In the third quarter (Q3 2022) of this year, Kaspersky researchers saw a sharp increase in crypto miner variants or an overall growth of over 230% compared to the same period last […]
Kaspersky reports spike in crypto miner variants in Q3 2022
Sophos uncovers liquidity mining cryptocrime
Scammers use direct or private messages to start a conversation on cryptocurrency that would eventually lead to lost investments. This is one of the findings of cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos in its […]
RBTC token now available to Filipino crypto traders
Contract network RSK announces that RBTC, a wrapped token that allows users to spend bitcoin on the RSK mainnet and Ethereum blockchain, will now be available to Filipinos. According to a report […]
BPro cryptocurrency token now available to Filipinos
BPro, a brand new cryptocurrency token, is now ready to give Filipinos a new way to make money off their bitcoin. BPro is enabled by the Money on Chain (MoC) protocol built […]
Nuclear ransomware 3.0, new malware among KnowBe4’s predictions for 2022
A trend that is currently building for the future on the side of the bad actor is that ransomware gangs are morphing into “everything gangs.” Instead of just doing ransomware and data […]
Kaspersky blocked almost 9 million cryptominers targeting small businesses in SEA
Even if the number of cryptomining attempts monitored was reduced to almost 9 million in 2020 from over 13 million detections in 2019, cybersecurity solutions company Kaspersky still advises small businesses (SMB) […]
Sophos identifies source of ‘MrbMiner’ attacks targeting database servers
Cybersecurity firm Sophos said it tracked the origin of recently discovered cryptominer MrbMiner to software development company based in Iran. The report titled “MrbMiner: Cryptojacking to bypass international sanctions” details how MrbMiner […]
Fortinet forecasts threat actors to target edge networks in 2021
From the onset, cybercriminals exploited the COVID-19 pandemic heavily and attacked the most vulnerable network which is the work-from-home environment. That was the story of 2020. Going to 2021, cybersecurity solutions firm […]
Kaspersky says small businesses need to strengthen cyber defense vs cryptomining
Over the last decade, major developments have been implemented across Southeast Asian (SEA) countries in terms of connectivity. Parallel to this is the rise of security threats lurking behind the virtual world. […]
Trend Micro discovers cybercriminals attack on-prem, cloud-based servers
In its latest research, cybersecurity solutions firm Trend Micro found out that believed to be ultra-secure on-premise (on-prem) servers have been abused by cybercriminals along with other cloud-based servers. The servers are […]
Kaspersky warns small businesses in SEA of increase in malicious mining
According to cybersecurity solutions firm Kaspersky’s latest statistics for Southeast Asian SMBs in Q1 this year, over a million crypto-mining attempts were foiled against devices of businesses, a 12% increase compared with […]
BlackBerry partners with Intel to stop cryptojacking malware
With the release of BlackBerry Optics v2.5.1100, BlackBerry limited hopes to prevent any cryptomining and cryptojacking for Intel-based commercial PCs. To detect advanced cryptojacking malware, the BlackBerry Optics Context Analysis Engine (CAE) […]
IBM research reveals cloud apps as top risk factor in cloud adoption
Judging by the products and services introduced during the pandemic, it is safe to say that COVID-19 has accelerated cloud migration because it altered the business operations significantly. IBM Security conducted research […]
Kaspersky detects over 1M cryptomining attempts in Q1 2020 vs businesses in SEA
Several studies from Kaspersky have since revealed that companies are concerned about data breaches and ransomware. However, fresh statistics from the global cybersecurity company unmasks that the biggest threat in Southeast Asian […]
Microsoft: Developing markets in Asia-Pacific among the most vulnerable to malware
In the 24th edition of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR), an annual study aimed to improve cyber resilience in the region, Microsoft said malware remains a huge cyberthreat in the Asia-Pacific not […]
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