Kaspersky reports growth in gamer cyberattacks in 2023, ETCIO SEA

Kaspersky reports growth in gamer cyberattacks in 2023, ETCIO SEA

The global gaming community, which currently accounts for nearly half of the world’s population, has found itself increasingly under fire by cybercriminals, according to a comprehensive investigation by Kaspersky. In the period spanning from July 2022 to July 2023, the cybersecurity company discovered the growing vulnerability of the gaming user base. Cybercriminals exploited this vast…

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Fighting Cyberattacks Requires Top-Down Approach

Fighting Cyberattacks Requires Top-Down Approach

Mitigating cybersecurity threats requires organizations to reassess their approach to technical vulnerability, advised an internet security expert and author at the “Cybersecurity Threats and Concerns: An Overview”  session of CIO’s Cybersecurity livestream on October 12. In 2023, economic losses from cybercrime are estimated to cost entities $2 trillion annually, and projections are that costs will increase to $10.5…

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Wildfires, cyberattacks, and cheating students turned off the internet in the third quarter

Wildfires, cyberattacks, and cheating students turned off the internet in the third quarter

Internet traffic was choked off in different parts of the world in the third quarter this year by a variety of problems, including cyberattacks, natural disasters and cheating at universities, according to a report issued Wednesday by content delivery network (CDN), security and internet services vendor Cloudflare Iraqis were affected by exam weeks that took…

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