Editor’s Note: Press release by “No More Ransom” is found here: https://goo.gl/6tLUow READING, UK – Dec. 15, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Ransomware is evolving and constantly finding new ways to infect victims, whether it’s through the latest spam technique or even duping victims into spreading the ransomware themselves. Most recently, Yahoo has confirmed a hack that affects over […]

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Editor’s Note: Press release by Datto is found here: https://goo.gl/DnWzC6 THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – Dec. 15, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — The global fight against ransomware continues tirelessly as the No More Ransom (NMR) project welcomes more than 30 new partners from both the public and private sectors. With more partners joining the fight, more decryption tools become […]

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WOBURN, MA – Dec. 13, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — According to the DDOS intelligence report for Q3 2016, Kaspersky Lab experts have noted an emerging trend – a growth in the number of attacks using encryption. Such attacks are highly effective due to the difficulty in identifying them amongst the overall flow of clean requests. Recently, the company encountered yet […]

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One billion malicious objects now held in the Kaspersky Lab Cloud database WOBURN, MA – December 6, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — According to Kaspersky Lab, the number of new malware files detected by its products in 2016 increased to 323,000 per day. This is an increase of 13,000 from the amount in 2015, and a […]

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WOBURN, MA – December 5, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — The 2016 Kaspersky Lab Corporate IT Security Risks survey[1], found that only 36 percent of small businesses (up to 50 employees) worldwide worry about their staff’s carelessness leading to a cyberattack, while more than half of medium-sized businesses (53 percent) and large enterprises (51 percent) consider […]

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Reliability and safety of encryption offered by Kaspersky Lab’s corporate solution is confirmed by U.S. independent testing authority WOBURN, MA – November 30, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab reports today that its encryption technologies for businesses have been successfully certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as fully compliant with the […]

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Additionally, 20 percent of enterprises across the globe suffered four or more data breaches in the past year; North American businesses suffered double the global amount at 44 percent WOBURN, MA – November 21, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today released a report, Business Perception of IT Security: In the Face of an Inevitable […]

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WOBURN, MA – November 8, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — According to new data from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)[1] , small businesses faced eight times more ransomware attacks in the third quarter of 2016 than the third quarter of 2015. KSN reports that there were 27,471 attempts to block access to corporate data detected and repelled […]

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WOBURN, MA – November 3, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today announced the results of its quarterly IT threat evolution report, which found the number of Internet users that encountered encrypting ransomware more than doubled in Q3 2016, reaching 821,865 people. As a result, the number of people attacked by ransomware has now risen for the […]

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WOBURN, MA – October 31, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab has released a new report on botnet-assisted DDoS attacks for the third quarter of 2016, which is based on data received from Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence[1]. Over the reporting period, research has shown that resources in 67 countries were targeted by botnet-assisted DDoS attacks. Activity by attack servers located […]

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WOBURN, MA – October 26, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today announced that its Consumer Security Risks Survey shows that half of the mobile devices around the globe are at risk from cybercrime and malicious threats, due to a lack of adequate protection. The annual report was undertaken by Kaspersky Lab to better understand how aware people are […]

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WOBURN, MA – October 20, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today released a survey report that confirms that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) need to bridge the gap between smaller IT security budgets and a shortage of expertise to face the very real and growing threat of cyber attacks. Over half (54 percent) of SMBs believe that […]

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WOUBURN, MA – September 19, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab has been awarded a new patent from the United States, for a technology that counteracts the tricks of financial cybercriminals. The new technology detects the implementation of HTML code into a page opened by a client’s browser (Man-in-the-Browser attack). The technology is based on the use […]

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WOBURN, MA – September 13, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today released new research which reveals that on average, a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses a total of $861,000. Meanwhile, small and medium businesses (SMBs) pay an average of $86,500. To assess the state of the security landscape in the U.S. and across the […]

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WOBURN, Mass. – September 08, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Today Kaspersky Lab is launching its Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index – the first global index to measure the current cyberthreat levels faced by internet users. The Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index is based on data collected from thousands of users across the globe. Kaspersky Lab has previously joined forces […]

