Trend Micro Prediction Report Forecasts Cyber Fightback in 2022
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, has predicted global organizations will emerge more alert and better prepared in 2022 thanks to a comprehensive, proactive, cloud-first approach to mitigating cyber risk. Research, foresight, and automation are critical for organizations to manage risk and secure their workforce. Trend Micro blocked 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files, and malicious URLs for customers...
Kaspersky Recognized As A 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice For Endpoint Protection Platforms
Kaspersky, an industry leader in endpoint protection, has been recognized as a 2021 Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms by Gartner following a customer rating of 4.7 out of 5. 96% of customers also said they were willing to recommend the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business product. Kaspersky is one of only 3 vendors named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice in the latest round of recognition for both the EPP...
Financial Systems Jeopardized, Infostealers On The Rise And More Cryptocurrency Attacks: A Look At Financial Threats In 2022
In 2022, we will observe state-sponsored groups targeting the cryptocurrency industry, while cybercriminals will take advantage of investors by fabricating rogue wallet with backdoors included. On top of that, we are likely to witness the growth of attacks against payment systems and more advanced mobile threats. These are the key predictions from Kaspersky’s ‘Cyberthreats to Financial Organizations in 2022’ report. 2021 was a year of...
H1 2021: Double-Digit Increase In Brute Force Attacks In Malaysia
A report published last August shown that 69% of Malaysia workforces have indicated their preference to continue working from home, highest in the region, ahead of Singapore, China and Hong Kong. Having more employees working from home opened up new vulnerabilities that cybercriminals were quick to target. The volume of corporate traffic grew as well as more users moved to using third party services to exchange data and work through...
Sophos Discovers New Memento Ransomware
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released details of a new Python ransomware called Memento. The research, “New Ransomware Actor Uses Password Protected Archives to Bypass Encryption Protection,” describes the attack, which locks files in a password-protected archive if the Memento ransomware can’t encrypt the targeted data. “Human-led ransomware attacks in the real world are rarely clear cut and linear,”...
90% of IT Decision Makers Believe Organizations Compromise on Cybersecurity in Favor of Other Goals
Trend Micro Incorporated has announced new research revealing that 90% of IT decision makers claim their business would be willing to compromise on cybersecurity in favor of digital transformation, productivity, or other goals. Additionally, 82% have felt pressured to downplay the severity of cyber risks to their board. “IT leaders are self-censoring in front of their boards for fear of appearing repetitive or too negative, with...
Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection Reveals Transparency And Supports New Connected Devices And Locations
In 2021, the trend for remote or hybrid work continues around the world, with many employees choosing to work partly from home. At the same time, users now pay more attention to what is happening to their data online, and seek to protect it. All this has led to the growing popularity of VPN services which are now used for protection of sensitive work data and ensuring personal privacy online. New location-cities and expanding the list...
Sophos Rapid Response Details Top 10 Ways Ransomware Attackers Ramp up Pressure to Pay
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published an article, “The Top 10 Ways Ransomware Operators Ramp Up the Pressure to Pay,” detailing how ransomware attackers are implementing a wide range of ruthless pressure tactics to persuade victims to pay the ransom. The article is based on evidence and insight from Sophos’ Rapid Response team of 24/7 incident responders who help organizations under active...
Sophos 2022 Threat Report: Gravitational Force of Ransomware Black Hole Pulls in Other Cyberthreats to Create One Massive, Interconnected Ransomware Delivery System
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, which shows how the gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system – with significant implications for IT security. The report, written by SophosLabs security researchers, Sophos Managed Threat Response threat hunters and rapid...
Kaspersky Launches Centralized Threat Intelligence Platform For TI Management
Multiple threat intelligence sources constantly process vast amounts of information and generate millions of alerts. This level of fragmented and multi-format data makes effective alert prioritization, triage, and validation incredibly difficult. That is why the ability to identify real threats remains one of the top challenges for IT security teams. To help corporate security and incident response teams facilitate threat detection,...
