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Do you feel afraid every time you input your credit card information or banking details on a shopping site or a payment app? You are not alone, at least according to a survey from the global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky. The report titled “Making Sense of Our Place in the Digital Reputation Economy” discovered some types of personal information are sacred to social media users in Southeast Asia (SEA), which they prefer not to share or store online. Financial information, such as credit or debit card details, tops the list with the majority (76%) of 861 respondents...

Half of consumers (50%) would walk away from an online service provider if it suffered any form of data breach, according to a study of 15,000 consumers worldwide, conducted by global security company Kaspersky. The idea of avoidable data misuse is likely to incur even greater wrath from respondents, however, with 63% affirming they would no longer use the provider for fear of their data being sold to a third party in this case. As consumers understand more about businesses’ data privacy responsibilities, more transparency is needed from those companies about how they handle user data. Havi...

As the pandemic continues and schools experience renewed closures or pursue a hybrid model of learning (in-person and remote), the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet. From July to December 2020, 270,171 users encountered various threats disguised as popular learning platforms—an increase of 60% when compared to the first half of 2020. To help educators stay secure, Kaspersky has launched a digital toolkit that teaches cybersecurity best practices. Last spring, more than 1 billion schoolchildren around the globe were affected by school clo...

All Specs Everybody needs antivirus protection. Microsoft agrees—if Windows detects no third-party antivirus it insists on enabling its own Windows Defender. But you can get better protection than the built-in without laying out any extra cash. AVG AntiVirus Free has millions of users around the world. In our own tests and tests by the independent labs, it earned excellent scores. AVG vs. Avast In 2016, Avast acquired AVG. Both product lines continue their separate existence, but the underlying antivirus protection engine is identical, as evidenced by the results from our tests and indepen...

Kaspersky raises awareness of user threats as disguised online learning platforms increase 2nd February 2021 As the pandemic continues and schools experience renewed closures or pursue a hybrid model of learning (in-person and remote), the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet. From July to December 2020, 270,171 users encountered various threats disguised as popular learning platforms – an increase of 60% when compared to the first half of 2020. To help educators stay secure, Kaspersky has launched a digital toolkit that teaches cybersecur...