Newsletter: Over 250,000 cyberattacks disguised as anime: Kaspersky explores the dangers behind Gen Z’s favorite shows and platforms

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From Naruto to Attack on Titan, cybercriminals are increasingly using anime and other Gen Z favorites as bait. In a new report covering Q2 2024 – Q1 2025, Kaspersky has found over 250,000 cyberattacks disguised as popular anime among other shows and streaming platforms favored by younger audience. To help Gen Z recognize these and other cyber risks, Kaspersky is launching “Case 404” — an interactive cybersecurity game, teaching how to protect their digital lives.

Kaspersky warns of emerging AI threats in APAC, urges proactive defense with SOC

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Global cybersecurity and digital company Kaspersky raised urgent concerns about the rising misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyberattacks across Asia Pacific (APAC), revealing new threat data and defensive strategies at its Cyber Insights 2025 forum held in Seoul.

Newsletter: Kaspersky reaffirms 100% anti-tampering protection in latest AV-Comparatives test

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Kaspersky Next EDR Foundations – represented by Kaspersky Endpoint Security – once again demonstrated 100% tamper protection in the latest focus penetration test by AV-Comparatives.

Attackers often attempt to disable security tools as an initial step in compromising business infrastructure. This makes tamper protection a key mechanism for preventing further compromise of the system. It safeguards the product from end-user and third-party changes, and protects services, processes, files, registry entries, and more from any unauthorized control attempts – even in the context of a privileged user (high or system integrity level). The Kaspersky solution met the strict certification requirements by successfully preventing all tampering attempts during testing.

Newsletter: On World Password Day Kaspersky warns against AI password generation

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How many passwords do you have? It could be more than you think. Most online services and apps require the user to create a password. Chances are many of those passwords are not being used daily and due to this overabundance, there’s a high probability that many of the passwords are being reused.

Newsletter: Cyber Immunity recognized by 71% of experts in APAC as a promising strategy against cybercriminals

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At GITEX Asia 2025, Kaspersky has revealed findings from its latest research, stating that 71% of cybersecurity professionals from Asia Pacific (APAC) regard Cyber Immunity as an effective strategy for minimizing the capabilities of cybercriminals to penetrate networks and compromise systems. These insights indicate a growing demand for developing secure by design systems instead of relying solely on additional cybersecurity solutions.

Newsletter: Kaspersky earns Leader spot in SPARK Matrix: Digital Threat Intelligence by QKS Group

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Recognized for its excellence in Threat Intelligence, Kaspersky has been named a Leader in the 2025 SPARK Matrix™: Digital Threat Intelligence Management by QKS Group. The report highlights the company’s strong capabilities in delivering trusted services that enable organizations worldwide to detect, attribute, and respond to sophisticated cyber threats.

Newsletter: Kaspersky expands Partner Locator with access to global learning centers

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Kaspersky has expanded its interactive Partner Locator service by adding a dedicated section for Authorized Training Centers. The expanded capability provides resellers, Kaspersky partners, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide with easy access to technical training centers for in-depth education on Kaspersky solutions.

Newsletter Surge in long-lasting attacks: 35% exceeded one-month duration in 2024

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According to the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report, long-lasting attacks that persist for more than a month accounted for 35.2% of the total attacks in 2024.

The Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report offers detailed analysis of cyberattacks that Kaspersky investigated in 2024. It draws upon information from organizations that required assistance during security incidents and identifies emerging trends in threats across different industries and regions. This report serves as a valuable resource for organizations looking to improve their security operations and prepare for future incidents effectively.

Newsletter: Valid accounts showed significant increase as initial attack vector in 2024

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Valid accounts are increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector in 2024, representing 31.4% of cases. Public-facing applications still hold the top position with 39.2% of cases. These findings were reported in the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report.

Newsletter: Kaspersky launches an interactive test to explore gender and work-life balance barriers in IT

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In celebration of International Women’s Day last 8th March 2025, Kaspersky is launching “Confronting IT's Career Barriers”, an interactive game-like test that delves into the obstacles — both visible and invisible — hindering career progression in tech. Inviting users to make a stark choice between gender and work-life balance barriers they’d be ready to cope with at workplace, the project aims to raise awareness of the impact they have not only on individual careers but also the broader industry and offers ways to tackle them.

The tech industry continues to face structural inequalities that shape career opportunities and workplace culture. From the glass ceiling and pay gaps to work-life balance struggles, these barriers influence how professionals — especially underrepresented groups, including women — progress in their careers. Despite ongoing discussions about diversity, the numbers tell a different story: women only hold 10% of senior positions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), compared with 25% in other fields. 

Newsletter: Government and Development industries report threefold decrease in critical cyber incidents in 2024

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According to the latest Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) analyst report, government and development industries experienced a significant decrease in the number of high-severity incidents with direct human involvement in 2024, whereas the food, IT, telecom and industrial sectors demonstrated an increase.

