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Expandable: IT security level in the German healthcare system
Expandable: IT security level in the German healthcare system

Kaspersky study reveals IT security level in the German healthcare system: every third IT decision-maker sees employees as the greatest IT security risk, almost 75 percent of those surveyed experienced attacks during the pandemic and one in four worries about the loss of confidential patient and company data. The Federal Ministry of Health is relying on the increasing digitalization of the health system. But how secure is the industry's IT infrastructure in Germany? As part of a new study, Kaspersky asked IT decision-makers from the healthcare ecosystem about the IT security situation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The study participants from the Federal Republic therefore see their own employees as the greatest ...

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DDoS attacks decreased by more than a third
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Kaspersky states in its report: DDoS attacks have decreased by more than a third, compared to an increase in the same period of the previous year. Many botnet attacks come from Germany. In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks fell by 38,8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and by 2021 percent compared to the previous quarter of 6,5. Kaspersky does not expect any significant changes for the third quarter, even if the increase or decrease in DDoS attacks is likely to depend on the cryptocurrency market. These results come from the latest DDoS report from Kaspersky. Cyber ​​criminals are looking for new opportunities Cyber ​​criminals have ...

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Cyber ​​criminals phish for data via messenger apps
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Due to their popularity, messenger apps such as WhatsApp continue to be a popular tool for phishing scammers, according to a recent analysis by Kaspersky. According to this, 2020 malicious links in connection with messengers were blocked worldwide between December 2021 and May 94.559. That corresponds to more than 500 incidents per day. 89,6 percent of this was on WhatsApp, 5,6 percent on Telegram, 4,7 percent on Viper and less than 0,1 percent on Hangouts. In Germany, 96 percent of phishing attempts took place via WhatsApp. Dangerous links via WhatsApp Messenger apps such as WhatsApp or Telegram are popular and will ...

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REvil continues to expand worldwide
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In July, the ransomware group REvil, aka Sodinokibi, attacked managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers around the world in a major cyberattack, making thousands of companies potential victims of ransomware. Kaspersky researchers have already observed over 5.000 infection attempts in Europe, North and South America. With its own Threat Intelligence Service, Kaspersky was able to identify more than 5.000 attempted attacks by the ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operator REvil in 22 countries. Most of the attack attempts were recorded in the following five countries: Italy (45,2 percent) USA (25,9 percent) Colombia (14,8 percent) Germany (3,2 percent) Mexico (2,2 percent) Vladimir Kuskov, ...

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Webinar 06.08.21: Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
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Kaspersky invites you to a LIVE webinar: With MDR - Managed Detection and Response- always one step ahead! Detect and ward off attacks at an early stage. The free, one-hour webinar will take place on Friday, August 6, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. When playing cat and mouse with attackers, it is important to keep your nose a little further "ahead". Better visibility, individual reaction options and an early warning system are the building blocks of a constantly evolving security strategy. Webinar on August 06, 2021 from 10 a.m. The earlier the first signs of an attack are registered, the less likely it will be ...

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iOS & Android: Pegasus spyware against journalists and members of the opposition
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The Pegasus project, which was researched in Germany by Süddeutsche Zeitung, Zeit and NDR, among others, was published yesterday. According to this, journalists and members of the opposition are spied on worldwide using the Pegasus espionage software. The iOS version of Pegasus was first discovered in 2016, about a year later an Android version was found and presented at Kaspersky’s Security Analyst Summit in 1997. Dmitry Galov, Security Researcher in the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky, answers the most important questions about Pegasus below. What is pegasus Pegasus is a modular ...

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Webinar 02.07.21: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
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Kaspersky shows how Endpoint Detection and Response - EDR for short - can protect a company. The free webinar starts on Friday, July 02.07.21nd, 10st at 11 a.m. and should last until around 10 a.m. As part of his new series of webinars, companies can find out first-hand everything that is new and worth knowing about Kaspersky products and solutions on the first Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 02.07.21 a.m. Kaspersky EDR webinar on July 02nd, 2021st It starts on July 10nd, XNUMX at XNUMX a.m. with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) - the hot topic on the market. And that from ...

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IT security department as a VR simulation game 
IT security department as a VR simulation game

Off to the power plant: Kaspersky's VR simulation game transfers executives to the IT security department of an industrial company as awareness training. Cybersecurity strategy simulation game Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation is now available in VR version. The participants are placed in a power plant scenario in which they "work" as information security specialists. You'll learn first-hand how cybersecurity decisions affect business and better understand the direct link between cybersecurity and organizational efficiency. Correlation between cybersecurity and efficiency As different business areas have different objectives and priorities, it can be difficult to…

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Zero-days in Microsoft Windows and Chrome
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As early as April, Kaspersky experts discovered a series of extremely targeted cyber attacks with exploits against several companies that were using previously undiscovered zero days for Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows. New threat actor PuzzleMaker is at work. Kaspersky has not yet been able to connect to known threat actors and therefore calls this new threat actor PuzzleMaker. One of the exploits was used to remotely execute code in the Chrome web browser, the other was used to elevate privilege and target the latest and most popular builds of Windows 10. The latter exploits two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows operating system kernel: security vulnerability CVE-2021-31955 and the Elevation-of-Privilege security vulnerability ...

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Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365

Kaspersky introduces the new version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365, which offers advanced functions for protecting confidential business data. The product enables access to a list of files which may contain personal information or bank card data and which are stored in the Microsoft 365 applications used. This gives security managers an insight into who has access to this information, so they can ensure that company policies are being followed and that data is not at risk of being compromised. Corporate Policy Monitoring Current Kaspersky research shows that nearly half (45 percent) of data breaches in organizations around the world ...

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