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Kaspersky: Targeted Ransomware Grows Nearly 800% Woburn, MA – April 23, 2021 – From 2019 to 2020, the number of Kaspersky users encountering targeted ransomware increased by 767%. This increase occurred alongside a 29% decrease in the overall number of users affected by any kind of ransomware, with WannaCry still the most frequently encountered group. These findings are highlighted in Kaspersky’s latest report on the ransomware landscape. Ransomware threats became mainstream news in the 2010s following large-scale outbreaks, such as WannaCry and Cryptolocker. Over the years, these...

Ransomware targeting Asean SMEs drops But threats have become more targeted and malicious, according to security specialist Kaspersky published : 4 May 2021 at 04:00 12 The global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has reported a significant decrease in the number of ransomware attempts it detected and foiled last year among small and medium enterprise (SME) users in Southeast Asia. The company monitored 804,513 ransomware events in 2020, down 58% from the 2019 total of 1.9 million, according to the latest Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) report. Among the six Southe...

Security experts have welcomed the proposals of a new ransomware report from big tech and law enforcers, but argued that tackling the menace must begin with improved cyber-hygiene. Convened by the Institute for Security and Technology and trailed since last December, the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) is a team of over 60 experts from software companies, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies, non-profits, and academic institutions. It includes representatives from the FBI, Europol, the UK’s National Crime Agency and many of the world’s biggest tech companies including Amazon, Cisco and ...

Among the six SEA countries, only Singapore observed an uptick in the number of ransomware detections. There was a slight increase from 2,275 instances in 2019 that jumped to 3,191 in 2020. Although Indonesia still ranked fifth globally for the volume of its ransomware detections, its 1,158,837 detections are now down to 439,473. The trend of decreased ransomware incidents was observed across other countries in the region including Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. China remains at the top spot in terms of ransomware detections globally both for 2019 and 2020. Meanwhile, Brazil...