Oversharing: What Is Ok To Share In The Internet And What Is Not
14 September 2020 – With the increase of time being spent online and the diverse activities being posted on different social media platforms, Kaspersky today shares a reminder for parents about the risks of oversharing online. Latest research from the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky confirmed that social media is the top activity for online users in Southeast Asia (SEA) for the first few months of 2020. Conducted last May...
Working-From-Home Lessons: Employees ‘Confidently’ Make 90% Of All Security Awareness Mistakes
13 September 2020 – Free security awareness training on remote working from Kaspersky and Area9 Lyceum has seen participants enact correct responses 66% of the time. However, even when learners were wrong, they mostly remained confident in their competences. The most difficult learning objectives proved to be virtual machines, updates, and reasons why people should use corporate IT resources even while working outside the...
IntSights Accelerates Expansion in Asia Pacific
11 September 2020 – IntSights, the threat intelligence company focused on enabling enterprises to Defend Forward™, today announced its commitment to advance its business strategy and growth in Asia Pacific. Fuelled by the burgeoning demand for cyber threat intelligence, IntSights plans to further expand its partner network, operations and support capabilities to extend the company’s External Threat Protection (ETP) Suite...
August 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Evolved Qbot Trojan Ranks On Top Malware List For First Time
10 September 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for August 2020. Researchers found that the Qbot trojan, also known as Qakbot and Pinkslipbot, has entered the top ten malware index for the first time, ranking as the 10th most prevalent malware in August, while the...
Life’s Too Busy: Internet Security Yet To Be A Priority For 3-In-10 Active Online Users In SEA
10 September 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic may have stopped domestic and international travels but a huge chunk of human lives continued and shifted from the physical to the virtual world. Latest research by Kaspersky showed six-in-10 internets users from Southeast Asia (SEA) are aware of their increased time online than ever before. This, however, failed to make internet security a priority as 38% admitted that the busy life in...
Quality Over Quantity: Ransomware Attacks Vs Southeast Asian Smes Decline In First Half Of 2020
4 September 2020 – Ransomware attacks detected and blocked by Kaspersky on computers of small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia have dwindled from 1.4M hits in the first half of 2019 compared to just half a million in the first half of 2020, based on the latest figures from the cybersecurity company. All six countries in the region — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam were...
From The Comfort Of Your Own Couch: Kaspersky Great Shares Expertise On Threat Hunting With YARA In New Online Training Course
2 September 2020 – YARA is a unique tool that, among other things, makes it easier to identify and classify new malware samples. With its help, security analysts can create certain patterns, or ‘rules’, and search for files that match them using security solutions or multi-scanner systems. By following a few know-how guides and some effort, a researcher or a security team can achieve a new level of knowledge in threat detection,...
Move In And Log On: 46% Of Consumers Are Happy To Share Streaming Services With Their Households, Despite A Third Worrying About Their Housemates’ Digital Habits
1 Sep 2020 – COVID-19 related restrictions and the necessity to stay indoors has influenced the way people approach digital services, making them more aware of how securely both they, and their housemates, use the internet. This can include deciding to use the same accounts for entertainment platforms across the entire household or discovering more about each other’s online behavior. With this in mind, the research found that...
1.6M More Phishing Almost Infected SEA Smbs In H1 2020
24 August 2020 – The second quarter of every year often saw phishers relaxing given that the months of April to June are usually vacation period across the globe. However, triggered by the still ongoing pandemic, this year’s second quarter proved to be productive for malicious actors online. According to Kaspersky’s latest statistics, cybercriminals targeting small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Southeast Asia (SEA) spent their...
Over 8-In-10 Online Users In SEA Believe They Are “Safe” Online Amidst Pandemic Time
17 August 2020 – With more parts of human lives playing online as self-isolation measures remain or return across countries in Southeast Asia (SEA), a fresh survey by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has unmasked users’ shift of behaviour and views online during this pandemic time. The Kaspersky’s report titled “More connected than ever before: how we build our digital comfort zones” found out that majority (82%) of the...
