Employee security violations, as harmful as hacking
Employee violations of information security policies are as dangerous as hacking according to a recent study from Kaspersky. Based on the ...
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TetrisPhantom targets government entities in APAC, Kaspersky warns
A malicious player, dubbed ‘TetrisPhantom,’ targets government entities in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) by launching persistent campaigns compromising a secure USB ...
Kaspersky reveals suspected supply chain attack targeting Linux Â
Kaspersky experts identified a malicious campaign targeting Linux systems, where victims’ devices are compromised using an infected version of Free ...
Kaspersky: AI can supplement APAC IT security teams
Cybersecurity teams can utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) to upgrade defenses against cyber attacks in the Asia Pacific (APAC), especially that ...
Patch management and password policies can cut cyber risks by 60%
Just implementing an appropriate patch management policy decreases the risk of incidents by 30%, and a robust password policy may ...
FutureCIO Security alert: new zero-day exploit in Desktop Window Manager
The CVE-2021-28310 is a zero-day exploit, first discovered inside the Desktop Window Manager, that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code ...
Women in tech – not enough inspiration say Kaspersky
Only 19% of women working in tech were inspired to take up their profession by a female role model says ...
WFH in 2020 saw an 82% spike in web threats
Kaspersky experts share tips to help employers and businesses stay on top of any potential IT security issues and remain ...
Women in tech: skills ahead of gender in tech appointments
A Kaspersky survey says 70% of women in tech agree that their skills were considered ahead of their gender, but ...
Consumers are losing the data privacy wars
Kaspersky privacy experts see behavioural analytics, data hoarding and government crackdowns on encryption as influencing privacy development in 2021
Security experts link SolarWinds attack with Kazuar backdoor
The Solarwinds Orion hack is a reminder that enterprises need to stay vigilant because the threat landscape is real and ...
2021 will see new threat angles and attack strategies
More disruptive attacks will result from a directed orchestrated attack designed to affect critical infrastructure or collateral damage
Ransomware 2.0 is about publishing secrets online
Organisations must think of ransomware threats as the final stage of a network breach. Identifying the attack at an early ...
Pros and cons of automating manufacturing process under Industry 4.0
Kaspersky and Siemens highlight the importance of securing automated manufacturing for human’s online and physical safety
90% of all security mistakes come from remote workers
It is the stuff that nightmares are made of – the kind that CISOs and CIOs have been sweating over ...
More mobile device and APT attacks in 2020, warns Kaspersky
Secure mobile devices better, improve threat intel against new techniques from APT groups
Energy sector under cyberthreat pressure
The top three cyberthreats are worms, spyware, and cryptocurrency miners
Despite a ‘direct line’ to the board, CISOs don’t always get a dedicated budget
top management seek advice from IT security leaders regardless of the organisation’s reporting structure, with only 23% reporting to the ...
Kaspersky detects more than 100 million attacks on IoT devices in H1 2019
Capitalizing on weak security of IoT products, cybercriminals are intensifying their attempts to create and monetize IoT botnets.Â
Women are underrepresented in cybersecurity in half of enterprises
In 45% of enterprises, the proportion of women working in IT security departments is less than that in the rest ...
Internal SOCs halve the financial impact of enterprise data breaches, finds survey
Enterprises with an internal Security Operation Center (SOC) estimate their financial damage from a cyberattack at $675k, which is less ...
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 ...
Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group spying on organizations in Southeast Asia
Kaspersky has detected new infection attempts from APT10 against organisations located in the Southeast Asia region.
