Kaspersky Named a “Leader” in IDC MarketScape: Endpoint Detection and Response Market Evaluation
18 March 2021 (MY) – Kaspersky faces greater competition in China market, it needs to continuously develop innovative market cooperation models and establish a healthy security ecosystem, striving to provide security products and services that meet the demands of the China market. At the same time, today’s rapidly changing information technology and cybersecurity environment requires enterprises and organizations to...
Kept Under Wraps: Half Of Companies Prohibit Sharing Threat Intelligence Findings With Professional Communities
12 March 2021 (MY) – Two-thirds (66%) of threat intelligence (TI) analysts are involved in professional communities, but 52% of all those working in IT and cybersecurity roles are not allowed to share threat intelligence artifacts discovered through those communities, finds a new Kaspersky report, ‘Managing your IT security team’. Kaspersky is a long-time advocate for international collaboration in cyberspace and contributes to...
PUBG MOBILE Comes Up With Unique New Collaboration
11 March 2021 (MY) – As a result of PUBG MOBILE’s latest collaboration, B.Duck, the famous yellow duck, has arrived in-game and can be ridden by players to explore PUBG MOBILE’s maps. The content update brings new gameplay along with a range of events and attractive rewards and is available now. In the “B.Duck World Tour” event, the cute B.Duck will appear on five PUBG MOBILE maps including Erangel, Miranmar, Sanhok,...
What You Need To Know Before Installing Clubhouse
10 March 2021 (MY) – Since Clubhouse’s introduction, the invitation-only audio-chat service has topped App Store downloads, and its audience grew from 600,000 to 10 million in just a few weeks. For good reasons and bad, the name seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Amidst the hype, it’s easy to overlook threats to your privacy and even wallet. What Clubhouse is In case you missed it, Clubhouse is an app that provides a...
2020 Sees Nearly 3M Phishing Attempts Aimed At SMBs In SEA
10 March 2021 (MY) – 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 pandemic, Kaspersky’s Anti-Phishing Technology has blocked a total of 2,890,825 attempts aimed at SMBs in the region last year, a 20% increase compared with 2,402,569 attempts to visit fraudulent...
2020 Seen A Spike In Web Threats In Malaysia Amidst WFH And Home-Based Learning
25 February 2021 (MY) – A Malaysia online job survey reported that 67% of the companies required their staff to work from home (WFH) amidst the continuing pandemic situation. Another survey reported that 69% employees want WFH to continue after Movement Control Order (MCO), with 56% of business owners supporting that. Amidst more Malaysians conducting work tasks inside the comfort of their homes, Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)...
All Work And No Play? IT Security Employees Spend Six Hours Of Working Week On Hobbies
24 February 2021 (MY) – As much as 85% of IT Security staff engage in leisure activities during working hours. Typically, these hobbies account for six hours a week, which is an hour more than staff across the company overall. A reason for these breaks may be to find a distraction from high workloads, which was also cited as the most common reason to leave a cybersecurity job. These are findings extracted from a new Kaspersky...
Cybersecurity Plays A Crucial Role In Malaysian Smes’ Road To Recovery
23 February 2021 (MY) – Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia was keen on pushing SMEs to be digitally-enabled and technologically equipped to meet the demands of an increasingly digital world, and was set to achieve these goals by the year 2022. According to SME Corp, digitalisation was to come, given that all SME will shift to cashless payment. Fast forward to now, 5,634 applications from SMEs have been received for the SME...
More Than 5-In-10 Organisations In SEA Still Use Outdated, Unpatched Software
19 February 2021 (MY) – While vulnerabilities are inevitable in any software, regular patching and updates can minimize the risk of exploitation. That’s why users are always advised to install the latest software versions as soon as they are available, even if these updates can sometimes be difficult or a time-consuming task for organizations. However, a fresh study from Kaspersky revealed more than half (54%) of organisations...
A Kazual Sunburst – The Missing Link: Experts Connect Solarwinds Attack With Kazuar Backdoor
6 February 2021 (MY) – On December 13, 2020, FireEye, Microsoft and SolarWinds announced the discovery of a large, sophisticated supply chain attack that deployed a new, previously unknown malware “Sunburst” used against SolarWinds’ Orion IT customers. Kaspersky’s experts found various specific code similarities between Sunburst and known versions of Kazuar backdoors – the type of malware that provides remote access to a...
