Kaspersky’s fresh data for Q2 2021 showed a 60% increase in mobile banking Trojan attacks blocked in the region versus same period last year. Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky today reveals its Q2 2021 mobile threat report for Southeast Asia (SEA)…
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…
Kaspersky: Singapore remains among world’s top 10 online threat source
Over 11M attacks in 2019 were initiated from servers located in the country The latest data from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) has uncovered more than 11 million attacks caused by servers hosted in the Republic last year. While this represents…
Financial botnets primarily targeting e-commerce apparel sites
In the wake of the upcoming Black Friday sales period, cybercriminals are targeting customers of apparel e-commerce websites, including fashion, shoes, gifts, toys and jewelry. Consumers looking for deals in these areas during the upcoming weeks are advised to be…
Kaspersky blocks over 1 million Android attacks in Southeast Asia from January to 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…
IoT under fire: 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…
Another two bite the dust: Kaspersky updates decryption tool to fight ransomware pair
Kaspersky has updated its RakhniDecryptor tool to allow users whose files were encrypted by Yatron and FortuneCrypt ransomware to retrieve their data without paying a ransom. The updated tool is available on the Nomoreransom.org website. Ransomware is a dangerous threat…
Curious but careless: APAC online users give up social media details for fun quiz results and freebies, says Kaspersky study
Results of Kaspersky’s survey reveal online users in Asia Pacific appear to be willing to share their private information in exchange for various personal gains from social media, even quiz results to know what type of flower they are or…
Kaspersky Cyber Security Weekend – An Introduction to Cyber Security in the Healthcare Sector
The healthcare sector’s landscape has been changing rapidly in the recent years. With the advancements of key enabling technologies such as the 5G, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, healthcare today is vastly different from a decade ago. Of course,…
Ransomware modifications double year-on-year in Q2 2019
Kaspersky researchers detected 16,017 new ransomware modifications in Q2 2019 – including ones belonging to eight new malware families. This is more than double the number of new samples detected a year ago, in Q2 2018 (7,620). The Kaspersky IT…
Kaspersky Lab helps to eliminate seven vulnerabilities in Industrial IoT Platform solution
Kaspersky Lab experts have helped to identify and patch seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in the ThingsPro Suite – an industrial IoT platform, designed for industrial control systems (ICS) data acquisition and remote analysis. Some of the vulnerabilities found could potentially…
How to hack a hardware cryptocurrency wallet
Hardware wallets are considered to be the most secure type of cryptocurrency wallet. However, nothing is 100% secure, and they can be compromised just as well. At the 35th Chaos Communication Congress, security researchers Thomas Roth, Dmitry Nedospasov, and Josh…
Vulnerabilities in connected electric car chargers could damage home networks
While modern electric vehicles are tested constantly for vulnerabilities, some of their essential accessories, such as the battery chargers, often remain neglected. Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that electric vehicle (EV) chargers supplied by a major vendor carry vulnerabilities that…
Remote access nightmare: amount of malware that is new backdoors increases more than 40% in 2018
Out of all the new malicious files detected in 2018, the amount that turned out to be backdoors rose by 44%, while the volume of ransomware increased by 43%. One in three (30.01%) computers encountered at least one online malicious…
Businesses can build a first line of defense and reduce corporate exposure to online threats with Kaspersky Web Traffic Security
In 2017, almost one-in-three network users – including corporates – were attacked by web threats. Consequently, it is no surprise that reducing potentially risky online actions of employees remains a challenge for 50% of businesses. To help address this, Kaspersky…