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Kaspersky Report Parses African Cybercrime Trends

New data released this week by Kaspersky shows even Africa is not immune from cyber attacks. While not considered a hotbed of financial opportunity, many African countries are seeing attacks at rates similar to the global average of one out of every 10 computers in… Read More

Fraudulent Activities via Online Platforms have Increased Significantly as More Transactions are Now Conducted via the Internet

The COVID-19 outbreak has forced individuals and businesses to adopt new working practices and move their operations online. This has led to a considerable increase in fraudulent activities being carried out via digital platforms, because many more transactions are now conducted online or via the… Read More

Security Tokens: Kaspersky Confirms Security of Tokeny Solutions Smart Contract Protocol

Security tokenization platform Tokeny Solutions has announced today that a review by well-known cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has “confirmed” the overall security of its smart contract protocol – the Token for Regulated EXchanges or T-REX. Tokeny Solutions is a primary issuance platform for digital assets that… Read More

“Financially Motivated” Cybercriminals to Target Investment App Users, Online Financial Data Processing Platforms, Cryptocurrencies: Kaspersky

Investment applications, online financial data processing tools and decentralized cryptocurrency platforms will most likely be targeted by the “financially motivated cyber threat actors” next year, leading cybersecurity company Kaspersky claims. Financial cyber threats and attacks are some of the most dangerous or damaging ones, as… Read More

Kaspersky Lab: Botnets Being “Reprofiled” to Deploy CryptoJacking Malware

Increased competition in the “DDos-attack-for-sale” market and sometimes attractive cryptocurrency prices are inclining botnet commanders to switch their priorities towards the dissemination of crypto mining malware, cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky Lab (KL) claim. In a DDos attack, an infected network of computers called a botnet sends… Read More

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