Newsletter: The costs of cyberattacks: how one breach can sink your business

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In today’s interconnected world, cyberattacks are more frequent and more dangerous than ever before. Businesses, regardless of size or industry, are prime targets for cybercriminals. These attacks can cause widespread damage and create long-lasting consequences. In this article, Kaspersky dives into the impact of cyberattacks on business and reveals the key losses that an unprotected business can suffer.

Newsletter: More than three-quarters of geo-distributed businesses using container development faced cybersecurity attacks

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More than three quarters (85%) of geo-distributed companies using container development methods experienced cybersecurity incidents in the last 12 months according to the latest Kaspersky study. These organizations, who used containers and/ or Kubernetes, faced a wide range of cyber incidents with catastrophic results including confidential data leaks (39%), financial losses (38%), and decreased customer trust (34%).

Newsletter: Kaspersky supports INTERPOL-coordinated action to disrupt Grandoreiro malware operation

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Kaspersky has assisted an INTERPOL-coordinated action, which has led to Brazilian authorities arresting five administrators behind a Grandoreiro banking trojan operation. According to conservative estimates, the banking trojan operators are believed to have defrauded victims of more than 3.5 million euros (more than PHP 214 million).

Newsletter: Kaspersky: Securing digital wallets is a shared responsibility

Author's Note: The following below is a statement released by Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky following the recent cyberattacks on one of the country's digital wallet platforms recently.

The recent multi-million incident involving a top digital wallet provider in the Philippines shows two things: (1) that cybercriminals continue to target fintech institutions and (2) that securing these convenient technologies is really a shared responsibility.

Newsletter: Kaspersky blocks close to 1M financial phishing attacks eyeing SEA businesses last year

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Phishing is one of the most prevalent forms of cybercrime due to the minimal effort required and the fact that it really works. 

Newsletter: PH: Local threats down, global ranking up

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Cybercriminals are relentless and persistent. This is what can be gleaned from recently released insights from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky showing its users in the Philippines received repeated attacks from threats through removable drives and infected websites in 2022 compared to 2021. 

Newsletter: Cyberattacks on young gamers up 57 percent in 2022

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Kaspersky experts have discovered cybercriminals launched more than 7 million attacks on children, exploiting popular game titles in 2022.

Acronis Cyberthreats Report says cybercriminals use MSPs’ own internal tools against them

12/20/2021 01:41:36 PM

Acronis has  released its yearly  report that discusses an in-depth  review of cybersecurity trends and threats worldwide. The report serves as a warning for managed service providers (MSPs) for they are particularly at risk — having more of their own management tools, such as PSA or RMM, used against them by cybercriminals, and thus are becoming increasingly vulnerable to supply chain attacks.

Acronis warns SMBs on attack trends taking place during H1 of 2021

08/08/2021 12:00:56 PM

Acronis has recently released its Cyberthreats Report Mid-year 2021 update, an in-depth review of the cyber threat trends the company's experts are tracking.

Bruteforce rocks Southeast Asia; attacks remote access protocols hit 409M on November 2020

04/05/2021 11:48:30 AM

November 2020 saw the rise of attacks against remote access protocols. It was so high that it reached a new record high of 409 million cases detected across the globe during the said month.

Over 3M phishing attempts at SEA in 2020 —Kaspersky report

03/13/2021 08:09:49 PM

Kaspersky has kept on unmasking the phishing campaigns against small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Southeast Asia (SEA). And with that, its Anti-Phishing  Technology has blocked a total of 2,890,825 attempts aimed at SMBs in the region last year, a 20% increase compared with 2,402,569 attempts to visit fraudulent urls detected in 2019.

Cybercriminals go for the 'awards' during the recent Golden Globes with malicious files and phishing emails

03/08/2021 01:37:13 PM 

The percentage of users targeted by malware associated with nominated films in January

As we used to say here in the past, cyberattackers lure in the most popular times to and they will join the hype in taking advantage of it.

SilentFade targets SEA

02/18/2021 05:25:31 PM

Known AdFruaters SilentFade is spreading like a wildfire again, and one of its recent targets is the Southeast Asia region.

Kaspersky introduces initiative to protect modern cars from threats of cyber-hijacking

01/24/2021 12:54:45 PM

Aside from protecting people and businesses, Kasperksy has also launched an initiative to protect vehicles, too.

Kaspersky says two vaccine-related firms were attacked by APT

01/06/2021 10:18:51 PM

As the world gears for hopes of recovery against COVID-19, Kaspersky has identified two APT incidents related to the research about the said disease.

In the autumn of 2020, the researchers of this cybersecurity company has cited a Minister of Health body and a pharmaceutical company as victims of cyberattacks inflicted by the suspected infamous Lazarus group. 

More cyberattacks may take place in 2021, says Kaspersky

11/24/2020 11:29:15 PM

There may be worse things to come in terms of cybersecurity matters as Kaspersky has shared in one of their recent press release articles how the landscape of target attacks may take place come 2021.

Maze and other ransomware groups are on the loose in SEA —Kaspersky

10/11/2020 10:58:02 PM

Ransomware is still on the loose in Southeast Asia, all despite the region's full emergence on using digitalization. 

9 of 10 people think their digital lifestyle are safe for their privacy -Kaspersky

10/06/2020 03:42:10 PM

Today, Filipinos are more concerned about some of their activities online such as dating, shopping, and other financial matters.

Penguin is in danger: APT targets Linux users

09/20/2020 12:51:31 PM

Looks like the Penguin is in danger as of late. Kasperksy has recently found a trend more and more threat actors are executing targeted attacks against Linux-based devices while developing more Linux-focused tools.

Is it legal?: Attackers use legitimate tools in 30 percent of successful cyber-incidents in 2019

08/23/2020 02:54:49 AM

Kasperksy said nearly one-third of cyberattacks involve the misuse of legitimate tools.