Finastra names Hack to the Future winners
5 February 2021 (MY) – Finastra has named the winners of its annual hackathon: Hack to the Future. The virtual event saw hundreds of ideas, proof of concepts (POCs) and apps submitted, from across the world, around the themes of reducing systemic inequality, hacking through COVID-19 and embracing technology-enabled change. Shortlisted teams presented their ideas to a panel of expert judges from banks, fintechs, universities...
Kaspersky Builds Momentum In Asia-Pacific With Appointment Of New Managing Director
5 February 2021 (MY) – Kaspersky has announced the appointment of Chris Connell as Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Chris will spearhead the global cybersecurity company’s APAC business expansion efforts in addition to continuing his role as the Deputy Vice President of Global Sales for the company. Originally from the United Kingdom, he is set to be based in Kaspersky’s regional office in Singapore. Chris...
Oops!: Nearly 2-In-10 In Sea Share News On Social Media Before Verifying If It’s True
4 February 2021 (MY) – News consumption from mainstream media and online sources have received a huge uptick globally, including countries in Southeast Asia (SEA), with the public forced to stay at home last year. It is also notable that online citizens from the region consume most of their news through social media. This is proven by a recent Kaspersky research which revealed that majority (76%) of users in SEA get their news...
Kaspersky And Waterfall Ensure Solution Compatibility To Improve OT Network Protection
27 January 2021 (MY) – Industrial enterprises need to meet emerging cybersecurity challenges that come with operational technology (OT) network digitalization. As such, 55% of organizations are now confident that the Internet of Things will change the state of security in industrial control systems (ICS). Amid this need, products such as those offered by both Kaspersky and Waterfall are now presented as a timely and...
NTT offers Cyber Threat Sensor to clients in wake of SolarWinds attacks
20 January 2021 (MY) – NTT Ltd. has announced it is offering qualified clients a free-of-charge specialized sensor capability*. This will enable enterprises and public sector agencies to make an initial determination of their risk and potential means to mitigate attacks related to the recent SolarWinds incidents. In December 2020, a supply chain attack through SolarWinds’ commonly-used network management software allowed malware...
Protecting Vehicles: Kaspersky Launches Tailored Threat Intelligence Reporting For The Automotive Industry
20 January 2021 (MY) – Kaspersky has now introduced its tailored threat intelligence (TI) reporting for organizations working in the automotive industry, which was previously available for a selected range of customers. The company’s TI reports provide car manufacturers with in-depth analysis of industry-specific security threats and identify information that could be utilized by malefactors to develop attacks on vehicles,...
December 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Returns as Top Malware Threat
9 January 2021 (MY) – Check Point Research has published its latest Global Threat Index for December 2020. Researchers reported that the Emotet trojan has returned to first place in the top malware list, impacting 7% of organisations globally, following a spam campaign which targeted over 100,000 users per day during the holiday season. In September and October 2020, Emotet was consistently at the top of the Global Threat Index,...
Kaspersky Forecast: Cybersecurity Trends To Watch Out For In Southeast Asia In 2021
7 Jan 2021 (MY) – The rhythm of life among Southeast Asians was shaken by the sudden, sweeping changes last year. Despite the gloomy outlook, policies across SEA successfully compelled both the public and business sector to shift gears quickly, step up their use of technology and go online for literally everything. Security experts from Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) gives us a lowdown on how...
Never Enough: Kaspersky Reveals Two APT Incidents Related To Vaccine Research
24 December 2020 (MY) – In the autumn of 2020, Kaspersky researchers identified two APT incidents that targeted entities related to COVID-19 research – a Ministry of Health body and a pharmaceutical company. Kaspersky experts assessed with high confidence that the activities can be attributed to the infamous Lazarus group. As the pandemic and restrictive measures across the world continue, many parties involved are trying...
Games, LEGO And K-Pop Topped Children’s Search Requests Ahead Of Christmas 2020
19 December 2020 (MY) – Kaspersky Safe Kids experts have analyzed anonymized children’s search requests during the month of November – a time when kids usually make their Christmas wish lists. The most popular game is Roblox and the most desired toy is LEGO, while bands BTS and BLACKPINK are the top music requests. With Christmas fast approaching, people around the world are making preparations for the big day. Bearing in mind...
