Newsletter: Acronis Drives Cybersecurity Leadership with Over 7.5 Million Attacks Prevented, Continuous Growth, Innovation, and Industry Recognition

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Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, solidifies its position as a cybersecurity leader through significant milestones, a broadened global user base, and new product releases and enhancements. Over the past year, Acronis has prevented more than 7.5 million attacks, demonstrating the proactive defense capabilities of its technologies.

Newsletter: Tenable Warns that Open-Source AI Tools Widen Cybersecurity Gaps as Adoption Outpaces Cloud Security Readiness

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As businesses rush to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for competitive advantage, Tenable®, the exposure management company, warns that organisations may be overlooking the mounting risks embedded in the open-source tools and cloud services powering their AI development. New research from Tenable’s Cloud AI Risk Report 2025 finds that the pace of AI adoption is far outstripping security preparedness, with vulnerabilities, cloud misconfigurations and exposed data quietly accumulating across cloud environments.

Newsletter: Cyber security and resilience key factors to user online protection, economic growth

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The 2025 Cyber Resilience Summit: Delivering Competitive Advantage Through Security held March 5-6 at the Crowne Plaza Manila is the first of its kind in the Philippines. The event featured top level experts from the Philippines and the SEA region representing government, finance and technology, banking and healthcare, BPM, advocacies and education, and the Armed Forces.

Newsletter: Kaspersky expands Partner Locator with access to global learning centers

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Kaspersky has expanded its interactive Partner Locator service by adding a dedicated section for Authorized Training Centers. The expanded capability provides resellers, Kaspersky partners, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide with easy access to technical training centers for in-depth education on Kaspersky solutions.

Newsletter: From Backup to Business Resilience: AI’s Data Challenge in 2025

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By Matthew Hardman, Chief Technology Officer, APAC, Hitachi Vantara

Asia is leading the world in AI adoption, but many businesses are beginning to realise that its 

effectiveness depends on how well data is structured, secured, and made accessible.

Newsletter: Tenable Research finds that DeepSeek R1 can be tricked into developing malware

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When new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) emerge, cybercriminals inevitably look for ways to exploit its capabilities for malicious purposes. While most mainstream GenAI models have built-in safeguards to prevent misuse, Tenable Research has found that DeepSeek R1 can be tricked into generating malware, raising concerns about the security risks posed by AI-powered cybercrime.

Newsletter: Valid accounts showed significant increase as initial attack vector in 2024

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Valid accounts are increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31.4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39.2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report.

Newsletter: Tenable Research Finds Critical Vulnerabilities in Kubernetes Environments

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According to Tenable Cloud Research, organisations globally and across the Asia Pacific region are increasingly facing security challenges in their Kubernetes environments. As more businesses adopt Kubernetes to orchestrate their cloud infrastructure, serious security gaps in these environments are leaving organisations vulnerable to attacks. 

Newsletter: PROTECT 2025: Doing Business Amidst New Threats

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On March 14, 2025, the PROTECT International Conference Series on "Doing Business Amidst New Threats" will take place at the New World Makati Hotel.

The international community is facing an evolving different threat to global peace and security. While the global security risk and threat in 2024 may be described as “unprecedented", 2025 may be described as “unconventional”. We see this in geopolitical tensions, gray zone warfare actions, AI arms race, rising insider threats, fragmented extremism and other developments. PROTECT 2025 conference on Doing Business Amidst New Threats will deep dive into these security challenges.

Newsletter: Cybersecurity Leaders to Convene at the 2025 Cyber Resilience Summit: Delivering Competitive Advantage Through Security

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In an era where cyber threats evolve at an unprecedented pace, organizations must adopt a proactive approach to safeguard their digital assets. The 2025 Cyber Resilience Summit: Delivering Competitive Advantage Through Security, hosted by Customized Training Solutions (CTS) Pte. Ltd. , will bring together top cybersecurity experts, government officials, and industry leaders to explore cutting-edge strategies for strengthening cyber resilience.

Newsletter: Government and Development industries report threefold decrease in critical cyber incidents in 2024

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According to the latest Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) analyst report, government and development industries experienced a significant decrease in the number of high-severity incidents with direct human involvement in 2024, whereas the food, IT, telecom and industrial sectors demonstrated an increase.

