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Plus 800 percent: Attacks on high-ranking organizations
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Ransomware 2019-2020: Targeted attacks on high-profile organizations up almost eight times. However, the total number of generic attacks on Kaspersky users fell by 29 percent. The number of attacks on Kaspersky users by targeted ransomware - malware that is used to extort ransom money from high-ranking targets such as corporations, government agencies and municipal organizations for the release of encrypted data - increased by 2019 percent between 2020 and 767. At the same time, the total number of affected users of Kaspersky solutions who were compromised by generic types of ransomware fell by 29 percent - with WannaCry still ...

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Industrial cybersecurity in Germany
Industrial cybersecurity in Germany

Industrial cybersecurity in Germany: fewer attacks, but more complex. Most of the Internet and email threats. However: 33 percent more attacks on ICS computers worldwide. Current Kaspersky analyzes for the second half of 2020 show that the number of cyber attacks on German industrial companies has decreased slightly since 2019, but these are becoming increasingly targeted and dangerous. The reasons: fewer attacks using spyware and agents from various botnets, crypto miners and aggressive adware - the number of computers infected with old, self-spreading malware in the form of worms is also falling ...

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EDR for medium-sized companies
EDR for medium-sized companies

EDR for medium-sized companies: Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud now with extended functions. The Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud solution now includes endpoint detection and response (EDR) functions tailored to small and medium-sized businesses. IT administrators in companies of this size now have a comprehensive overview of affected endpoints and the chain of attacks. This enables them to analyze the parameters of the incident and the causes of the compromise in order to then take proactive measures that strengthen the protection of the entire company. Protection against cyber risks is essential for SMEs Reliable protection against cyber risks is essential for small and medium-sized companies in order to ...

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Zero-day exploit in Desktop Window Manager
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In the course of analyzing the known exploit CVE-2021-1732 by the APT group BITTER, the Kaspersky experts discovered another zero-day exploit in the Desktop Window Manager. So far, this cannot be associated with a known threat actor. Any code execution by cyber criminals on the victim's computer would be possible. Zero-day vulnerabilities are previously unknown software bugs. Until they are discovered, attackers can use them unnoticed for harmful activities and cause serious damage. Exploit analysis reveals reinforcement When analyzing the CVE-2021-1732 exploit, the Kaspersky experts found another zero-day exploit and reported it in the ...

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IIoT: Secure connection to industrial production areas
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Kaspersky presents the first cyber-immune solution: Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 enables secure connections to industrial production areas. Kaspersky introduces its Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 100 solution. It is based on the secure operating system KasperskyOS and was developed for the Internet of Things in an industrial environment (IIoT). With the solution, devices and sensors are securely connected to IIoT platform services. The integrated, comprehensive security mechanisms serve both to protect the data collected in a system and to subsequently transfer it securely to digital company applications. Industrial IoT connections: plus 107 percent by 2025 The global number ...

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Ransomware: every 2nd person pays - but does not receive any data 
Ransomware: every 2nd person pays - but does not receive any data

Money gone, data gone: Every second person in Germany pays ransom after a ransomware attack - and does not receive data back. Kaspersky study: The greatest willingness to pay ransom is shown by 35 to 44 year olds worldwide, the least by the 55 plus generation. This is how you unconsciously finance further attacks. How do consumers deal with ransomware blackmail attempts? What ransom sums are you willing to pay and will you actually get your data back? A global Kaspersky study, in which around 1.000 people in Germany were interviewed, answered these questions: According to this, 52 percent in this country have already responded to ...

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15.4.21 Webinar: Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Exploits
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Kaspersky invites you to a webinar on April 15.04.21th, XNUMXst on the topic of "Microsoft Exchange Server Zero-Day Exploits - What to Do Now?". What happened and how you can protect your corporate network from further attacks by zero-day vulnerabilities. In early March, several vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server triggered widespread security problems around the world. By exploiting the vulnerabilities, attackers were able to gain administrator rights not only on the compromised server, but on the entire network. We still read about the attacks and their consequences every day. Webinar on: Exchange Server Zero-Day Exploits Microsoft released a patch in a timely manner, but ...

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247 million RDP brute force attacks in 12 months 
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Millions of people have been working from home for a year. In the course of this, the use of remote access tools has increased enormously - and with it a massive increase in brute force attacks against the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), one of the most popular remote access tools for workstations and servers. In such attacks, cyber criminals test different usernames and passwords until they find the right combination and then get remote access to the computer within the network; possible consequences: espionage or theft of information. Remote desktop attacks remain high Even at the beginning of the corona pandemic ...

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Every 2nd company with a dedicated IT security team 
Every 2nd company with a dedicated IT security team

Almost half of the world's large companies have a dedicated IT security team in their IT department. Cybersecurity is managed by a dedicated department in half (52 percent) of all large companies, while only 20 percent have an internal Security Operation Center (SOC), which is responsible for the continuous monitoring and response to security incidents. A current Kaspersky study shows what the typical IT security department looks like today: An improvement in the specialist knowledge of internal specialists is cited as the second most common reason for increasing the IT security budget in the coming years. Only 20 percent of companies have ...

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30.03.21 Webinar: MS Exchange - what needs to be done now?
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Webinar “Microsoft Exchange Server zero-day exploits - what to do now?” In early March, multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server triggered widespread security concerns around the world. Kaspersky experts clarify. By exploiting the vulnerabilities, attackers were able to gain administrator rights not only on the compromised servers, but on the entire network. We still read about the attacks and their consequences every day. Exchange patch is available Microsoft released a patch promptly, but it can be assumed that thousands of systems worldwide and also in Germany have been compromised. Even if the consequences of an attack are not yet...

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