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Malware disguised as files containing information on coronavirus reaches w
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Cybercriminals have been exploiting global fear surrounding the new strain of coronavirus by sending out malicious files disguised as documents containing video instruction of how to protect oneself from the virus when in reality they contain a range of cy
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Kaspersky reports fall in cybersecurity threat incidents in India
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Kaspersky in a recent media event in Bangalore stated that India has shown positive progress in their fight against cybercriminals. The Country reportedly saw a fall in the number of threats in 2019 as compared to 2018. According to Kaspersky's KSN report
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Kaspersky forecasts cyberthreats to financial institutions in 2020
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI: During the last few years, cybercriminals have invested a lot in methods to bypass anti-fraud systems, because now it's not enough just to steal the login, password and PII - they now need a digital fingerprint to bypass anti-fraud systems in order to ext
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Cybercriminals primarily targeting e-commerce apparel sites: Kaspersky
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): While Black Friday is arguably the most anticipated retail sales period in the world, cyber-fraudsters also consider this period fruitful, to lure people into fraudulent schemes and steal their money.
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Digital doppelgangers being used to bypass anti-fraud measures: Kaspersky
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 15 (ANI): Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has published results of an investigation into Genesis, an e-shop that is trading over 60,000 stolen and legitimate digital identities and making successful credit card fraud that much easier to conduct.
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Phishing attacks more than double in 2018: Kaspersky
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has said that its anti-phishing system prevented more than 482 million attempts to visit fraudulent webpages during 2018, a two-fold increase on 2017 when 236 million such attempts were blocked.
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Cybercriminals using bomb threats to scam American public
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 14 (ANI): The US law enforcement has taken note of a phishing scam that uses bomb threats via email to target victims, which led to mass evacuations across the United States on Thursday.
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Criminals conceal miners under the guise of legitimate thematic applicatio
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 09 (ANI): Multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, Kaspersky Lab's researchers have discovered that more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention to malicious software that is mining cryptocurrencies at the expense of the users' mobile devices.
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67% Indian businesses hit by ransomware: Survey
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 16 (ANI): 67 percent Indian businesses have been hit by ransomware, due to which business entities are spending nearly USD 1.17 million to rectify the impact of the cyber attack, a survey conducted by Sophos, a network and endpoint security provider noted.
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Risking security for an easy life: people's password dilemmas revealed
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Today we log into online accounts all the time - from transferring money between bank accounts, to simply ordering some shopping, checking the weather, or booking a taxi on a night out.
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Nepal bank comes under 'denial of service attack'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct. 25 (ANI): A major commercial bank in Nepal reportedly witnessed dubious activities, a day before cyber-espionage groups hacked the IT server of NIC Asia Bank to allegedly steal millions of rupees.
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Cybercriminals abusing document-creation software to attack victims: Kaspe
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21(ANI): Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a feature in the popular document-creation software that has been abused by attackers to launch successful targeted attacks.
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