Enterprise tech news and intelligence in the Philippines
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky today unmasks the continued phishing campaigns against small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Southeast Asia (SEA). Despite this segment bearing the brunt of the still on-going…
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today revealed the results of its Q4 2020 top-clicked phishing report. The report reveals that work-related…
Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky sees that the growth in digitalization among organizations will further open up more vulnerabilities for cybercriminals to exploit. As more companies across industries realize the need…
The sudden shift in telecommuting caught many organizations by surprise — and unprepared. This opened up many vulnerabilities in cybersecurity that many cybercriminals exploited and continue to attack. Technology company…
With the risks of COVID-19 expected to be present until a vaccine is available, educational institutions across Southeast Asia (SEA) are forced to adapt to this unique situation. The unexpected…
With a new gaming season starting, Kaspersky experts have found hundreds of phishing pages, aimed at stealing PUBG Mobile accounts. Game developers often offer users small but welcome incentives in…
There are several web services that employees of small and medium businesses most frequently access while working, according to Kaspersky. These include YouTube, Facebook, Google services and WhatsApp, with some…
Security software company Sophos warns against the emergence of new email phishing scams as it is the most common point of entry for cyberattacks. The work-from-home arrangements contributed to the…
The latest research of BlackBerry Limited discovered how Bahamut, an elusive and persistent group of threat actors, has been launching attacks against government officials and industry titans, while also unveiling…
In the middle of the pandemic, it was revealed in a recent Kaspersky survey that when it comes to online security, Filipinos are now most concerned about their online activities…
According to the latest Global Threat Landscape Report, a semiannual report by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, phishing and business email compromise schemes, nation-state backed campaigns, and ransomware attacks increased significantly from…
Every fourth organization admits that they are aware of being exposed to more risks now than before the pandemic, cybersecurity vendor Newtrix reveals in its latest survey. Of them, 63%…
The latest Acronis Cyber Readiness Report found that as hackers target remote workers, phishing, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and videoconferencing attacks are the most common tactics used. Ninety-two percent…
Cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos found cybercriminals are using cloud-based collaborative platforms SharePoint and OneNote to luring people into logging in with their passwords in a malicious link. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Phishing is on the rise with more than 1.6 million attempts to transfer users to phishing pages via links within emails blocked from January to June, showing small and medium…
Cybercriminals have been having a field day exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic in carrying out their attacks on a massive scale. This is just one of the major findings in the…
Cybersecurity solutions firm Kaspersky reviewed threats targeting major gaming platforms in an effort to understand the extent of exploitation in the industry. It found at least four malware types that…
Based on the latest statistics from Kaspersky, the global cybersecurity company’s Anti-Phishing System prevented 834,993 phishing attempts against companies with 50-250 employees in the first three months of 2020. It’s…
The global health crisis accelerated the digital transformation efforts of organizations. The urgency was driven by the sudden change in work environments that may permanently alter business operations. In an…
Based on the latest statistics from Kaspersky, its Anti-Phishing System prevented 834,993 phishing attempts against companies with 50-250 employees in Southeast Asia (SE). That’s a 56% increase compared with the…
SophosLabs saw a significant spike in the use of “COVID-19” and “coronavirus” in domain names, spam, phishing attacks, and malware with criminals exploiting the pandemic that is gripping the world.…
Cybercriminals are not only sticking with traditional methods, such as phishing and exploitation of vulnerabilities, they are also recycling previously stolen credentials in hacking their way to an organization’s network,…
Kaspersky researchers detected a 9.5% growth in financial phishing alone in the last quarter of 2019, with spam and scam activity also growing in numbers and variety. This happened over…
Recent statistics gathered by Kaspersky showed Southeast Asia remains a target of cybercriminals attempting to infect networks and devices through the simplest, yet still, one of the most effective tricks…
Kaspersky researchers have identified a growth in the usage of spam and phishing delivery technique. Malicious internet users are increasingly exploiting registration, subscription, and feedback forms on websites to insert…
The threat of online quizzes may not have reached as many people as many security firms are hoping for judging by the number of Facebook users sharing their results on…
No amount of news exposure can stop criminals from preying on potential victims. In the last few years, stories of scamming using emails and other social networking platforms hogged the…
(Image from Pixabay) Instagram (IG) is one of the most popular social networking sites today with one billion monthly users. With the sheer number of accounts, it has become a…
In the second quarter of 2018, Kaspersky Lab’s anti-phishing technologies prevented over 107 million attempts to visit phishing pages, of which 35.7 percent were related to financial services and targeting…