In Q3 2022, Kaspersky researchers saw a sharp increase in crypto miner variants – an overall growth of over 230% compared to the same period last year. The number is three times more than in the third quarter of 2021 and now exceeds 150,000. Of all corporate users that wereRead More…

According to Kaspersky research, employees in the UAE trust robots in performing ordinary tasks in logistics, transportation, and cleaning. But they were less willing to trust robots with life critical functions, such as performing surgeries, flying airplanes without pilots, managing dangerous manufacturing or pharmaceutical production. One of the reasons forRead More…

Kaspersky has contributed to INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge Operation (ACSO) by sharing data, comprising of indicators of compromise (IoCs) on various cyberthreats and types of cybercriminal activity targeting African countries. This evidence provided the grounds for a series of operational and investigative activities against the threat actors behind the cybercrimesRead More…

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has announced it has selected Kaspersky solutions to counter a rise in cyberthreats as it sets the stage for global sports events in the country. Kaspersky equipped QOC with end-to-end integrated cybersecurity solutions featuring Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack Platform, KasperskyRead More…

From January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means. In the META region, malicious objects were blocked on 38% of ICS computers in the region that were protected by Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) solutions, according to Kaspersky ICS CERT statistics. Globally the shareRead More…