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WOBURN, MA –September 7, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today released new research from its Corporate IT Security Risks 2016 survey finding that on average a single cryptomalware attack may cost up to $99,000 for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and more than half (67 percent) reported complete or partial loss of corporate data due to […]

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Award-winning advanced security software now available in Central Premier BOSTON, MA – Aug. 16, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — LogMeIn, Inc. and Kaspersky Lab today announced a new partnership that will provide LogMeIn Central Premier customers with a complementary license of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Windows. As part of the partnership, the two companies will create […]

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A new tool containing 160,000+ keys will help victims to retrieve their data WOBURN, MA – July 25, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Today, the Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab join forces to launch an initiative called No More Ransom, a new step in the cooperation between law enforcement and the private sector […]

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New Kaspersky Lab Report Shows Crypto-Ransomware Attacks Against the Corporate Sector Have Increased Nearly Six Times WOBURN, MA – July 14, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab has found that the number of crypto-ransomware attacks against the corporate sector has grown six-fold, surging from 27,000 between 2014 and 2015 to 158,000 between 2015 and 2016, according to […]

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WOBURN, MA – July 8, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab announced today its researchers investigated a threat actor that was undertaking aggressive cyber-espionage activity in the Asian region, targeting multiple diplomatic and government entities with a particular focus on China and its international affairs. This group, named Dropping Elephant (also known as “Chinastrats”), used their […]

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WOBURN, MA – July 5, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — The Kaspersky Lab International Travel Report found that business travelers, especially senior-level executives, admit to experiencing cybercrime while traveling. The survey shows that one in five people have been a target of cyber-crime while abroad, and almost a third (31 percent) are senior level business managers. The survey polled […]

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WOBURN, MA – June 22, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab has today published its ransomware research report, which found a drastic increase in encryption ransomware attacks, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016. This is an increase of 5.5 times compared to the same period in 2014-2015, showing that crypto-ransomware has […]

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WOBURN, MA – June 15, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab researchers have investigated a global forum where cybercriminals can buy and sell access to compromised servers for as little as $6 each. The xDedic marketplace, which appears to be run by a Russian-speaking group, currently lists 70,624 hacked Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers for sale. Many of […]

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Survey results further showed that 44 percent confessed that they did not know what data or information could be stolen in a ransomware attack WOBURN, MA – May 24, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today published a new study that reveals almost half (43%) of connected consumers today do not know what ransomware is, […]

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WOBURN, MA – May 12, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — The latest Kaspersky Lab Spam and Phishing Report has discovered that although the quantity of spam emails has been decreasing, they have become more criminalized. At the same time, the level of malicious mailshots has dramatically increased – Kaspersky Lab products prevented 22,890,956 attempts to infect users via emails […]

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The first quarterly threat report of the year shows growing need to be Ransom Aware WOBURN, MA – May 5, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab has today published its Q1 IT Threat Evolution Report, which reported that 2,900 new ransomware malware modifications were detected during the quarter, which is an increase of 14 percent on the previous […]

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In a recent survey, 40 per cent of Europeans admitted the loss or compromise of data stored on digital devices would cause immense distress BURLINGTON, MA – April 29, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ – Device damage, theft or ransomware attacks are just some of the risks threatening our precious data, and without a back-up, we risk those documents, […]

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WOBURN, MA – April 28, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab North America has published its report on botnet DDoS attacks for Q1 2016 based on statistics gathered from Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence*. The reporting period saw a shift away from low-cost attacks that are easy to implement to more complex and focused ones. There was […]

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WOBURN, MA – April 27, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Children today are spending an increased amount of time online, according to the second part of the global study carried out by Kaspersky Lab*. “Growing Up Online: Connected Kids,” shows that 44 percent of children admit to being online constantly and more than half said they cannot do without […]

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WOBURN, MA – April 6, 2016 — /BackupReview.info/ — Kaspersky Lab today published, “Growing Up Online: What Kids Conceal,” the first part of its global studyi into the behaviors of children online and how constant connectivity impacts the way that they communicate and leverage technology in their daily lives. The study found that almost half of children (44%) conceal potentially dangerous […]

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