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Spyware Pegasus: Protect mobile devices from high-end malware
14. February 2022
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Spyware Pegasus: Protect mobile devices from high-end malware

Only recently did the world learn of Pegasus spyware, which primarily targeted journalists, politicians, human rights activists and defenders, and lawyers. Protecting yourself completely from such professional surveillance software is almost impossible. However, users can take certain measures that make it difficult for attackers to target them. Kaspersky experts give tips. Costin Raiu, head of the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky, has now compiled top-level recommendations on how mobile users of Android and iOS devices can protect themselves against Pegasus and other high-end mobile malware. spy ware...

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Spyware campaigns: 2.000 industrial companies attacked
4. February 2022
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Spyware campaigns: 2.000 industrial companies attacked

Kaspersky experts have discovered a new, rapidly evolving series of spyware campaigns targeting over 2.000 industrial companies worldwide, stating: short-lived attack scenarios are increasing, data is being offered for sale on marketplaces, an estimated 7.000 compromised or stolen corporate accounts. Unlike many traditional spyware attacks, these attacks have a limited number of targets and a very short lifespan for each malicious program. The captured data was offered for sale on more than 25 marketplaces. Company data on 25 marketplaces for sale In the first half of 2021, the experts of the…

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Kaspersky Takedown Service for phishing domains
3. February 2022
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Kaspersky Takedown Service for phishing domains

Kaspersky is expanding its Digital Footprint Intelligence with a malicious domain removal service. Kaspersky Takedown Service provides end-to-end management of the entire process of removing malicious phishing domains. Along with Kaspersky Digital Footprint. If a company cannot clean up the malicious content,…

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MoonBounce: Firmware bootkit more elusive and persistent
2. February 2022
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MoonBounce: Firmware bootkit more elusive and persistent

Kaspersky have discovered the third case of a UEFI firmware bootkit “in the wild”. The MoonBounce bootkit is more elusive and persistent than its predecessors. The campaign is credited to well-known Chinese-speaking Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor APT41. Kaspersky security researchers have discovered another firmware bootkit. The malicious implant, dubbed 'MoonBounce', is hidden in computers' Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware – an essential part of computers. This is located in the SPI Flash, a memory component outside of the hard disk. Such implants are notoriously difficult to remove and have limited visibility for security products. UEFI Firmware Bootkit…

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Webinar February 4th, 2022: MDR – Detecting and repelling attacks early
2. February 2022
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Kaspersky invites you to another round in its webinar series. This time the topic is "MDR - detecting and repelling attacks at an early stage". The free webinar will take place online on February 4, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. On February 04, 2022, the Kaspersky experts shed light on a problem that almost half of all companies are currently confronted with: A total of 49% do not have expert teams that deal with the defense and analysis of cyber threats - even though the Threat situation continues to escalate. Webinar February 04, 2022: MDR –…

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Log4j: Kaspersky registers 30.000 scans for vulnerabilities
31 January 2022
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Log4j Log4shell

Although the Apache Foundation released a patch shortly after the discovery of Log4j / Log4Shell, this vulnerability continues to pose a major threat to consumers and businesses. Kaspersky products blocked 30.562 attack attempts in the first three weeks of January. The vulnerability is extremely attractive to cyber criminals as it is easy to exploit and allows them to take complete control over the victim's system. Log4j: Kaspersky already blocked over 150.000 attacks Since initial reporting, Kaspersky products have detected and blocked 154.098 attempts to scan and attack devices by targeting…

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Telemedicine: 25 percent of data is compromised
28 January 2022
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Kaspersky study: More than a third of European healthcare service providers (36 percent) confirm that their medical staff do not know exactly how patient data is protected. Almost a quarter of patient data at telemedicine sessions is compromised. 36 percent of the workforce uses apps that are not specifically designed for telemedicine. As a global Kaspersky study shows, 24 percent of European healthcare providers have already experienced cases in which personal patient data has been compromised by their employees during remote diagnostics. In addition, almost over a third of providers (36 percent) believe their medical staff are unsure what…

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Lazarus: BlueNoroff drains cryptocurrency startup accounts
23 January 2022
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Lazarus: BlueNoroff drains cryptocurrency startup accounts

Part of the Lazarus group developed complex infrastructure, exploits and malware implants. Threat Actor BlueNoroff Drains Cryptocurrency Startup Accounts. BlueNoroff uses comprehensive attack methodology. Kaspersky security researchers have uncovered a series of attacks by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor BlueNoroff on small and medium-sized businesses worldwide. The victims suffered large cryptocurrency losses in the process. Dubbed 'SnatchCrypto', the campaign targets various companies involved in cryptocurrencies as well as smart contracts, DeFi, blockchain and the FinTech industries. In the recent campaign by threat actor BlueNoroff, attackers subtly leveraged employee trust…

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Cyber ​​security: German companies invest too little
20 January 2022
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Cyber ​​security: A quarter of German companies invest too little in preventing cyber security incidents. 82 percent of companies in Germany have already been victims of cyber attacks. A Kaspersky report shows that companies depend on partners. One in ten security incidents avoided is serious. However, the current Kaspersky report "Cybersecurity Cornerstones for Proactive Decision Makers" shows that 26 percent of decision makers in Germany (23 percent in Europe) do not invest enough in the prevention of cybersecurity incidents. With more than three in four respondents (82 percent; in Europe 79 percent) having been victims of cybercrime - the…

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Welcome to the Kaspersky Partner Channel
20 January 2022
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