Pretending To Be Normal: Attackers Misuse Legitimate Tools In 30% Of Successful Cyber-Incidents
16 August 2020 – Monitoring and management software helps IT and network administrators perform their everyday tasks, such as troubleshooting and providing employees with technical support. However, cybercriminals can also leverage these legitimate tools during cyberattacks on a company’s infrastructure. This software allows them to run processes on endpoints, access and extract sensitive information, bypassing various security...
July 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Emotet Strikes Again After Five-Month Absence
12 August 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for July 2020. Researchers found that after a five-month absence, Emotet has surged back to 1st place in the Index, impacting 5% of organisations globally. Since February 2020, Emotet’s activities – primarily sending...
No Summer Vacation: DDOS Attacks Tripled Year-On-Year In Q2 2020
12 August 2020 – The pandemic, and subsequent social distancing restrictions, have significantly changed people’s lives. In particular, many people feel concerned about travelling or are simply unable to do so. So, many are either spending their days off in “staycation” mode or have cancelled their scheduled holidays. And this change in vacation plans has had unexpected consequences – including an increased number of DDoS...
Avoiding Dating Disasters: Check Point Research Helps to Mitigate Significant Vulnerabilities in OkCupid’s Website and Mobile App
2 Aug 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, recently identified and helped mitigate several security flaws on OkCupid’s website and mobile app. If exploited, the vulnerabilities would have allowed a hacker to access and steal the private data of OkCupid users, and send messages from their account without users’...
Too Boring To Hack? A Third Of Millennials Think They’re Too Mundane To Be The Victim Of Cybercrime
1 Aug 2020 – Kaspersky’s latest global report, More Connected Than Ever Before: How We Build Our Digital Comfort Zones, explores how we are changing our habits to ensure we are comfortable with the role of technology in our lives. Although millennials intend to tighten up their online security, their actions tell a different story. With many millennials thinking they’re too boring for cybercriminals, 36% say that they...
Lazarus Employs Multi-Platform Malware Framework In Series Of Data Espionage And Ransomware Attacks
30 July 2020 – Malicious toolsets used to target multiple platforms are a rare breed, as they require significant investment from the developer. They are often deployed for long-term use, which results in increased profit for the actor through numerous attacks spread over time. In the cases discovered by Kaspersky, the MATA framework was able to target three platforms – Windows, Linux and macOS – indicating that the attackers...
Lessons From The $81M Cyberheist: Threat Data Is Key To Fend Off Future Cyberattacks Against Banks In SEA
29 July 2020 – Amidst the increased use of online banking and e-wallet in the region fuelled by the pandemic, Kaspersky reminds banks and financial services in Southeast Asia (SEA) to learn from the lessons of previous cyberattacks like the costly $81M cyberheist incident in 2016. The global cybersecurity company, in an online conference with select media from the region, highlighted how the financial sector can utilise...
Video Niceties: Kaspersky Safe Kids Now Protects Children From Risky Content On Youtube
17 July 2020 – Nowadays children are one of YouTube’s core audiences with many of the most popular videos on the website aimed at young viewers. However, outside of kid-friendly videos, there are many adult themes that may have a tangible impact on kids’ behavior. In fact, according to the Kaspersky Family Report, 14% of parents said their children had been exposed to content encouraging them to carry out violent or...
Check Point Research and Zoom Collaborate to Fix ‘Vanity URL’ Issue
17 July 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. recently helped to mitigate risk associated with a potential security issue in Zoom’s customisable ‘Vanity URLs’ feature that could have allowed hackers to send legitimate-looking Zoom business meeting invitations that appear as associated with a particular Zoom user with the aim of inserting malware and surreptitiously...
June 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Notorious Phorpiex Botnet Rises Again, Doubling Its Global Impact On Organisations
13 July 2020 – Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has published its latest Global Threat Index for June 2020. Researchers found that in the past month the Phorpiex botnet has been delivering the Avaddon ransomware, a new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) variant that emerged in early June, via malspam campaigns,...