Newsletter: Peris.ai Cybersecurity Wins Banking & Finance Award at WAICF 2025: Advancing AI-Driven Cybersecurity for Financial Institutions

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Peris.ai Cybersecurity has been awarded the prestigious Banking & Finance Award at the World AI Cannes Festival (WAICF) 2025, recognizing its groundbreaking AI-driven cybersecurity solutions for financial institutions. This honor solidifies Peris.ai’s position as a leader in the cybersecurity industry, leveraging hyperautomated AI security to combat modern cyber threats.

Newsletter: Kaspersky reports nearly 900 million phishing attempts in 2024 as cyber threats increase

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Kaspersky’s security solutions blocked over 893 million phishing attempts in 2024 – a 26% increase from 2023, when the total stood at nearly 710 million. The surge in attempts (shown in the graph below) between May-July is traditionally tied to the holiday season when fraudsters frequently try to lure travelers with scams involving fake airline and hotel bookings, deceptive tour packages and too-good-to-be-true offers.

Newsletter: Acronis H2 2024 Cyberthreats Report Unveils Rise in Ransomware, AI-Driven Attacks, and Malware Risks

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Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, released its biannual report titled, “Acronis Cyberthreats Report, H2 2024: The rise of AI-driven threats”. Authored by the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU), the report offers a comprehensive account of the global threat landscape as monitored by Acronis during the second half of 2024. The latest Acronis Cyberthreats Report reveals a significant rise in email cyberattacks, a staggering 197% increase detected in H2 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with a 21% rise in attacks per organization. From July to December 2024, nearly 50% of users were targeted by email-based attacks at least once.

Newsletter: Tricky romance: Kaspersky warns of Valentine’s Day scams targeting gift buyers

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With the most romantic holiday of the year approaching, love is in the air – along with online scams and phishing. As couples prepare to celebrate with flowers, love letters and carefully selected gifts, cybercriminals are setting fake websites, offering perfect bouquets, beautiful engagement rings or even Apple gadgets.  Kaspersky experts identified several scam schemes users might face while shopping for romantic gifts and gave practical advice on how not to be deceived.  

Newsletter: Kaspersky discovers new crypto-stealing Trojan in AppStore and Google Play

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Kaspersky Threat Research expertise center has discovered a new data-stealing Trojan, SparkCat, active in AppStore and Google Play since at least March 2024. This is the first known instance of optical recognition-based malware appearing in AppStore. SparkCat uses machine learning to scan image galleries and steal screenshots containing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases. It can also find and extract other sensitive data in images, such as passwords.

Kaspersky has reported known malicious applications to Google and Apple. 

Newsletter: Kaspersky Threat Lookup now enables AI-enhanced open-source intelligence search

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Kaspersky Threat Lookup now provides customers with summaries and article abstracts related to analyzed objects in the OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) tab, saving them time when searching for IoCs (Indicators of Compromise) or researching cybersecurity reports.

Newsletter: Beware of Sweet Deceptions: Kaspersky Warns of Dubai Chocolate Scams

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Consumers across the world are eager to indulge in Dubai’s luxurious chocolate. However, cybercriminals are exploiting this trend to deceive unsuspecting buyers. Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of scams related to the growing demand, ranging from impersonating trusted brands to creating entirely fraudulent storefronts.

Newsletter: Extended AI capabilities and resource visualization: great new features provided by Kaspersky SIEM

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To bolster the productivity and effectiveness of cybersecurity teams, Kaspersky has unveiled a significant update to its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. The enhanced platform provides a new AI module for faster and more effective alert triage, helps to visualize resource dependencies and enables extended search capabilities.

According to Verified Market Research, the SIEM market was valued at $5.21 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $10.09 billion by 2031. Among the key factors that contribute to such growth are rising cyber threats, regulatory compliance regulations and demand for rapid threat detection. Businesses are searching for solutions that enable them to collect and analyze data in real time, significantly enhancing their situational awareness. To meet this demand, Kaspersky added new features to its SIEM, allowing cybersecurity professionals to detect threats more efficiently.

Newsletter: Acronis Data Privacy Survey Reveals 64% of Global Consumers Cite Data Breaches as Top Privacy Concern

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Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, has unveiled the findings of its inaugural report, Data Privacy in 2025: A survey to explore consumer views on cyber protection. Released in alignment with Data Privacy Day on January 28, the report provides insights into global consumer attitudes and behaviors regarding cybersecurity and data protection. The report is based on a wide range of survey questions posed to consumers about their top privacy concerns, awareness of cyber risks, and the security measures used to safeguard personal data.