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2020 was a highly productive year for Ransomware 2.0 in Asia Pacific, with REvil and JSWorm resurfacing as major threats, according to Kaspersky.

Kaspersky finds that 21% of employees surveyed say they have pretended their devices were installing updates to avoid attending a call or meeting.

Ransomware ecosystem is complex with various actors involved, says cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Educating ourselves is key to fighting them.

Almost a quarter of PC users are still using the outdated Windows 7 operating system, leaving them vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to Kaspersky.

Kaspersky launches free online course to educate on dangers of doxing, emphasizing the need for digital security.

Ransomware attacks on high profile victims has grown nearly eightfold from 2019 to 2020, according to new research from Kaspersky.

Blockchain-based voting on the Polys platform tripled during lockdown, with educational entities and NGOs leading the surge.

While analysing the CVE-2021-1732 exploit, Kaspersky experts found another such zero-day exploit and reported it to Microsoft.

Half of consumers would abandon an online service provider after a data breach, while 63% fear their data being sold to a third party, according to Kaspersky.

Over half of ransomware victims paid the ransom in 2020, but it didn't guarantee the return of their data, warns Kaspersky.

Advanced threat actors engaged in cyberespionage in the Asia Pacific have upped their game in a new campaign, according to Kaspersky.

The financial threat landscape experienced a game-changing pandemic year, according to a new report from Kaspersky.

Cybercriminals used the time to plan more malicious propagation techniques, both new and evolved from previous methods.

Stalkerware continues to be a major issue globally, affecting over 50,000 users in 2020, according to Kaspersky.

Kaspersky ranked number one in channel satisfaction, receiving the highest overall rating of 87.8% in the Canalys Worldwide Vendor Benchmark.

Over half of women in tech have seen improvements in gender equality, but there is still work to be done, according to a report by Kaspersky.

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the educational sector as schools face renewed closures or adopt hybrid learning models, says Kaspersky.

Account takeovers accounted for every second fraudulent transaction in the finance industry in 2020, according to Kaspersky.

Kaspersky launches tailored threat intelligence for the automotive industry, providing in-depth analysis of industry-specific security threats.

Remote work could be the key to achieving gender equality in Singapore's tech sector, says a recent report by Kaspersky.

WhatsApp's new terms and conditions, which allow data sharing with Facebook, have sparked criticism among users.

Kaspersky researchers have identified two APT incidents targeting COVID-19 research. The Lazarus group is thought to be responsible.

Kaspersky detected more trojans, backdoors and worms than last year, representing an overall 5.2% increase in detected malicious files year-on-year.

If a crisis unfolded, 38% would stop using an organisation’s products if they were caught up in a crisis that spilled online.