To mark Change Your Password Day, 2019, Kaspersky Lab’s security researchers are advising users that unique, memorable passwords are stronger and more effective than regularly changing account passwords when it comes to keeping data secure online. The researchers have shared some easy steps that people can follow to create their...
Kaspersky Lab experts have identified an overlap in cyberattacks between two infamous threat actors, GreyEnergy – which is believed to be a successor of BlackEnergy – and the Sofacy cyberespionage group. Both actors used the same servers at the same time, with, however, a different purpose. BlackEnergy and Sofacy hacking...
Kaspersky Lab experts have helped to identify and patch seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in the ThingsPro Suite – an industrial IoT platform, designed for industrial control systems (ICS) data acquisition and remote analysis. Some of the vulnerabilities found could potentially allow threat actors to gain highly privileged access to industrial IoT gateways...
Following the emergence last week of a massive database of exposed emails and passwords dubbed as Collection #1, Kaspersky Lab strongly urged internet users to apply unique passwords for each of their online accounts to minimize the chances of being affected by data breaches. According to the global cybersecurity company,...
While modern electric vehicles are tested constantly for vulnerabilities, some of their essential accessories, such as the battery chargers, often remain neglected. Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered that electric vehicle (EV) chargers supplied by a major vendor carry vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyber attackers, and that the consequences...
In line with Kaspersky Lab’s strategy to aggressively strengthen its growth in the enterprise market, the global cybersecurity company today announces its partnership with MSI-ECS Philippines. MSI-ECS is one of the biggest IT product and solutions providers in the country carrying over 40 major technology brands with an established reseller...
The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions — cybercrime groups have used new infiltration techniques and the geography of attacks has become more extensive. Despite this, let’s start the review with a positive trend: in 2018, police arrested a number...
Don’t let easy-going holiday shopping hinder your vigilance. The time of unrestrained shopping has already begun, thanks to Black Friday in November. This is swiftly followed by Christmas and New Year gift-giving, and then the January sales. But it is worth remembering that cybercriminals targeting consumer’s banking credentials or online...
Grounded on its advocacy of helping develop startups worldwide, Microsoft Philippines today announced its partnership with the Asian Institute of Management – Dado Banatao Incubator (AIM-DBI/The Incubator), which aims to strengthen The Incubator’s program by equipping Philippine startups with innovative solutions mainly powered by Microsoft’s cloud-based technology, Azure, through rhipe...
In keeping with its commitment to bring value to its customers and as a way of public service, Metro Retail Stores Group Inc., (MRSGI) is holding a community talk on “Holiday Hazards” on December 13, 2018, Thursday, 1:00 pm at the 4th floor of Metro Department Store Market! Market! in...
Cloud adoption is in full swing, with the latest IDG data showing that 73% of enterprises have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure, already in the cloud. But apparently that’s not enough – because the data also shows that IT departments are feeling the pressure...
The global outbreak in malicious cryptocurrency mining that unfolded in 2018 saw the number of attacks increase by more than 83%, with over five million users attacked online in the first three quarters of the year, compared to 2.7 million over the same period in 2017. The major driver behind...
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