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- 17 Sept 2018
Kaspersky Lab’s Report Reveals Children’s Online Activities in Nigeria
Kaspersky Lab has revealed the online activities of children across Nigeria, based on statistics from the company’s Parental Control modules. The research has revealed what children in the region…
- 30 May 2019
Kaspersky Lab Reports 61% Increase in Mobile Banking Malware
Mobile banking Trojans are among the most rapidly developing, flexible and dangerous types of malware, according to Kaspersky Lab, which found a 61% increase in the number of files (from 18,501 to…
- 12 Aug 2015
Kaspersky Q2 IT Report Highlights Mobile Security Threat
Kaspersky Lab has published its Q2 cyberthreats report highlighting key security incidents in the quarter and evaluating the Q2 cyber threat level. The company reported that 51 percent of Web-borne…
- 7 Feb 2018
Hackers Target Gas Stations, Kaspersky Lab Warns
Kaspersky Lab researchers have helped uncover a number of unknown vulnerabilities that have left gas stations around the world exposed to remote takeover, often for years. The vulnerabilities…
- 4 Mar 2020
Nigeria Among Top 10 Countries Where Mobile Malware Attack Users- Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab, global cybersecurity firm, has stated that Nigeria is among the top 10 countries in the world where users are attacked by mobile malware. In its report titled “Mobile Malware Evolution…
- 8 Dec 2017
Kaspersky Reports Upsurge in PoS, DDOS Attacks
Over 77% of companies globally have suffered from some kind of attack during the past 12 months, says Kaspersky. This is according to the Kaspersky Lab IT Security Economics Report, which notes that…
- 7 Mar 2018
Kaspersky Lab Extends Reward Programme to $100,000
Kaspersky Lab has extended its successful bug bounty program to include rewards of up to $100,000 for the discovery and responsible disclosure of severe vulnerabilities in some of its leading…
- 2 Mar 2017
Mobile Advertising Trojans Account for 16 of Top 20 Malware- Report
A latest report by Kaspersky Lab shows that mobile advertising Trojans exploiting super-user rights became the top mobile malware threat last year. According to the report obtained by Nigeria…
- 16 Nov 2017
Expect Hospital Ransomware, Other Kaspersky Lab’s Threat Predictions for 2018
By peter oluka In the coming year, the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, with the added advantage that such attacks are…
- 13 Jan 2020
Russian Hacking Group Targets Nigerian, Other Africa Banks- Kaspersky
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have reported thousands of notifications of attacks on major banks in Sub-Saharan Africa. The malware used in the attacks indicates the threat actor is most likely to…
- 27 Mar 2019
Lazarus, Hacking Group Targets Cryptocurrency Space- Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab, cybersecurity watchdogs yesterday issued a warning that the well-known hacking group known as Lazarus, which is allegedly sponsored by the North Korean government, is alive and well…
- 16 Aug 2018
Underinvestment, Human Errors Put ICS Security in Key Verticals at Risk - Report
According to Kaspersky Lab’s State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2018’ survey, industrial and energy enterprises, as well as transport and logistics companies, have different opinions regarding the…
- 10 Oct 2016
Kaspersky Assures Nigeria Internet Users of Privacy, Security
Kaspersky Lab has announced the availability of the new version of its flagship security solution, Kaspersky Internet Security – multi-device in Nigeria, which provides users with additional…
- 7 Mar 2019
Nigeria Climbs to Third Position in Mobile Malware Attacks in 2018
Four African countries made the list in terms of top 10 countries by share of users attacked by mobile malware; Nigeria climbs from fifth place in 2017 to third in 2018. Kaspersky Lab researchers…
- 15 Dec 2015
Kaspersky Reveals Future of APTs, Nigeria Ranks 8th Internet Users by Country
Kaspersky Lab’s experts revealed their predictions for 2016, which are based on the expertise of the Global Research and Analysis Team - the company’s 43 top security experts, located all over the…
