Newsletter: Kaspersky expands Kids Cyber Resilience Project in APAC, Middle East and CIS

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Kaspersky is announcing the expansion of its Kaspersky Kids Cyber Resilience Project to Vietnam, in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and is launching it in the Middle East and CIS countries. This initiative is designed to equip children and teenagers with essential cybersecurity skills, fostering a safer digital experience for the younger generation in an increasingly interconnected world.

The Kaspersky Kids Cyber Resilience Project focuses on raising awareness among children, parents, educators, and NGOs about online threats. It also stresses the importance of digital hygiene, practical ways to enhance online security, and enjoy technology. Through interactive workshops, online courses, and other activities, the program encourages responsible digital behavior, helping kids develop the resilience needed to navigate the internet safely. Launched in Singapore in March 2023, the initiative has successfully run in a number of other countries in APAC — the Philippines, Malaysia, and India — to date.

Newsletter: Educators in APAC play a pivotal role in imparting cybersecurity knowledge, but more must be done

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Kaspersky’s latest white paper revealed that 7 in 10 educators would rather use mobile data than a public network as a precautionary measure. However, 90% believe that there is a chance of their digital devices getting attacked in the future.   

Kaspersky’s latest white paper highlights the crucial role of educators in Asia Pacific (APAC) in enhancing cyber education in the classroom. A five-week study, undertaken as a collaboration between Kaspersky and Associate Professor Jiow Hee Jhee from the Singapore Institute of Technology, was conducted among 157 educators across India, Singapore and the Philippines. 

Newsletter: Kaspersky says Negative effects motivate APAC educators’ cyber decisions the most

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The study revealed that age, gender and educational levels did not influence the surveyed educators’ cyber decisions

Kaspersky’s latest white paper, in partnership with Associate Professor Jiow Hee Jhee of the Singapore Institute of Technology, presents an understanding of the motivational drivers that influence individuals’ behaviours towards certain cybersecurity issues. The survey was conducted among educators across India, Singapore, and the Philippines. 

Newsletter: Retail industry sees most cyber incidents in APAC due to lack of cybersecurity budget

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According to a recent study by Kaspersky, globally, critical infrastructure, oil & gas and energy organizations suffered the biggest number of cyber incidents due to improper budget allocation (25%). In Asia Pacific, however, the retail industry experienced the greatest number of successful cyberattacks in the past 24 months. 

Newsletter: You’ve Got Spam Mail: APAC accounts for a quarter of global malicious emails in 2022

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Spam mails have evolved since the first one was sent back in 1978. Its evolutions span from the techniques, tactics, and the latest trends cybercriminals piggyback on to make it more legitimate-looking and urgent-sounding – an effective formula to prey upon an unsuspecting user.

One of Kaspersky’s elite researchers, Noushin Shabab, probed into the spam threat landscape in Asia Pacific (APAC) this year to answer – what if emails do not get opened?

Nearly 2 in 10 in APAC embrace digital payments —Kaspersky study

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Is cash still the king in Asia Pacific? According to Kaspersky, it still is.