Tag: Cybercriminals
AI: The new arsenal of cybercriminals and its growing threat to business
A recent Kaspersky study, conducted among InfoSec professionals from medium and large enterprises worldwide, revealed that 46% of respondents believe the majority of...
Cybercriminals abuse Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in 90% of attacks handled by Sophos incident...
Sophos released the Active Adversary analysis, “It’s Oh So Quiet (?): The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H 2024.” The report, which analyses more...
Insider threats: staff’s malicious actions bring risks to cybersecurity in businesses
Cyber incidents caused by ‘human factor’ are usually attributed to occasional employee errors, but one more important element is often overlooked: deliberate malicious behavior by staff. Corroborating this fact, a new Kaspersky study found that in the past two years, 89% of companies in India have faced cyber incidents, 37% of which were caused by deliberate malicious behavior by employees in India
Rising threats: cybercriminals unleash 411,000 malicious files daily in 2023
Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered an average of 411,000 malicious files every day, with an increase of nearly 3 percent in 2023, compared to the previous year.
How Cybercriminals are Using AI to Catch Distracted Consumers During Black Friday
It has been said that in life, certainties include death and taxes. Another certainty is scammers being opportunistic, and the Black Friday sales provide...
Adversary-Sponsored Research Contests on Cybercriminal Forums Focus on New Methods of Attack and Evasion:...
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, announced that it has uncovered how research contests run by cybercrime forums...
Cybercriminals exploit outdated security flaws: Barracuda threat report
Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released a Threat Spotlight revealing that cyber attackers are relying on outdated...
Cybercriminals care about security too: Kaspersky research
The latest Kaspersky research reveals cybercriminals posted more than 1 million messages mentioning escrow services on the darknet in 2020-2022. Escrow agents are third-party...
3 most prominent ransomware gangs CIOs and CISOs need to watch out for:Microsoft’s Cyber...
The specialization and consolidation of the cybercrime economy has fueled the rise of a unique “business model” which enables a wider range of criminals...
Email malware evolving into a dangerous attack source: what your organization needs to know
By Sundar Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Check Point Software Technologies, India & SAARC
It may come as a surprise that most burglars gain access to victims’...
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Qualcomm enters strategic collaboration with MapmyIndia to accelerate ‘Make in India’ solutions for automotive
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., announced a technology collaboration aimed at supporting the ‘Make in India’ initiative for the automotive sector. Combining Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon® Digital...
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Increased 1.4% in Fourth Quarter of 2024 and 1.3%...
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 1.4% increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to...
Kaspersky automated security awareness platform expands its courses with three new cybersecurity topics
Kaspersky is proud to announce the launch of three new specialized topics within its leading platform, the Kaspersky Automated Security Awareness Platform, aimed at improving employees’ cybersecurity skills. These new courses are designed to provide essential knowledge and practical skills to resist increasingly prevalent cyberthreats