Newsletter: Operation SalmonSlalom: Kaspersky discovered a new attack targeting industrial organizations in APAC

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Kaspersky ICS CERT discovered a campaign targeting industrial organizations in the Asia-Pacific region. The attackers used legitimate cloud services to manage malware and employed a complicated multi-stage malware delivery scheme using legitimate software to avoid detection. As a result, they could spread malware over victim organizations’ networks, install remote administration tools, manipulate devices, steal and delete confidential information. 

Newsletter: Kaspersky reports nearly 900 million phishing attempts in 2024 as cyber threats increase

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Kaspersky’s security solutions blocked over 893 million phishing attempts in 2024 – a 26% increase from 2023, when the total stood at nearly 710 million. The surge in attempts (shown in the graph below) between May-July is traditionally tied to the holiday season when fraudsters frequently try to lure travelers with scams involving fake airline and hotel bookings, deceptive tour packages and too-good-to-be-true offers.

Newsletter: Tricky romance: Kaspersky warns of Valentine’s Day scams targeting gift buyers

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With the most romantic holiday of the year approaching, love is in the air – along with online scams and phishing. As couples prepare to celebrate with flowers, love letters and carefully selected gifts, cybercriminals are setting fake websites, offering perfect bouquets, beautiful engagement rings or even Apple gadgets.  Kaspersky experts identified several scam schemes users might face while shopping for romantic gifts and gave practical advice on how not to be deceived.  

Newsletter: Kaspersky discovers new crypto-stealing Trojan in AppStore and Google Play

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Kaspersky Threat Research expertise center has discovered a new data-stealing Trojan, SparkCat, active in AppStore and Google Play since at least March 2024. This is the first known instance of optical recognition-based malware appearing in AppStore. SparkCat uses machine learning to scan image galleries and steal screenshots containing cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases. It can also find and extract other sensitive data in images, such as passwords.

Kaspersky has reported known malicious applications to Google and Apple. 

Newsletter: Kaspersky Threat Lookup now enables AI-enhanced open-source intelligence search

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Kaspersky Threat Lookup now provides customers with summaries and article abstracts related to analyzed objects in the OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) tab, saving them time when searching for IoCs (Indicators of Compromise) or researching cybersecurity reports.

Newsletter: Beware of Sweet Deceptions: Kaspersky Warns of Dubai Chocolate Scams

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Consumers across the world are eager to indulge in Dubai’s luxurious chocolate. However, cybercriminals are exploiting this trend to deceive unsuspecting buyers. Kaspersky experts have uncovered a series of scams related to the growing demand, ranging from impersonating trusted brands to creating entirely fraudulent storefronts.

Newsletter: Extended AI capabilities and resource visualization: great new features provided by Kaspersky SIEM

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To bolster the productivity and effectiveness of cybersecurity teams, Kaspersky has unveiled a significant update to its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution. The enhanced platform provides a new AI module for faster and more effective alert triage, helps to visualize resource dependencies and enables extended search capabilities.

According to Verified Market Research, the SIEM market was valued at $5.21 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $10.09 billion by 2031. Among the key factors that contribute to such growth are rising cyber threats, regulatory compliance regulations and demand for rapid threat detection. Businesses are searching for solutions that enable them to collect and analyze data in real time, significantly enhancing their situational awareness. To meet this demand, Kaspersky added new features to its SIEM, allowing cybersecurity professionals to detect threats more efficiently.

Newsletter: New Year, New Shield: Strengthening the Philippines’ cyber defenses

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As the Philippines enters 2025, the rapid growth of its digital economy has made it a lucrative target for cybercriminals. Recent data from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) reveals that between October and December 2024, over 26.8 percent of Filipino users faced web-borne cyberattacks, placing the country 17th globally for web-related threats. These statistics underscore the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect businesses, individuals, and communities from evolving threats.

Newsletter: Kaspersky signs European Commission’s AI Pact to foster trustworthy AI use

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Advocating for the secure use of AI technologies, Kaspersky has signed the AI Pact, a European Commission initiative that aims to prepare organizations for the implementation of the AI Act – the first ever comprehensive legal framework on AI worldwide, adopted by the European Union (EU). The pledge signing reflects Kaspersky’s wider commitment to promote and facilitate the prudent and responsible use of AI technologies, recognizing the importance of this stance within the cybersecurity field.

The EU AI Act seeks to encourage trustworthy AI in the European region and beyond by ensuring that AI technologies comply with safety and ethical principles and by addressing AI-associated risks. Enacted in 2024, the AI Act is set to become fully applicable1 in mid-2026. The AI Pact aims to facilitate transition to the new regulation by inviting organizations to proactively work on implementing AI Act key provisions.