Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that the Philippines logged the highest number of banking Trojan attacks in the Asia Pacific (APAC) at 22.26%. This was discovered on the heels of widespread adoption […]
Photo by Luca Sammarco from Pexels Passwords are very important in keeping people’s online accounts safe — emails, social media, and bank accounts among others. However, managing many passwords can be a hassle, that’s why […]
Companies in the manufacturing sector are the least (19%) likely to submit to a ransom demand when hit by ransomware. This is among the findings of Sophos’ “The State of Ransomware in […]
The Information Security Officers Group (ISOG) officially opened the “I am Secure 2021: The Great Shift” virtual cybersecurity summit. The full virtual event is part of the grandest and longest cybersecurity awareness […]
Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud demonstrated 100% efficiency against ransomware attacks, according to a recent assessment by AV-TEST. As a result of three different scenarios and 113 attack samples, the product didn’t lose […]
Puppet, a company that provides infrastructure automation, added a malware scanner feature for newly published modules on the Forge, Puppet’s module marketplace, to combat security risks and increase the security profile of […]
Nexusguard, a company that offers distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection, discovered a new cyber threat called a “Black Storm” attack targeting communications service provider (CSP) networks. This is one of the findings of […]
While investigating a yet unknown advanced persistent threat (APT), Kaspersky researchers came across new malware that contained several important attributes that potentially connect it to DarkHalo, the threat actor behind the Sunburst […]
Two-thirds of organizations have been the target of at least one ransomware attack, according to “The 2021 Ransomware Survey Report” by cybersecurity firm Fortinet. This, in spite of the claims by respondents […]
In early September, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro blocked 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files, and malicious URLs for customers in the first half of 2021 posting a 47% year-on-year increase. According to […]
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky uncovers that FinSpy spyware, which it has been tracking since 2011, uses four layers of obfuscation to evade detection and employs UEFI bootkit to infect victims. Kaspersky researchers presented […]
Bolstering security postures proved to be far cheaper than paying for a ransomware attack. This is one of the findings in cybersecurity solutions company Sophos in its latest “The State of Ransomware […]
Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Software security firm Check Point Software (Check Point) advises users of dating apps about the cyber risks that come with its use. Providing information online — to […]
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has publicly shared information on requests received from government and law enforcement agencies, and users for data and technical expertise in 2020 and H1 2021. Demand for greater […]
PLDT and Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) are boosting the country’s cyber defenses with the help of students and the youth. In celebration of the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month this month, Smart kicked […]
Fifty-one percent of respondents in the Asia Pacific have experienced a cyberattack originating from a digital asset they didn’t know about or didn’t manage, this is according to the survey conducted jointly […]
The increased online activity, especially because of e-commerce, may also mean an increase in online fraud. The latest survey from Vesta, the end-to-end transaction guarantee platform for online purchases, saw that 1 […]
At the 3rd Asia Pacific Online Policy Forum by Kaspersky held recently, experts all agree that to bolster cybersecurity on the national, as well as private sector, level, it is imperative to […]
Based on Kaspersky’s telemetry, brute-force attacks versus Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) among its users in the Philippines showed an increase of 98.41% in the first half of 2021 compared to the same […]
The increase in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2021 rose to ten times (10.7 times to be exact) higher than levels set one year ago. Fortiguard Labs, the threat intelligence […]
It may not come as a surprise that as the remote work became the norm, cybercriminals shifted and amplified their attacks on employees working from home. This is one of the findings […]
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky today reveals its Q2 2021 mobile threat report for Southeast Asia (SEA) where it has monitored a 60% uptick in the number of attacks using malicious mobile bankers […]
Recognizing that the Philippines is the new growth center in the Southeast Asian region, AI (artificial intelligence) company HyperVerge sets up offices in the country. HyperVerge offers identity verification and fraud detection […]
Traffic from bad bots is exploding which led to the spike in automated attacks against organizations, this is one of the major findings of a new report from Barracuda, a provider of […]
Kaspersky unveils a free platform with tips and tricks for small businesses to help them quickly improve their organization’s security. Kaspersky Cybersecurity On a Budget provides a set of short but actionable […]
While the digital fraud rate rose to 16.5% across industries during the second quarter of 2021 globally, attempts originating from the Philippines decreased by 59.4%, according to the quarterly analysis of consumer […]
The Kaspersky License Management Portal (LMP), which enables managed service providers (MSPs) to order and manage Kaspersky product licenses, has updated its capabilities to include regular license ordering. The process of renewals […]
Gootloader, a malware delivery platform, has been poisoning websites with malicious content, cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos discovered. The malware also messes up with the websites’ search engine optimization (SEO) “to ensure that […]
With more enterprises and consumers embracing digitalization, it cannot be helped that they leave digital footprints for every log-in in different websites. Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, through an anonymized data, found that […]
KnowBe4’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resource Kit contains a guide for the kit and campaign ideas to help IT administrators get started. It is composed of a weekly training planner, two free training […]
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