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Kaspersky shares online gaming safety tips for children

August 6, 2022 admin 0

Following the recent leakage, revealing how Roblox moderates content, Kaspersky experts share insights on what cyber threats can threaten users, and especially children, in the gaming space and how to protect yourselves. The leaked documents give insight into the targeting [c]

Analysis & Features

Phishing and scams rise exponentially in Africa in second quarter of 2022

August 2, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky analysis has revealed that attacks related to data loss threats (phishing and scams/social engineering) increased significantly in Africa in the second quarter of 2022 in comparison with the previous quarter – where the company’s [c]

Analysis & Features

CosmicStrand, a sophisticated firmware rootkit, now allows durable persistence

August 2, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky’s researchers have uncovered a rootkit developed by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor that stays on the victim’s machine even if the operating system is rebooted or Windows is reinstalled – making it very [c]

CSR

New malicious campaign targets Discord messenger users via infected open-source packages  

July 29, 2022 admin 0

On July 26, using the internal automated system for monitoring open-source repositories, Kaspersky researchers identified a malicious campaign dubbed LofyLife. The campaign employed 4 malicious packages spreading Volt Stealer and Lofy Stealer malware in the [c]

Analysis & Features

Luna, a new ransomware group, now using cross-platform programming language

July 21, 2022 admin 1

Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new ransomware group that further underlines the trend of ransomware actors turning to cross-platform functionality. The group, dubbed Luna, employs the use of ransomware written in Rust, a programming language [c]

Analysis & Features

New backdoor targets governments and NGOs in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey  

July 4, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky experts have brought to light a poorly detected SessionManager backdoor that was set up as a malicious module within the Internet Information Services (IIS), a popular web server edited by Microsoft. Once propagated, SessionManager enables [c]

Analysis & Features

Report reveals phishing emails that employees find most confusing

June 29, 2022 admin 0

Phishing simulator data from Kaspersky Security Awareness Platform shows that workers tend not to notice pitfalls hidden in emails devoted to corporate issues and delivery problem notifications. Almost one in five (16% to 18%) clicked [c]

Analysis & Features

ToddyCat, an advanced threat actor, targets high-profile entities with new malware

June 23, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky researchers have reported an ongoing campaign carried out by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed ToddyCat, which focuses on compromising multiple Microsoft Exchange servers using two malicious programs – Samurai backdoor and Ninja [c]

Analysis & Features

Cybercriminals charge $2,000 to sell access to companies via the Dark Web

June 22, 2022 admin 0

With the rise of cybercrime as a service business model, the information necessary to organise an attack is in demand among cybercriminals. Kaspersky’s experts analysed nearly 200 posts on the dark web offering to buy [c]

Analysis & Features

SMEs in Kenya still in danger of cyber threats, facing a 47% rise in attacks in 2022

June 13, 2022 admin 0

When a small business owner is faced with the responsibilities of production economics, financial reports and marketing all at the same time, cybersecurity can often appear complicated and, at times, unnecessary. However, this disregard for [c]

Analysis & Features

Third-party automotive apps bear significant privacy risks – Kaspersky

June 6, 2022 admin 0

Mobile applications for connected cars provide various features to make life easier for motorists, but they can also be a source of risk. Kaspersky experts have analysed 69 popular third-party mobile applications designed to control [c]

Analysis & Features

How scammers subscribe mobile users to unwanted paid services

May 6, 2022 admin 0

With an ever-growing number of smartphone users, the development of mobile applications has become a booming industry. Today, there are millions of apps, helping users with almost every aspect of their everyday life – from [c]

Analysis & Features

One-third of banking malware attacks in 2021 targeted corporate users

February 28, 2022 admin 0

In 2021, the financial threats landscape witnessed positive changes where the overall number of users affected by malware reduced significantly, including a 35% drop in PC malware. Still, financial organisations, as cybercriminals’ most lucrative targets, [c]

Analysis & Features

African countries saw reduced cybercrime attacks on mobile devices in 2021

February 23, 2022 admin 0

In an analysis of the threat landscape of African countries, Kaspersky experts have seen a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the region, as cybercriminals consolidated their efforts to focus on more complicated, [c]

Analysis & Features

Valentine or swindler? Guide on how to use dating services securely

February 14, 2022 admin 0

Fraud is an increasing problem for those who use such dating apps and platforms in Kenya according to Kaspersky’s survey devoted to using dating apps during the pandemic. Almost 29% of those in the survey [c]

