Despite witnessing improved cyber risk levels, a significant majority of organizations in the Asia Pacific (APAC) remain vigilant against cyber threats. According to the latest survey conducted by cybersecurity solutions company Trend […]
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity company, has prevented 1,585,384 security threats against businesses in the Philippines in 2022. The total number of security incidents in the Southeast Asian region is 49,042,966, a dip from […]
While there is a heightened awareness of cybersecurity, only 27% of companies in the Philippines are ready to defend their networks in the event of a cyber attack, according to the first […]
The increase in cyber threats prompted businesses across the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), according to the latest survey “The Future of Cybersecurity in the Asia Pacific and Japan,” conducted by Tech […]
Cyber attackers have been staying way too long on a website or systems under attack, sometimes undetected. According to Sophos’ latest report “Active Adversary Playbook 2022,” there is a 36% increase in […]
By Samuel Hill, Director of Product Marketing, Medigate Healthcare systems in the region have been plagued by cyber attacks in the last few years. In April 2021, a cyber attack on UnitingCare […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic still widespread in many countries in 2021, ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations also increased by 94%. This is one of the findings of Sophos’ report titled “The State […]
The latest “State of Ransomware 2022” report by cybersecurity firm Sophos shows that 66% of organizations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021, up from 37% in 2020. The average ransom paid […]
The latest research from Accenture found that in spite of the increasing rate of data breaches, 55% of organizations surveyed don’t have the capacity to mitigate attacks or detect cyber threats. The […]
The latest report from technology company Cisco revealed that 57% SMBs in the Philippines suffered a cyber attack in the last 12 months and as a result of these incidents, 73% lost […]
The latest report of cybersecurity firm Sophos reveals that as companies shifted to online trading, they became the top target of ransomware attacks. The “State of Ransomware in Retail” saw that retail, […]
According to Accenture’s Cyber Incident Response Update, cyber intrusion activity jumped 125% in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period last year. The report saw that web shell activity […]
Cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos has compiled a list of the most commonly held security misperceptions the security researchers encountered in the last 12 months. In sharing the list curated by the Sophos […]
Based on the data gathered by cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks, hackers immediately launched a scan on Microsoft Exchange Server zero-days within five minutes as soon as the vulnerability was made known. […]
The report from cybersecurity firm Sophos saw 42% ((up from 30% the previous year) of Philippine organizations hit by ransomware last year at the height of the pandemic and emergence of working […]
At the end of last year, technology company HP predicted that because remote work setup has weakened organizational security, cyberattacks would be more targeted and methods would vary. As the pandemic still […]
The Rapid Response Team of cybersecurity firm Sophos discovers how neglecting “ghost” account credentials could lead to cyberattacks. One of the recent incidents involved the Nefilim or Nemty ransomware, which utilizes data […]
Nexusguard, a cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) security solutions provider has recently released its “Q3 2020 Threat Report,” detailing an increase in DDoS attacks by 287% in the third quarter of […]
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 […]
Data breaches undoubtedly cost organizations massive losses not only in financials but also in reputation. However, the latest report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) titled “Managing The Impact Of Increasing […]
Cybersecurity firm Sophos flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviors will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021, according to its “Sophos 2021 Threat Report,” written by SophosLabs security researchers, […]
Cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos has identified the first known use of the Buer malware dropper to deliver ransomware using its new tool called Sophos Rapid Response. In the new research published from […]
Financial institutions (FIs) receive the highest percentage of sophisticated attacks amongst all industries, with 96%, up from 90% in 2019, according to the report of NuData Security, a behavioral biometrics company based […]
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 […]
Sophos, a network and endpoint security, announced the findings of its global survey “The Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity,” which reveals only 16% of IT managers consider supply chain a top security risk, […]
(Image from Pixabay) Cybercriminals won’t discriminate on the size of an organization as long as they could obtain data and other information they could use for their crimes. Small and medium enterprises […]
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