6 mistakes to avoid when choosing a managed services provider
4 June 2020 – Managed services have emerged as the preferred way to address application security concerns and lighten the burden for internal teams. A managed services provider gives you greater elastic application security testing capacity. When your AppSec testing load is light, you can take on testing yourself. But when you need more resources, you engage your provider and pay only for the services you need when you need...
Q1 2020: Over 200k Ransomware Attempts Blocked Against SMBs in SEA
29 May 2020 – Three years after the headline-grabbing Wannacry ransomware wreaked havoc thousands of IT systems around the globe, data from Kaspersky for Southeast Asia (SEA) prove the threat is still present particularly against small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the region. Ransomware is a type of cyberware that is designed to extort money from an individual or a company. Often, ransomware will demand a payment in order to...
Hackers Earn Record-Breaking RM435 Million on HackerOne
28 May 2020 – HackerOne, the number one hacker-powered security platform, today announced that hackers have earned RM435 Million (US$100 Million) in bug bounties by hacking for good on the HackerOne platform. A bounty — or bug bounty — is a monetary award given to a hacker who finds and reports a valid security weakness to an organisation so it can be safely resolved. With nearly half of bounty earnings awarded in the past year...
Synopsys Survey: 75% of Codebases Contained Vulnerabilities
26 May 2020 – Synopsys, a recognised leader in application security and analysis solutions, recently released its 2020 Open Source Security Risk Analysis report which highlights trends and patterns in open source usage within commercial applications, and provides insights and recommendations to help organisations better manage open source risk from a security, license compliance, and operational perspective. Below the summary of...
The Secret is Out: 4-in-10 online users in APAC faced private data leak
24 May 2020 – A recent survey conducted by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has revealed that 40% of consumers from the Asia Pacific (APAC) have faced incidents where their private information was accessed by someone who did not have their consent. This is while more than 5-in-10 online users in the region have expressed their equal concern in terms of guarding their virtual and physical lives. The Kaspersky Global Privacy...
New Kaspersky Sandbox Automates Protection from Advanced Threats
20th November, 2019 – Kaspersky has launched its new Kaspersky Sandbox, built to help organizations combat advanced threats designed to evade detection by endpoint protection platforms (EPP). The solution automatically analyses new suspicious files and sends the decision to the installed EPP. As a result, organizations strengthen their protection from previously unknown threats even if they lack teams of experienced threat...
Half of Q3 DDoS Attacks Happened in September
13th November, 2019 – In the third quarter of 2019, the number of DDoS attacks rose by a third compared to the previous period (30 percentage points) and Q3 2018 (32 percentage points) according to statistics gathered from Kaspersky DDoS Protection.This growth was primarily due to a spike in malicious activity in autumn. In fact, 53% of the quarter’s DDoS attacks were carried out in September. The rise is caused by a large...
Kaspersky Uncovers Zero-day in Popular Web Browser Exploited in the Wild by Threat Actor
8th November, 2019 – Kaspersky’s automated technologies have detected a new exploited vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser. Kaspersky has allocated the vulnerability as CVE-2019-13720 and reported it to Google. A patch has been released. Upon review of the PoC provided, Google confirmed that it is a zero-day vulnerability. Zero-day vulnerabilities are previously unknown software bugs that can be exploited by attackers...
Malaysia Climbs the Ladder on Mobile Ransomware Trojans in 2019
6th November, 2019 – The global cybersecurity company notes that ransomware is found not only on desktops, but also on mobile devices — and it is also on the rise there. The most widespread type of desktop ransomware is the cryptolocker, malware that encrypts your data and offers to restore it if you pay ransom. Another type of ransomware, the blocker, blocks either browsers or operating systems from working and demands a ransom...
Kaspersky: Attackers hunting for intelligence from banks, government, financial and military organisations
1st November, 2019 – An Android malware disguising as a mobile messenger or as a cryptocurrency app targeting individual cryptocurrency trader and organisation, an infamous APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) group continuously changing its tools to compromise banks, and a subgroup of Lazarus exploiting CVE-2017-10271 to infiltrate a cybersecurity vendor. Different hacking groups targeting diverse organisations but all are...
Digital Precaution Helps Parents Protect Children from Possible Online Threats
31st October, 2019 – Weighing up when to give your children online independence is one of the biggest dilemmas a modern parent can face. From stranger danger to cyberbullying, parents need to feel assured their kids will stay safe on the Internet. A new global survey from Kaspersky has found that when it comes to online security, some parents prefer to play safe than trust their child’s judgement. Despite more than two-thirds...
东盟成员国对网络攻击毫无准备
2019年8月27日讯 – 近期内东南亚两个主要机场都面对技术问题。从这些事件上看，专家们都觉得东盟成员国对网络攻击毫无准备。...
过半网络安全问题都是源自员工错误
（吉隆坡2019年八月22日讯）虽然有了自动化，但是人为因素仍然对工业流程带来很大的风险，。根据卡巴斯基(Kaspersky)的“State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2019”报告，去年52%影响运营技术和工业控制系统（OT / ICS）网络的事故都是源自员工的错误。工业基础设施日益复杂，它们需要更先进的保护和技能。但是，组织都缺乏专业人员来处理新的威胁和员工们的意识也低。 许多工业组织正在采用数字化和工业4.0标准化。五分之四的组织（81％）将运营网络数字化视为今年的一项重要任务。但是，这些基础设施都有网络安全风险。 好消息是，大多数（87％）受访者证实，OT / ICS网络安全正成为工业企业的首要任务。但为了达到必要的保护水平，他们需要投入专门的措施，并拥有高素质的专业人员，使他们有效地工作。尽管将其作为优先事项，但只有超过一半的公司（57％）拥有工业网络安全的分配预算。...
Kaspersky Lab Raises Awareness On Cyber Defense Plan Through Cyber Insights, Its First Multi-City Security Roadshow
KUALA LUMPUR, 1 October 2018: Kaspersky Lab holds its first multi-city security roadshow, with the theme, Cyber Insights 2018, going across 12 cities in Asia Pacific Region, creating partnerships with customers, analysts and cybersecurity experts. The roadshow started in July and will be carried out until October 2018. Kaspersky Lab Cyber Insights 2018 provides a platform for the users, analysts and cybersecurity experts to discuss...
Kaspersky Lab on NotPetya global ransomware attacks
Petaling Jaya, 28 June 2017: Kaspersky Lab’s analysts are investigating the new wave of ransomware attacks targeting organizations across the world. Our preliminary findings suggest that it is not a variant of Petya ransomware as publically reported, but a new ransomware that has not been seen before. That is why we have named it NotPetya. The company’s telemetry data indicates around 2,000 attacked users so far. Organizations in...