Analysis & Features

More than 30,000 scans reported as Log4Shell exploitation continues

February 7, 2022 admin 0

Discovered in December 2021, Log4Shell quickly became infamous as the vulnerability of the year. Although the Apache Foundation released a patch for this CVE shortly after its discovery, this vulnerability continues to pose a huge threat [c]

Analysis & Features

Pegasus: How to avoid falling a victim of the spyware

February 4, 2022 admin 0

It is generally believed that it is impossible to completely protect yourself from professional surveillance software. Although it may be very difficult to prevent the successful exploitation and infection of the mobile device, users can [c]

Analysis & Features

Kaspersky launches new mobile video game to play at the workplace

February 1, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky has released a new, story-rich, mobile cybersecurity quest titled [Dis]connected. The interactive adventure is a dive into the daily routine of a person in the near future who is on a quest to maintain [c]

Analysis & Features

The third known firmware bootkit shows major advancement

January 24, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky’s researchers have uncovered the third case of a firmware bootkit in the wild. Dubbed MoonBounce, this malicious implant is hidden within a computer’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, an essential part of computers, [c]

Analysis & Features

Five board considerations for cybersecurity budget planning in 2022

January 21, 2022 admin 0

By Evgeniya Naumova As companies take stock and plan budgets for the new year, and as the pandemic continues unabated, companies will still need to factor in its ongoing impact on their business and daily operations; [c]

CSR

88% of children in Kenya interested in IT careers

January 20, 2022 admin 0

Almost 90% of young respondents in Kenya find the IT area interesting according to a Kaspersky survey conducted by Toluna research agency from April – May 2021. Moreover, 86% of them would like to work [c]

CSR

Kaspersky named Major Player in modern endpoint security for corporates and SMEs

January 20, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky was recently named as a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape reports for ‘Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Small and Midsize Businesses 2021 Vendor Assessment’ and ‘Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises 2021 Vendor Assessment’. [c]

Analysis & Features

Personal employee data leakage the least disclosed type of breach

January 17, 2022 admin 0

The Kaspersky Employee Wellbeing 2021 report unveils that while organisations regularly face employee data leakage, 36% of respondents from the Africa, Middle East and Turkey (META) region prefer not to disclose these incidents publicly. At [c]

Analysis & Features

BlueNoroff threat actor drains cryptocurrency startups’ accounts

January 17, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat (APT) actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) worldwide resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims. The campaign, dubbed SnatchCrypto, is [c]

Analysis & Features

Over a third of clinicians in Africa, Middle East and Turkey have had  patients’ data breached during tele-health sessions

January 14, 2022 admin 0

Global Kaspersky research unveils that 37% of healthcare providers across the Africa, Middle East and Turkey (META) region have experienced cases where their employees compromised customers’ personal information during remote consultations. In addition to this, [c]

Analysis & Features

Over a third of staff feel more connected with colleagues while working remotely

January 13, 2022 admin 0

A recent Kaspersky study found that 61% of employees don’t feel isolated while working remotely, indeed, 37% of remote workers manage to communicate even better with their colleagues this way. The extensive use of non-corporate communication services [c]

Analysis & Features

2022 threat predictions: Machine “unlearning”, undetectable ICS attacks and digital health vulnerabilities

January 12, 2022 admin 0

Every year, Kaspersky experts look back at the biggest security developments over the previous 12-months as part of the Kaspersky Security Bulletin series to help users and businesses usher in a safer new year. Here are [c]

Analysis & Features

Trust level: Which platforms and services do security users rely on the most?

January 12, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky analysed anonymised data voluntarily provided by visitors of Privacy Checker, a website that contains helpful advice on privacy settings for various Internet services and platforms. The results show which security settings (tight, medium, or [c]

Analysis & Features

73% of healthcare providers globally use medical equipment with legacy OS

January 10, 2022 admin 0

Medicine has always been a field where innovations play a crucial and truly life-saving role. However, during the pandemic, the healthcare industry was forced to significantly speed up the implementation of new developments. Indeed, this [c]

Analysis & Features

One third of phishing pages cease to be active after a day

January 10, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky researchers analysed the lifecycle of phishing pages and discovered that one third of phishing pages cease to exist within a single day, making the first hours of a page’s life the most dangerous for [c]

Analysis & Features

Kaspersky develops cybersecurity policy for bionic devices

January 9, 2022 admin 0

Kaspersky, the global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, is one of the first organisations to address the challenge of the human augmentation phenomenon, by presenting a comprehensive cybersecurity policy. The document aims to enhance the [c]

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