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...
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...
The year ahead will see the APT world split into two groups — energetic and inexperienced newcomers who want to play the game and the traditional, well-resourced and most advanced actors. The latter group poses a huge challenge for businesses, as experienced threat actors explore new and ever more sophisticated...
As the big annual holiday shopping season gets underway, new Kaspersky Lab research shows that banking Trojans are actively targeting online users of popular consumer brands, stealing credentials and other information through these sites. Kaspersky Lab technologies detected 9.2 million attempted attacks by the end of Q3, 2018, compared to...
A new study of mid-size businesses and consumers reveals that many are confused and lack trust when it comes to the privacy and security of their online data and behavior. The research, which covered six countries in Europe and North America, found that people worry that hackers, their own and...
Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their existing mutual commitment to address the information security challenges among local public sector agencies in support of the national cybersecurity framework of the Philippines. DICT &...
On the heels of the latest breaches against widely-used online platforms Facebook and Google that affected millions of users worldwide, Kaspersky Lab today puts the spotlight on the role of employees in keeping companies secured while enjoying the perks of the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) trend. “Employees are the soldiers of the...
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