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Warning about financial cyberthreats in APAC
According to Consumer Security Risks Survey 2016, 67% of respondents in APAC countries are worried about online banking fraud. Average money lost to fraud is above US$400.
50% of companies put themselves at DDoS risks: Kaspersky Lab
Based on a research carried out by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, only half of companies regard countermeasures against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as an important component of IT security.
Fake antivirus invading app stores: Kaspersky
Fake antivirus programs are increasingly appearing in mobile app stores, according to Kaspersky Lab.
M’sian students invited to participate in cybercrime research competition
Kaspersky Lab is calling on Malaysian students from universities and other higher education institutions to participate in a research competition on cybercrime.
WhatsApp security flaws back in the spotlight
Security blog fileperms recently published a report detailing the extent of the security vulnerabilities still persisting on popular smartphone instant messaging service WhatsApp.
Online banking accounts in Middle East targeted by ‘Gauss’
Kaspersky Lab has announced the discovery of ‘Gauss’, a complex, nation-state sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit designed to steal sensitive data, with a specific focus on browser passwords, online banking account credentials, cookies, and specific configurations of infected machines.
Security alert over ‘Madi’ cyber-espionage campaign in Middle East
Security alerts are being issued over Madi, a trojan used in targeted campaigns and observed in the wild since last December. Targets of the Madi campaign appear to be all over the spectrum but include oil companies, US-based think-tanks, a foreign consulate, as well as various governmental agencies, including some in the energy sector, and it has spread to countries beyond the Middle East.
Poor security awareness amongst Mac, smartphone and tablet users: Survey
A survey of American and European consumers found poor levels of security amongst Macintosh, smartphone and tablet users – in fact, only half of those who own Apple laptops install security software on their MacBooks.
Kaspersky Lab, D-Link to provide ‘multi-layered defense’
Kaspersky Lab has extended its partnership agreement with D-Link to combine the latter’s combining NetDefend series of UTM Firewalls with Kaspersky’s endpoint security suite to provide customers with multi-layered protection.
Kaspersky opens regional center, launches security appliance
Kaspersky Lab has launched its latest security technology in conjunction with the official opening of the first Kaspersky Knowledge Center for South-East Asia.
