As the Christmas rush and Manila’s traffic convince more Filipinos that it is better to shop online than head to the malls, Kaspersky Lab shares eight simple tips to avoid getting suckered by online scams this holiday season. Kaspersky Lab warns this time of the year is a prime...
According to a joint survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, over 30% of companies use mobile devices to access corporate bank accounts and to make financial transactions. Did you know that one in every two top manager pays money into corporate accounts via a mobile banking app? The...
In its Q3 IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab revealed key security incidents of the quarter, including the latest on the Philippines’ cybersecurity threat landscape. Using statistics from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), which obtains information from millions of Kaspersky Lab product users in 213 countries, the report sheds light...
Research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that the relationship between users and their digital devices is often closer than between best friends, with 29% taking them into the bathroom and 25% sharing secrets with their device that they don’t want anyone else to know. However, this trust could...
Kaspersky Lab has added an additional 14,031 decryption keys to the repository noransom.kaspersky.com, enabling all users who have fallen victim to CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware to retrieve their encrypted data without having to pay a single bitcoin in ransom to criminals. “Many companies face ransomware attacks and ask themselves: to...
The rise of online banking has given birth to a new form of cybercrime – the theft of payment information. Fraudsters keep developing new ways of bypassing protective systems for financial data. How does their malware steal your money? How can we protect ourselves against them? Is it even possible?...
Prevention is better than cure, even in cybersecurity. Kaspersky Lab says financial companies should focus more on preventing cyber threats rather than being prepared to mitigate its possible impact to businesses’ networks and data. This is after a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab, in cooperation with B2B International, found that...
The technology of Internet-connected cars promises convenience and advantages for the drivers, but Kaspersky Lab warns it also brings new risks to today’s car users. Kaspersky Lab urges car manufacturers to develop better security features as investigators announced exploitation of the first ever zero-day vulnerability for Internet-connected vehicles. A zero-day...
In spite of occasional catastrophic Internet-wide security vulnerabilities, consumers are now at the point where it is increasingly futile to try to avoid financial transactions online. While it is no secret that the Web is a bit of a mess in terms of security, it is also unquestionable that conducting...
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...
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...
Kaspersky Lab has recorded a rare and unusual example of one cybercriminal attacking another. In 2014, Hellsing, a small and technically unremarkable cyberespionage group targeting mostly government and diplomatic organizations in Asia, was subjected to a spear-phishing attack by another threat actor and decided to strike back. Kaspersky Lab believes...
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