Kaspersky Launches Its First ‘Women In IT’ Podcast, Highlighting The Variety Of Careers In Cybersecurity
To tackle the current talent gap in the industry, it is crucial for young women to see more role models. The latest Women in Tech report confirms this need, as 38% of women say that lack of women in the tech industry makes them wary of starting a career in cybersecurity. To change this and help young professionals get ‘on-board’ with cybersecurity, Kaspersky has taken one more step towards a more diverse and secure industry by...
Trend Micro Named a Leader in Extended Detection and Response by Forrester
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, has announced the latest industry recognition for its Trend Micro Vision One platform. Trend Micro was named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Providers, Q4 2021 report, and scored highest in the current offering category in the latest report of its kind by a major analyst firm. This recognition solidifies the potential of Trend Micro...
How To #Jombaliksekolah, And Stay Safe Online
A nationwide study by Universiti Malaya shows that over three quarters of Malaysian students, who have been away from classrooms for almost 35 weeks, are eager for physical classes to resume this months. The Ministry of Education announced that schools are reopening in stages for states under phase 3 and 4 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). This means majority of the schools may only open on rotational basis, with classes split into...
Finding Parallels: 2019 Witnessed The Start Of Banking Trojan Outbreak In APAC, Says Kaspersky Expert
It is a common knowledge that the current health crisis, first detected in December of 2019, has drastically changed multiple aspects of human lives globally and in Asia Pacific (APAC). One of its most evident aftermaths is the significant uptick of digital payment adoption in the region. Several reports have already put the numbers to prove this trend, but how about its tangible effects on the cybersecurity landscape of the financial...
Sophos Accelerates Growth of MSP Connect
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced accelerated worldwide growth of MSP Connect, Sophos’ award-winning program to help managed service providers (MSPs) increase customer management efficiencies, unlock new business opportunities and boost revenue. The growth is fueled by the increased demand for Sophos’ next-generation cybersecurity solutions and services that protect against ransomware and other...
Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Ensures 100% Protection From Ransomware, Confirmed AV-TEST
For the last several years, ransomware has grown into an industry with plenty of malware families, dedicated criminal gangs and attacks-as-a-service. In Q2 2021 alone, 3,905 new ransomware modifications appeared in the wild, while 97,451 users were attacked globally, about 6.000 more than in the previous quarter, according to Kaspersky’s research. When getting to a system, such an attack spreads quickly from one machine to another,...
Kaspersky Releases Its First Transparency Report
Thanks to the growing importance of technology in modern life, demand for greater transparency of the software we use is also growing, including security solutions. To address this demand, Kaspersky has issued its first transparency report, Law enforcement and government requests report, to help its users understand how the company responds to such requests and its approach to users’ data security and privacy. As the number of...
Asia Pacific And Japan Financial Services Organizations In Hit By Ransomware Face More Than US$2.62 Million In Recovery Costs, Sophos Survey Shows
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced findings from its survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2021,” that show how mid-sized financial services organizations in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) spent more US$2.62 million on average recovering from a ransomware attack. This figure exceeds the global cross-sector average of US$1.85 million even though the results also show the...
Conti Ransomware and ProxyShell: The Perfect Storm for Cyberattack
According to Sophos threat researchers, Conti ransomware is incredibly active right now, due to the dissolution of DarkSide, REvil and Avaddon, three groups that operated under a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model. Affiliates of these now shuttered gangs are looking for a new operator, which Sophos suspects is Conti, due to the recent high levels of activity the company’s threat researchers have seen. Another “high alert”...
5 Practical Ways To Keep Your Finances Safer Online
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky today reveals its Q2 2021 mobile threat report for Southeast Asia (SEA) where it has monitored a 60% uptick in the number of attacks using malicious mobile bankers detected and blocked in the region. Mobile banking Trojans – or bankers – are used by cybercriminals to steal funds directly from mobile bank accounts. These malicious programs typically look like legitimate financial apps, but when a...
