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Free But Risky: 8 Security Tips for Public Wi-Fi Users

Danger often comes from an unexpected direction. For example, while you are alert to pickpockets, criminals may be approaching invisibly, over Wi-Fi. With the current move of the government to make Wi-Fi available nationwide, global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab says Filipinos need to raise their guards up to protect their online safety. Once the Senate […]

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Dropping Elephant: Cyber-espionage Group Hunts High Profile Targets with Low Profile Tools

In February 2016, following an alert from a partner, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team began an investigation. It quickly became clear that a threat actor, likely operating from India, was undertaking aggressive cyber-espionage activity in the Asian region, targeting multiple diplomatic and government entities with a particular focus on China and its international

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Android ransomware: four-fold increase in number of users attacked in one year

The number of users attacked by ransomware targeting Android-based devices has increased four-fold in just one year, hitting at least 136,000 users globally. A report on the ransomware threat landscape, conducted by Kaspersky Lab, also found that the majority of attacks are based on only four groups of malware. The report covers a full two-year

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Crypto-ransomware attacks rise five-fold to hit 718 thousand users in one year

The number of users attacked with encryption ransomware is soaring, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016: an increase of 5.5 times compared to the same period in 2014-2015. The goal of crypto ransomware is to encrypt your critical data — such as documents, pictures or videos — while leaving more basic

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Hidden Danger: Small Businesses Dismiss Mobile Risks, Overlooking BYOD Threats

Many small-business owners believe BYOD (bring-your-own-device) poses no threat to their company and have no interest in spending effort on mobile device security, while employees themselves think security is the responsibility of the business, a study by Kaspersky Lab has found. With the study showing that two-thirds (62%) of business owners and employees now use

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The Hacker’s Bounty: How Much Do Cybercriminals Make from Innocent Users?

Cybercriminals could be raking in profits 20 times greater than the cost of their attacks, according to figures compiled by Kaspersky Lab experts. The research compared the cost of the most frequently used hacker tools with the money stolen in a successful malicious operation. “Buying malware is currently not a problem, it’s easy to find

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