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On March 2, 2021, several companies released reports about in-the-wild exploitation of several zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server, leading to arbitrary code execution within the Exchange Server context and full access to the email accounts on the server. While the patch has already been released by Microsoft, Kaspersky researchers …

Over the last 17 months cyber-criminals are reported to have carried out in the region of 12 billion credential-stuffing attacks against gaming websites. Here PCR talks to gaming security experts, David Emm at Kaspersky and Lars Rensing, at Protokol about why gamers need to have their wits about them. David …

Over a third (38%) of women working in the IT and tech industry claim that a lack of females in the sector made them wary of entering the profession, according to Kaspersky’s latest Women in Tech report, Where are we now? Understanding the evolution of women in technology. Highlighting the importance of role …

With an increase in remote working, the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) has significantly grown this year. Understanding the need for privacy when exploring the web, Kaspersky is constantly updating its solutions to work smoothly with the most innovative platforms, by developing native support for the newest hardware. Apple’s M1 …

The recent Kaspersky report, “The State of Stalkerware 2020”, shows that the situation has not much improved compared to the year before – in 2019, we discovered 67,500 affected mobile users. At the same time, when talking about improvements, it is important to take the start of the pandemic into account …

For the second year running, Kaspersky has been ranked number one for the quality of its partner program in the Canalys Worldwide Vendor Benchmark. The company achieved the highest overall rating of 87.8%. Canalys is an independent analyst firm. The Canalys Worldwide Vendor Benchmark provides reassurance to the channel when …

Christopher Hurst has joined Kaspersky as General Manager of UK and Ireland. A seasoned veteran of the software industry, Hurst has 34 years experience in the trade with a background in the European tech industry. Previously he specialised in building teams to take new products to the EMEA market across …

One fifth of the UK public doesn’t know how to permanently erase data from a device, Kaspersky research has found. The cybersecurity expert also undertook a data retrieval experiment on second-hand devices and discovered that 90% contained traces of private and business data, including company emails and much more – demonstrating a risk to businesses when employees fail to wipe their devices before sale. Kaspersky set …

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 …

Privacy experts from Kaspersky give their visions of the changes that lie ahead in the privacy field of 2021. 2020 demonstrated how overwhelmingly important a connected infrastructure and digital services have become for the daily functioning of society. This realisation has led to a shift in attitudes to privacy and …