Unveiling the GoldenJackal APT Group: An In-Depth Analysis by Kaspersky
Kaspersky, a leading cybersecurity company, recently uncovered a new and elusive Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group named GoldenJackal. Operating since 2019, this previously unknown group has primarily focused on targeting government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia. Through their extensive investigation, Kaspersky has shed light on GoldenJackal’s capabilities, techniques, and motivations, revealing...
Kaspersky Uncovers Fleckpe Trojan Targeting Google Play Users, Subscribing Them to Paid Services
Kaspersky, a renowned cybersecurity firm, has recently revealed the presence of a new Trojan family named Fleckpe, specifically designed to target users of the Google Play platform. This subscription Trojan spreads through seemingly harmless photo editors and wallpaper apps, deceiving unsuspecting users into subscribing to paid services without their knowledge. Since its detection in 2022, Fleckpe has infected over 620,000 devices...
Synopsys Recognized as a Leader in Application Security Testing for the Seventh Consecutive Year
Synopsys, Inc. has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the “Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing” for the seventh consecutive year. They also received the highest scores in all five use cases in the 2023 Critical Capabilities for Application Security Testing. Synopsys emphasizes the importance of integrating and automating application security testing (AST) to mitigate risks in modern applications and...
Preventing SOC Burnout: Strategies to Streamline Security Operations
Feeling drained by repetitive tasks, lacking focus at work, or developing a negative outlook towards your job? These are telltale signs of burnout, a common experience in the workplace. In fact, burnout has become so prevalent that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized it as an occupational phenomenon. While burnout can affect anyone, it poses a particular risk for professionals in information security, especially those...
Labuan Financial Services Authority Responds Swiftly to Cybersecurity Breach
Labuan Financial Services Authority (FSA) recently encountered a cybersecurity breach that impacted its online systems. In an official statement released on Thursday (May 18), Labuan FSA assured the public that immediate action was taken to secure the systems and prevent unauthorized access. The relevant authorities have also been notified about the incident. Labuan FSA has engaged the services of renowned international cybersecurity...
Kaspersky: Local Threats Targeting Southeast Asian Businesses Show Steady Decline, But Vigilance is Still Essential
New data from Kaspersky, a leading global cybersecurity company, highlights a decrease in local threats targeting businesses in Southeast Asia (SEA) compared to previous years. In 2021, Kaspersky’s business solutions successfully blocked a total of 49,042,966 local threats from infecting companies in the region. Among the countries experiencing a higher prevalence of these attacks were Indonesia with 19,614,418 incidents,...
Decline in Ransomware Attacks in APJ Region, but High Costs and Risks Persist: Sophos Report
The recently published “State of Ransomware 2023” report by Sophos provides valuable insights into the current ransomware landscape in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. According to the report, the rate of ransomware attacks in APJ decreased slightly in 2022, with 68% of surveyed organizations reporting being victims of ransomware, down from 72% the previous year. Additionally, adversaries successfully encrypted...
VMware Strengthens Cloud Sovereignty Partnerships to Address Data Protection Challenges
As businesses in Southeast Asia face increasing complexities in data protection and privacy regulations while aiming for scalable growth, they are turning to cloud sovereignty as a strategic solution. Recognizing this demand, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has recently onboarded 19 new partners in the APJ region, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. This expansion allows VMware to offer cloud sovereign capabilities to its...
Sophos’ Active Adversary Report: Insights on Changing Cyberattack Behaviors in 2022
Sophos, a leading provider of cybersecurity as a service, has released its Active Adversary Report for Business Leaders. The report is an in-depth analysis of the changing behaviors and attack techniques that cyber adversaries used in 2022, based on more than 150 Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases from around the world. The report reveals that unpatched vulnerabilities and compromised credentials were the most common root causes of...
Kaspersky Names Adrian Hia as New Managing Director for Asia Pacific
Kaspersky, a leading cybersecurity and digital privacy company, has appointed IT veteran Adrian Hia as its new Managing Director for Asia Pacific (APAC). Hia will lead Kaspersky’s drive to expand its market footprint, channel reach, and new business growth in key territories in the region, particularly in the company’s fast-growing enterprise cybersecurity segment. With his extensive knowledge of pan-Asian IT markets, Hia...
