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60 pc rise in users hit by password stealers in 2019: Kaspersky

July 25, 2019January 16, 2020 Pankaj Maru

Kaspersky’s data showed the number of users, targeted by the password stealers, peaked from less than 600,000 in the first half of 2018 to over 940,000 during the same period in 2019.

SonicWall research team reveals cyber attack linked to TrickBot malware family

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 Pankaj Maru

This variant has been written by developers with slick development skills wrapping its core functionality with a “Squirrel Shooting Game” code base to throw off initial analysis.

Malware stealing bank account info rises 58 pc in Q1, 2019 : Kaspersky Lab

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 Pankaj Maru

In Q1,2019, Kaspersky Lab detected around 30,000 modifications of various families of banking Trojans, trying to attack 312,235 unique users.

Daily over 8000 Emotet malware intrusions hitting Indian enterprises: Seqrite

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Pankaj Maru

From 2018, Emotet has become a pain for enterprises because of its polymorphic, self-updating and spreading capabilities

India second on the top phishing hosting nations’ list : RSA

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Pankaj Maru

According to the RSA Quarterly Fraud Report for 2019, Q1, India stands second to the U.S. on the list of top 10 phishing hosting countries in the world.

New backdoors malware increased over 40 pc in 2018 : Kaspersky report

December 10, 2018 Pankaj Maru

One in three (30.01%) computers encountered at least one online malicious threat in 2018. Taken together, these results show that malware, and backdoors and ransomware in particular remains significant risk for computer users.

KopiLuwak malware sent using look alike codes of Russian-speaking APTs Turla, Sofacy

December 5, 2018 Pankaj Maru

The researchers also found target overlap between the two threat actors, centered on geopolitical hotspots in central Asia and sensitive government and military entities.

India ranks 12th globally when it comes to dangers on web : Kaspersky Lab

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Pankaj Maru

Mumbai: According to a recent report by Kaspersky Lab, India is ranked 12th world wide for when it comes to the dangers associated with surfing the web. Q3 in India saw that 32.8% of users were attacked by web-borne threats between July- September 2018. Kaspersky Lab products detected 48,093,743 Internet-borne malware incidents on the computers of KSN participants in India. Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) is a complex distributed infrastructure dedicated to processing cybersecurity-related data streams from millions of voluntary participants around the world Exploiting vulnerabilities in browsers and their plugins…

McAfee SIA program adds 17 new partners and 16 certified integrators

October 17, 2018 Pankaj Maru

McAfee SIA accelerates the development of open and interoperable security products, simplifies integration with complex customer environments, and provides a truly integrated, connected security ecosystem to maximize the value of existing customer security investments.