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The report, by global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, noted that children are more likely to use AI tools that, so far, are not ready to provide the necessary level of cybersecurity and age-appropriate content.

Employee violations of an organisation's information security policies are as dangerous as external hacker attacks, a report warned on Friday.

The Canadian government said the decision was taken to ensure that government networks and data remain secure and protected and are in line with the approach of its international partners

Users of Samsung, Huawei, and Google phones have been sent a dire warning and instructed to remove several popular applications that may contain harmful malware.

Western tech companies have come under increasing pressure in Russia in recent months, with social network Twitter punitively slowed down over a failure to delete content which Moscow says is illegal.

In 2019, the firm noticed that criminals were carrying out targeted attacks on financial institutions like banks. This is set to increase in 2020, it said. It expects an increase in the activity of groups specializing in the sale of network access (...

Hospitals are not alone in facing a barrage of attacks from hackers, pharmaceutical companies are also being targetted.

Stolen data may have limited resale value, but can be put to many uses.

​​Further, 56 per cent are very concerned that someone can see everything they do or watch on their device.

According to Kaspersky's IT Risk Report, more attacks are being specifically targeted, which means hackers are identifying targets companies and attacking them.

The sudden surge in digital payments also increases the risk of cyber theft as new users don't take all the required precautions for safe transactions.

Your Google searches, voice searches, all are tracked and stored by Google so that the advertisements can be as tailored and accurate as they can be.

A survey conducted by ESET in the Asia Pacific region in 2016, found that Indian SMEs have been the most vulnerable to cyber attacks in the past three years.

Xafecopy Trojan is disguised as useful apps like BatteryMaster, and operates normally. The trojan secretly loads malicious code onto the device.

Aleks Gostev, the chief security expert at Kaspersky Labs explains the looming threat on the Indian banking system and what should be done to prevent a major financial loss.

According to the report 2016 saw a threefold rise in mobile malware detection compared to 2015 – with a total of 8.5 million malicious installations identified.

Cyber-criminals using ransomware have begun to attack businesses more frequently, particularly small and medium-sized companies.

With 440 million installations to date and available in over 30 languages, Mobogenie 2.0 Android Store makes user- friendly design accessible to locals everywhere, it added.

India, with 7.9 per cent of attacks, stood at the second spot, followed by Vietnam (3.96 per cent), Ukraine (3.84 per cent) and the UK (3.42 per cent).