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90% of employees need basic cybersecurity skills training

November 2, 2022

Deepak

In testing, just 11% of 3,907 employees proved a high level of cybersecurity awareness using Kaspersky Gamified Assessment Tool. Fewer skilled users made most of their mistakes in the realm of web browsing. With 90% of people overestimating their cybersecurity abilities, Kaspersky Gamified Assessment Tool is designed to not only change employee behavior and awareness, but also to assist chief information officers and HR departments measuring workers’ cyber skills, and provide their teams with a relevant education environment. During the […]

Ivan Vassunov, VP Corporate Products, Kaspersky

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Microsoft Sentinel integrates Kaspersky Threat Feeds

September 5, 2022

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Access to Kaspersky TI through Microsoft Sentinel empowers enterprises with the latest insights to counter cyberattacks Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds are now integrated with Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud native SIEM and SOAR solution to help Microsoft Sentinel users with actionable context for attack investigation and response. With this integration, enterprise security teams can extend cyberthreat detection capabilities and increase the effectiveness of initial alert triage, threat hunting or incident response. According to IDC, “Threat intelligence is a foundational component of […]

Mohamad Hashem, GM, KSA & Bahrain at Kaspersky

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Kaspersky establishes new office in KSA

April 21, 2022

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Kaspersky has announced that it has added Saudi Arabia to its ever-expanding worldwide network of offices. Operating in 200 countries and territories with 34 offices in more than 30 countries. The new office will be located in Riyadh.

Industrial Security

Cybercriminals use new tactics to attack industrial organizations

January 21, 2022

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During the first half of 2021, Kaspersky ICS CERT experts noticed a curious anomaly in statistics on spyware threats blocked on ICS computers. Although the malware used in these attacks belongs to well-known commodity spyware families such as Agent Tesla/Origin Logger, HawkEye and others,

Industrial Security

Mass spyware campaign targets thousands of ICS computers

December 30, 2021

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Dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” for its similarities with the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Lazarus’ Manuscrypt malware, this new malware contains advanced spying capabilities and has been seen targeting both government organizations and industrial control systems (ICS) across numerous industries.

Industrial Security

New malware targets thousands of ICS computers around the world

December 16, 2021

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From January 20 to November 10, 2021, Kaspersky experts uncovered a new piece of malware that has targeted more than 35,000 computers across 195 countries. Dubbed “PseudoManuscrypt” for its similarities with the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Lazarus’ Manuscrypt malware,

Industrial Security

One in three industrial computers are at risk

September 9, 2021

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According to Kaspersky ICS CERT, almost one in three industrial computer was subject to malicious activity in H1 2021. During the first half of 2021, cybercriminals intensively used various types of spyware and malicious scripts while performing their attacks.

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Kaspersky secures Tatsuno fuel dispensers

August 25, 2021

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Tatsuno Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of fuel dispensers and other solutions for global retail commercial fueling customers, has chosen Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security to protect the payment terminal systems installed in its fuel dispensers.

David Emm, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky

Cyber Security

Africa is not imune to cyberthreats

July 22, 2021

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Although Africa is not necessarily considered a focus area for the more sophisticated types of cybercriminal activity such as targeted attacks or advanced persistent threats (APTs), the continent is certainly not immune to these or other types of cyber risks, warn Kaspersky researchers.

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Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation goes VR

June 27, 2021

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Kaspersky has made a power station scenario available to play in virtual reality (VR), in its strategic business simulation game. Thanks to this technology, a company’s decision makers and senior managers can “work” as information security specialists.

Industrial Security

Threats against industrial control systems on the rise, says Kaspersky

March 30, 2021

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Kaspersky carried out an study that reveals globally the percentage of attacked ICS computers in H2 2020 was 33.4%–an increase of .85 percentage points. The percentage of ICS computers attacked in the engineering and ICS integration sector grew by nearly 8 percentage points

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Women in technology maintaining momentum

February 17, 2021

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The findings from Kaspersky’s new Women in Tech report, Where are we now? Understanding the evolution of women in technology reveal that more than half (56%) of women in tech have seen levels of gender equality improve in their organization over the past two years,

Azeem Aleem, Global Executive Director, Cyber Resilience Services at CPX

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Time to Rethink: OT Strategies Are Failing

August 21, 2025

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Azeem Aleem, Executive Director of Cyber Resilience Services at CPX, stresses that securing OT environments demands Trusted Advisors, secure-by-design practices, and collaboration to protect critical infrastructure and ensure resilience and safety.

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