentage points) according to statistics gathered from Kaspersky DDoS Protection. This growth was… Continue reading
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Kaspersky blocks over 1 million Android attacks in Southeast Asia between January and September 2019
A recent Android mobile malware report by Kaspersky showed that Southeast Asia remains a target for cybercriminal attack campaigns. Of the more than 1 million attacks that Southeast Asia has seen, Kaspersky has blocked a total of 26,836 mobile malware… Continue reading
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Fraudsters are hunting gamers before the Halloween sale
Kaspersky researchers have reported on their findings that certain phishing websites attempt to steal account credentials from popular gaming platform users. In particular, they found websites that would imitate an authorisation page on the Steam website to obtain a user’s login… Continue reading
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Kaspersky detects more than 100 million attacks on smart devices in H1 2019
Kaspersky honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet-connected devices and applications – have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276,000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around… Continue reading
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Kaspersky launches a new solution to combat privacy and security risks from civilian drones
Kaspersky has launched a new solution designed to help organizations and property owners defend themselves from unauthorized trespassing by civilian drones. Through an exceptional combination of several sensors – including a new approach to drone detection founded by the company… Continue reading
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Trust, but verify: digital precaution helps parents protect children from possible online threats
Weighing up when to give your children online independence is one of the biggest dilemmas a modern parent can face. From stranger danger to cyberbullying, parents need to feel assured their kids will stay safe on the Internet. A new… Continue reading