Sophos Report Highlights the Impact of Cyber Defenses on Insurability and Recovery from Cyber Attacks
Sophos, a global leader in cybersecurity services, has released a new report revealing the critical role of frontline cyber defenses in insurance adoption. The report shows that the quality of an organization’s cyber defenses directly impacts their insurability, premium costs, and policy terms. Based on the survey of 3,000 cybersecurity and IT professionals across 14 countries, the study found that 95% of organizations that...
Kaspersky Names Ernest Chai as Head of Channel for APAC
Kaspersky, a renowned global cybersecurity company, has announced the appointment of Ernest Chai as the Head of Channel for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective April 2023. With more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Ernest is a highly skilled sales executive with a proven track record of successful execution in dynamic growth environments. Before joining Kaspersky, Ernest was the Channel Director for the Storage...
Web Threats Against Southeast Asian Companies Surge by 45% in 2022
According to a recent report by global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, web-based threats against companies in Southeast Asia (SEA) surged by 45% in 2022. The report shows that Singapore experienced the highest year-on-year (YOY) increase in web threats targeting businesses, with a three-fold spike (329%). Other SEA countries, including Malaysia (197%), Thailand (63%), Indonesia (46%), and the Philippines (29%), also recorded an uptick...
Cryptocurrency Phishing Attacks Rise by 40% in 2022, Traditional Financial Threats Decrease
The number of cryptocurrency-related phishing attacks prevented by Kaspersky anti-phishing systems increased by 40% compared to the previous year, with over 5 million attacks being stopped in 2022. In contrast, traditional financial threats, such as banking and mobile financial malware, have decreased in detection. These findings are part of Kaspersky’s latest report on Financial threats. The financial threat landscape has...
Nearly All Organisations in APAC Find the Execution of Essential Security Operation Tasks Challenging
Sophos, a company specializing in cybersecurity services, has released a survey report entitled “The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on Defenders,” which found that 93% of organizations in Asia Pacific and Japan find executing essential security operations such as threat hunting to be challenging. Additionally, 76% of respondents have difficulty identifying the root cause of an incident,...
Kaspersky Finds Remote desktop Attacks drop in SEA
aspersky, a global cybersecurity company, recently reported a drop in Bruteforce attacks against remote workers in Southeast Asia (SEA). While this is positive news, Kaspersky warns that it is too early for businesses to become complacent. Bruteforce attacks are attempts to find a valid login and password combination by systematically checking all possible passwords until the correct one is found. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a...
Kaspersky Discovers Large-Scale Crypto Theft Campaign through Tor Browser Malware
Researchers at Kaspersky have discovered an ongoing cryptocurrency theft campaign that has affected over 15,000 users across 52 countries. The malware disguises itself as Tor Browser and operates by replacing a part of the clipboard contents with the cybercriminal’s wallet address whenever it detects a cryptocurrency wallet address in the clipboard. Cybercriminals have been able to steal approximately US$400,000 using this technique...
Group-IB’s Fraud Protection Named Most Comprehensive Anti-Fraud Solution by Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, an international research and consulting firm, has recognized Group-IB’s Fraud Protection platform as the most comprehensive anti-fraud solution currently available on the market. In Frost & Sullivan’s Global Fraud Detection & Prevention (FDP) Market Study, Group-IB’s Fraud Protection stood out from the other eight vendors and products surveyed by containing all seven key functionalities...
Beware of Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks: The Evolution of Phishing Scams 3.0
The proportion of email-delivered attacks has reached a record of 86% of all file-based in-the-wild attacks, compared to web-based attacks, according to the latest 2023 cyber security report. Cybercriminals are increasingly using various types of archive file formats to conceal malicious payloads. Business email compromise (BEC) is one of the most damaging and expensive types of phishing attacks in existence. While ransomware tends to...
Kaspersky Report Reveals Cybercriminals’ Reliance on Escrow Services on the Darknet
According to the latest research by Kaspersky, over 1 million messages were posted on the darknet between 2020 and 2022 mentioning escrow services. These intermediaries, who help to control the fulfillment of agreements and minimize the risk of cheating, partner with cybercriminals who want to buy or sell data, services, or form partnerships, earning between three to fifteen percent of the transaction. However, there is still a risk...
