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Social networks, messengers and external cloud services often exploited by cyber-fraudsters
There are several web services that employees of small and medium businesses most frequently access while working, according to Kaspersky. These include YouTube, Facebook, Google services and WhatsApp, with some of these applications being the most exploited by malefactors as… Continue reading
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GravityRAT strikes back: infamous spyware cunningly becomes multiplatform
This malicious module was inserted into a travel application for Indian users. A closer look revealed that it was related to GravityRAT, a spying Remote Access Trojan (RAT) known for carrying out activities in India. Further investigation confirmed that the group behind… Continue reading
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40% of parents in SEA think their kids are “more grumpy” after a gaming session
When a child plays video games, parents inevitably think about how harmful it can be. Will this game affect the child’s behaviour? Will he/she start suffering from nightmares? Will there be ineradicable fears? What if the child is already addicted?… Continue reading
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Working-from-home lessons: employees ‘confidently’ make 90% of all security awareness mistakes
Free security awareness training on remote working from Kaspersky and Area9 Lyceum has seen participants enact correct responses 66% of the time. However, even when learners were wrong, they mostly remained confident in their competences. The most difficult learning objectives… Continue reading
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Kaspersky launches new program to help universities and laboratories advance their industrial cybersecurity research
Kaspersky has launched a dedicated collaboration program to help institutions become better equipped at understanding the latest and most prevalent industrial cybersecurity threats. By joining the program, educational institutions, laboratories, research departments, security operations centers (SOC) and emergency response teams (CERT and CSIRT) that… Continue reading
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Kaspersky: 1.6M more phishing almost infected SEA SMBs in H1 2020
Phishing is on the rise with more than 1.6 million attempts to transfer users to phishing pages via links within emails blocked from January to June, showing small and medium businesses need cybersecurity improvements in the context of continued remote… Continue reading
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72% of “always-on” Singaporeans think their digital lifestyles are secure, yet almost half have been hacked
Generation Z leads the way in terms of connectivity and self-perceived security – 84% always have multiple devices connected to the internet, with a similar percentage thinking that their digital lifestyle is safe for their privacy. Singapore leads the world… Continue reading
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No summer vacation: DDOS attacks tripled year-on-year in Q2 2020
The Kaspersky Q2 2020 DDoS attacks report has revealed that the number of DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2020 increased three-fold in comparison to Q2 2019. The figure is almost the same as the number of DDoS attacks in Q1… Continue reading
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Kaspersky finds zero-day exploits in Windows OS and Internet Explorer used in targeted attack
In late spring 2020, Kaspersky’s automated detection technologies prevented a targeted attack on a South Korean company. Closer analysis revealed that this attack used a previously unknown full chain that consisted of two zero-day exploits: a remote code execution exploit… Continue reading
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Pretending to be normal: attackers misuse legitimate tools in 30% of successful cyber-incidents
Almost a third (30%) of cyberattacks investigated by the Kaspersky Global Emergency Response team in 2019 involved legitimate remote management and administration tools. As a result, attackers can remain undetected for a longer period of time. For instance, continuous cyber-espionage… Continue reading
