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Kaspersky: PH top APAC country with most number of attacks on medical devices
McAfee report uncovers ransomware resurgence
McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, recently released its McAfee Labs Threats Report for August 2019 examining cybercriminal activity and the evolution of cyber threats in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. McAfee […]
Modern cameras’ WiFi connectivity vulnerable to ransomware, malware
Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a cybersecurity solutions provider, revealed that through the USB and connections to WiFi networks, today’s modern cameras are vulnerable […]
Sophos: Baldr malware targets PC gamers to gain entry to other computers
Baldr malware has gone missing in June after cybercriminals after an internal rift. Sophos, a network and endpoint security firm, expects it to make a comeback anytime soon guessing that it may […]
Number of users hit by financial malware grew by 7% in H1 2019
Kaspersky researchers have discovered 430,000 users faced malware aimed at stealing finances, cryptocurrencies, and web-money services in the first half of 2019 — 7% more than in the same period last year. […]
Agent Smith: The new virus to hit mobile devices
Check Point researchers recently discovered a new variant of mobile malware that has quietly infected around 25 million devices, while the user remains completely unaware. Disguised as a Google-related application, the core […]
Platinum is back: Hacking group uses steganography to fly under security radar
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a highly sophisticated cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from South Asian diplomatic, government and military entities. The campaign lasted almost six years and had ties to other […]
Check Point confirms return of the Trickbot multi-purpose banking trojan
Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., has published its latest Global Threat Index for April 2019. The banking trojan Trickbot has returned to the Index’s […]
WhatsApp urges users to update after spyware discovery
Financial Times reported — and was confirmed by WhatsApp — that the messaging app has been infected with commercial spyware. According to the report, Israel’s secretive NSO group developed the spyware that […]
Report: Fortinet’s FortiClient blocks 100% malware
According to this year’s “NSS Labs’ 2019 Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Group Test,” Fortinet’s FortiClient demonstrated a 100% block rate of exploits, unknown threats, and HTTP malware, with zero false positives from […]
Kaspersky: Mass-distributed malware main source of threat to industrial computers
In 2018, Kaspersky Lab detected and prevented activity by malicious objects on almost half of Industrial Control System (ICS) computers protected by the company’s products and defined as part of an organization’s […]
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 […]
Kaspersky: Mobile malware attacks double in 2018, PH ranks 10th in global list
Mobile devices or the end users are the most vulnerable to malware (malicious software) attacks and have become easier targets for cybercriminals. Kaspersky Lab’s Mobile Malware Evolution 2018 report says that in […]
Sophos tracks 96 malware samples from Matrix family
Security firm Sophos said it was able to track 96 samples from malware that has been operating since 2016 and comes from the Matrix ransomware family. The ransomware is infecting computers using […]
Symantec’s Industrial Control System Protection Neural to defend against USB-borne malware
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. introduced recently its Industrial Control System Protection (ICSP) Neural, the industry’s first neural network-integrated USB scanning station that helps organizations protect critical infrastructure by preventing the devastating physical […]