- 4 Jan 2017
Kaspersky Warns: Faketoken Mobile Banking Trojan Targeting Over 2000 App
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered a modification of the mobile banking Trojan, Faketoken that can encrypt user data. Disguised as various programs and games, including Adobe Flash Player, the…
- 23 Jun 2017
Kaspersky Says Banks Face Online Identity Crisis
One in four banks globally find it difficult to verify the identity of online banking customers. This is according to Kaspersky Lab's Financial Institutions Security Risks survey, which found 24% of…
- 13 Mar 2017
ATM Security Relatively Low Concern for FIs - Report
Banks show surprisingly low levels of concern regarding the threat of financial loss due to attacks on ATMs, despite high vulnerability to such attacks, according to Kaspersky Lab. Only 19 percent of…
- 8 Jul 2016
Kaspersky ATM Security Solution Promises Malware Defense in a Small Package
Kaspersky Lab recently announced the availability of Kaspersky Embedded Systems Security, a targeted enterprise-grade solution designed to defend ATMs, point-of-sale systems and point-of-service…
- 16 Oct 2018
Kaspersky Launches New Generation of Beyond-AV Consumer Solutions in Nigeria
Kaspersky Lab has updated its key range of solutions for home users, designed to safeguard everything that is valuable to them – privacy, money, memories, piece of mind for their loved ones and much…
- 5 Mar 2014
Kaspersky Unveils Anti-phishing App for Windows Phone
Kaspersky Lab is looking to safeguard Microsoft devices from fraudulent and inappropriate sites with a new Kaspersky Safe Browser for Windows Phone app. The free app is meant to safeguard web surfing…
- 21 Feb 2016
Mobile Devices Turn Targets for Spam, Malware Attacks
Latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin (KLSB), revealed that the volume of spam emails in 2015 decreased to 55.28% of overall email traffic – a fall of 11.48% on the previous year. The significant…
- 17 Feb 2016
Mobile Devices Become New Target for Spam, Malware Attacks
According to the latest Kaspersky Lab Security Bulletin, the volume of spam emails in 2015 decreased to 55.28% of overall email traffic – a fall of 11.48% on the previous year. The significant slump…
- 6 May 2019
Kaspersky says SIM Swap Fraud is Targeting Africa’s Financial, Online Services
Kaspersky Lab experts at its annual Cyber Security Weekend discussed the wide spread growth of mobile payments across the globe and the many cyber risks that surround such technology, especially the…
- 29 May 2015
Spam & Phishing in Q1: New Domains Revitalize Old Spam- Kaspersky
The new range of top level domains, launched in January 2015 and intended for use by relevant communities and organizations, has proved irresistible to spammers according to Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 2015…
- 7 Apr 2017
N’Korea Hackers Attack Nigerian Banks, Others – Report
A report from a Russian online cyber security firm, Kaspersky, has observed that North Korean hackers are allegedly attacking banks in 18 countries, including Nigeria. The organisation noted in its…
- 16 Nov 2015
More Knocks for CyberSecurity Law, Traitors Cause Havoc
The Cyber Security Law (2015) has been described as not sophisticated to combat the growing trend of cyber related crimes in the country. Mr. Peter Asolo, an IT security expert in an email interview…
- 9 Mar 2018
Financial-related Attacks Dominate Phishing Attempts in 2017
In 2017, anti-phishing technologies developed by Kaspersky Lab detected more than 246 million user attempts to visit phishing web pages. Of these, 54 percent were attempting to visit fake financial…
- 2 May 2017
Cybercrime to Cost Businesses Trillions
Over the next five years, data breaches will have cost global business a total of $8 trillion in fines, lost business and remediation costs. This is according to the Juniper Research report, "The…
- 8 Dec 2016
Cybersecurity to Enter New Territory in 2017
Raimund Genes, chief technology officer for Trend Micro says 2017 will take the cybersecurity industry into new territory after 2016's threat landscape opened doors for cyber criminals to explore a…