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Kaspersky Reveals The UAE’s Top Four Email Scams

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Kaspersky experts have outlined top four email scam themes and tactics currently prevalent in the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa region (META). These scams highlight different social engineering techniques used by cybercriminals, however the objective remains the same, which is to entice unsuspecting victims and steal their personal and financial information. Phishing remains the most common type of social engineering attacks. According to the Spam and Phishing in 2022 report, Kaspersky’s anti-phishing system thwarted over 500 million attempts to access fraudulent Web […]

Reverse Engineering Most Complicated Task For Infosec Practitioners

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The latest Codebreakers competition organized by Kaspersky among cybersecurity specialists from more than 35 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and South Africa has revealed that reverse engineering is the most complex task performed by InfoSec practitioners. Reverse engineering implies detailed examination of a software product or web application to detect vulnerabilities or hidden features. It covers a broad range of areas, including decompiling and disassembling executable files and libraries, and analysis of system data. According to the external […]

Old Microsoft Office Vulnerability Exploited Six Times More In Q2

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An old vulnerability in Microsoft Office is gaining popularity among attackers who target both regular users and companies, Kaspersky has found. Since the beginning of the year, the exploitation of CVE-2017-11882 has increased by nearly 500 percent, impacting thousands. Another old vulnerability, CVE-2018-0802, emerged as cybercriminals’ most prevalent “weapon”, targeting over 130,000 users. Since older versions of Microsoft programs remain quite popular and are still a highly attractive target for attackers, it is crucial to install a trusted security solution […]

40% KSA Respondents Unaware Of Online Availability Of Their Personal Data

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According to a recent survey by Kaspersky called Digital Superstitions, a fourth (40%) of respondents from KSA do not know what data about them is publicly available on the Internet. For those who recognized and are aware about their own personal information being available online, the survey showed that some have even tried to completely remove it from the Web. However, almost half of them (49%) did not take any actions. Among them,17% are sure that it is impossible to […]

Kaspersky Discovers New Phishing Scheme Targeting Cryptocurrency

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Kaspersky has unearthed a phishing campaign targeting cryptocurrency users across the globe. The scheme showcases the ever-evolving tactics used by cybercriminals, reflecting cryptocurrency’s increasing appeal. During the spring of 2023 alone, Kaspersky’s solutions detected and thwarted over 85,000 scam emails, encompassing both hot and cold wallets. Kaspersky provides an in-depth report revealing the intricacies of these two distinct email attack techniques and enlightening the differences in hot and cold cryptocurrency storage methods. With over 400,000,000 cryptocurrency wallet owners globally, as […]

Kaspersky Products Prove 100 % Anti-malware Effectiveness In SE Labs Test

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In the first quarter of 2023 Kaspersky Plus, Kaspersky Small Office Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business were tested along with other 15 vendors by the SE Labs test for anti-malware protection of users’ devices. All these Kaspersky products received the highest scores, confirming 100 percent anti-malware effectiveness, and “AAA” awards. In 2022, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered that on average 400,000 malicious files were distributed every day, indicating a 5% rise compared to 2021.  As the number of malware variants […]

Satacom Campaign Delivers Cryptocurrency-Stealing Browser Extension

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A malicious extension for the Chrome, Brave, and Opera browsers is used to steal cryptocurrency from victims as a part of a recent Satacom campaign discovered by Kaspersky. Nearly 30,000 users were at risk of being targeted during the last two months. The attackers have implemented a range of malicious actions to ensure that the extension remains undetected while the unsuspecting user browses the targeted cryptocurrency exchange websites, including Coinbase and Binance. In addition, the extension enables threat actors to […]

META Among Top-3 Regions Prone To Mobile Financial Scam

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Throughout 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, 14% of installs of potentially unwanted mobile financial apps on Android phones were made by users in the Middle East, Turkiye, Africa (META) region. META ranks third among the world regions behind APAC and LATAM in terms of the number of installs of such apps. As Android holds a dominant market share of 78% in the Middle East, 80% in Africa and 70% in Turkiye, cyberthreats for this mobile operating system remain persistent. […]

Kaspersky Uncovers Mobile Malware Campaign

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Kaspersky researchers have uncovered an ongoing mobile Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign targeting iOS devices with previously unknown malware. Dubbed as ‘Operation Triangulation’, the campaign distributes zero-click exploits via iMessage to run malware gaining complete control

ChatGPT Phishing Fantasies: Will AI Chatbots Help Fight Cyberscam?

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While ChatGPT had previously demonstrated the ability to create phishing emails and write malware, its effectiveness in detecting malicious links was limited. The study revealed that although ChatGPT knows a great deal about phishing and can guess the target of a phishing attack, it had high false positive rates of up to 64 percent. Often, it produced imaginary explanations and false evidence to justify its verdicts. ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model, has been a topic of discussion in the cybersecurity […]

Kaspersky shares 3 tips to keep data safe this World Backup Day

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According to a recent survey by Kaspersky, over 60% of local businesses in the UAE and Saudi Arabia reported problems with data protection: they experienced loss or exposure of corporate or customer data. World Backup Day, recognised on 31 March, puts the importance of backing up data in the spotlight for both businesses and individuals, especially as the cyberthreat landscape continues to evolve. Specifically, ransomware has become more sophisticated and targeted, and organisations across the region must take all necessary […]

Every fifth user in the Middle East lost money from an incident involving digital payments

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According to the Kaspersky Digital Payment survey, 18% of respondents from the Middle East experienced financial losses associated with threats when using online banking and mobile wallet services. The majority of users (92%) lost up to USD $1,000 as a result of these incidents, while (8%) of the respondents reported a loss of more than USD $1,000. According to Kaspersky Security Network, more than 1.8 million financial threats were blocked in the Middle East by the company, 256,708 of them […]
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