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The Cyber Immunity concept developed by Kaspersky alongside its KasperskyOS operating system, is now a trademark. In March 2022, The United States Patent and Trademark Office registered the KASPERSKY CYBER IMMUNITY trademark. Having this trademark further reinforces Kaspersky’s unique approach within the IoT and connected devices market.

Statistics from students of a corporate security awareness platform show that people most frequently make mistakes answering questions related to email and password usage. Tasks around these topics are in the top 5 most commonly failed by users.

According to Kaspersky’s latest APT trends report for Q1 2022, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors had a busy quarter. Both recently uncovered and ongoing campaigns conducted by new and well-known operators made significant changes to the APT threat landscape. Mostly targeting businesses and governmental entities, APT actors updated already existing malicious toolsets and diversified their techniques to elevate their attacks. These and other trends are covered in Kaspersky’s latest quarterly threat intelligence summary.

The new edition of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud, dubbed Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Pro, contains advanced new capabilities, including automated response options and an extended set of security controls. The Pro version also includes built-in training for IT workers seeking to boost their cybersecurity skills and make the most out of specialized security products.

Compared to Q1 2021, the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Q1 2022 rose 4.5 times with a considerable number of the attacks likely to be the result of hacktivist activity. The attacks also showed an unprecedented duration for DDoS sessions, particularly those aimed at state resources and banks. Further information has been included in a report issued by Kaspersky.

Kaspersky has expanded the features in the new version of Kaspersky Safe Kids. Now parents have more options to safely facilitate children’s digital interests and relationships with gadgets.

The new Kaspersky report, “Kaspersky ICS Security Survey 2022: The seven keys to improving OT security outcomes,” revealed that 30% of industrial businesses tend to switch off their cybersecurity product if it is affecting their production processes or automation systems. Overall, 38% of organizations face such problems occasionally and another 43% have dealt with these issues at least once. This can all be traced back to compatibility dilemmas.

Readers of Computer & Automation Magazine have placed Kaspersky Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection (MLAD) in the Top 3 for its Product of the Year 2022 Awards. The product was nominated by the editors in the ‘Safety and Security’ category and took the third place as a result of the magazine’s readers choice. Kaspersky MLAD’s innovative approach to early anomaly detection in production processes has also been confirmed by a recent US patent.

Kaspersky has expanded the scope of its cyberthreat-related data relocation, which now covers users in Latin America and the Middle East. The company’s commitment to following the best data security practices has been reaffirmed by TÜV AUSTRIA’s re-certification of Kaspersky’s data services with an expanded scope. In addition, the company publicly shared information on the requests for data and technical expertise received from government and law enforcement agencies as well as from users in H2 2021.

Emotet, a botnet and, according to Europol, “the most dangerous malware in the world” showed worldwide growth of over 200% in March 2022, according to Kaspersky telemetry. This growth indicates that the threat actors behind the botnet have been taking steps to significantly increase their malicious activity for the first time since its comeback in November 2021. These findings are part of the latest Kaspersky research that dissects Emotet’s modules and recent activity.