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Kaspersky products proved absolute anti-ransomware effectiveness in regular AV-TEST examination

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Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, Kaspersky Small Office Security and Kaspersky Standard passed the regular Advanced Threat Protection assessments held by AV-TEST. In the testing, all three products demonstrated complete protection against ransomware in 10 different real-life attack scenarios.

Kaspersky products proved absolute anti-ransomware effectiveness in regular AV-TEST examination

In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2 million attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021. Although law enforcement agencies globally have succeeded in disrupting APT groups such as HIVE and Emotet, malware and malicious code created by the threat actors remain in circulation. As a result, other groups can now modify the rogue code to develop new malware, making it more sophisticated and better targeted. 

In August 2023, AV-TEST examined 33 corporate and customer cybersecurity products in 10 real-life scenarios including five ransomware and five data stealer attacks. The test was made even more complicated for vendors because some malware samples were written in the Rust programming language. Rust gives attackers an advantage of high processing speed, as well as a possibility to perform multiple operations in parallel and evade statistical analysis of many malware detection systems. 

Three Kaspersky products – Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Small Office Security for corporate users, and Kaspersky Standard for consumers were examined in the test. They gained 30 out of possible 30 points and earned the certificates: “Advanced Approved Endpoint Protection” for business security solutions and “Advanced Certified” for consumer product. 

Kaspersky solutions constantly prove their anti-ransomware effectiveness. This year, for example, in February, April  and June Advanced Threat Protection tests by AV-TEST Kaspersky received perfect scores. Previously, Kaspersky also demonstrated the highest quality of protection against complex threats in various tests in February, April, August, October and December of 2022, November of 2021, as well as in the complex research in June-August 2021.

“In 10 scenarios of the August test round, the attackers deployed a variety of techniques, such as DNS TXT Record, encrypted connections,…

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Meet the Leadership Team | Absolute

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Charles Blauner is an internationally recognized expert independent advisor on
Cyber Resiliency, Information Security Risk Management and Data Privacy.

Charles is a Partner and CISO in Residence at Team8 Ventures and a Venture Advisor
at the Cyber Mentors Fund. Charles is also the President of Cyber Aegis, a boutique
cyber risk management consultancy.

Previously, Charles had a distinguished career working on Information Security for
over 30 years, 25 years in Financial Services, including being the Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO) at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, and most recently the Global
Head of Information Security at Citi.

During this time, Charles held numerous industry leadership roles including Chair of
the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), founding Director of the
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Chair
of the OpenGroup’s Security Program.

Charles has worked closely with banking regulators around the world (OCC, FRB, BoE,
MAS, and HKMA) to help reduce the risk posed by cyber threats to the financial sector
at large.

Charles is a regular conference speaker and has had the honor of appearing in front
of US House and Senate committees.

In 2015, Charles was recognized by his peers, winning the Wasserman Award, which
recognizes outstanding career achievement and contribution to the Information
Systems Audit, Control, Security, Risk Management, and/or Governance professions.

Charles has a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California
(USC) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Security investor and advisor
Executive Chairman (retired)
RSA, The Security Division of Dell technologies (EMC)

Art Coviello is an active investor and advisor in the security industry, guiding a number of security startups as a private investor and in his roles as a Venture Partner at Rally Ventures (an early stage investor in business technologies), as an adviser to ClearSky Security Fund, and as a Senior Advisor to Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group.

Art Coviello served as Executive Chairman of RSA and Executive Vice President of EMC. Mr. Coviello has…

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Walmart Cyber Monday: The Dyson V10 Absolute cordless vacuum is just $400 at Walmart, plus shop more Walmart Cyber Monday deals

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Dyson via Walmart


We found a Walmart Cyber Monday deal on a powerful cordless Dyson vacuum. The Dyson V10 Absolute cordless vacuum is just $400 during the retailer’s Cyber Monday deals event. 

The Dyson V10 Absolute cordless vacuum boasts the title of most powerful suction of any cord-free vacuum (tested to ASTM F558, against cord-free stick market). With a run time of up to 60 minutes when using a non-motorized tool, this lightweight cordless vacuum is engineered to pick up both large debris and fine dust. 

Dyson V10 Absolute Cordless Vacuum

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This cordless vacuum can easily be turned into a handheld one, and comes with a motorbar cleaner head, soft roller cleaner head, hair screw tool, crevice tool, combination tool, mini soft dusting brush and docking station.

“In my 40 years of cleaning, I’ve never had a vacuum so light weight that has the power that this machine has,” one reviewer raves. “I have a one-year old and can get all of my cleaning done while he’s asleep because it’s so quiet even when turned on max.”

Dyson V10 Absolute cordless vacuum, $400 (reduced from $600)

Walmart Deals for Days sale is entering its final week, with one last batch of must-see Cyber Monday deals going live Sunday, Nov. 27 at noon EST for Walmart+ members, and 7 p.m. EST for everyone else.

This week, you’ll be able to grab an Apple TV HD (32 GB) for $59, the Barbie Malibu House playset for $50  and a 50″ QLED Roku 4K TV for $288. That’s right, you can get a QLED television for under $300… while supplies last.

That “while supplies last” bit is important: Virtually all of Walmart’s early Black Friday deals sold out. So if you want to guarantee you’ll get Walmart’s best Cyber Monday deals, sign up for Walmart+ now. In addition to early access to these Cyber Monday deals, Walmart+ members get free two-day shipping on Walmart.com purchases, free same-day delivery from your local store (where available), discounts on prescription drugs and fuel, plus a free subscription to the Paramount+ streaming…

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Absolute Ransomware Response accelerates endpoint recovery for organizations

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Absolute Software released Absolute Ransomware Response, enabling customers to strengthen preparedness and accelerate endpoint recovery in the face of the ever-growing threat of ransomware attacks.

Absolute Ransomware Response

With this new offering, part of the company’s Secure Endpoint product portfolio, organizations have the key capabilities and services needed to assess their ransomware preparedness and cyber hygiene across endpoints; ensure mission-critical security applications, such as anti-malware and device management tools, remain healthy and capable of self-healing; and expedite the quarantine and recovery of devices if an attack occurs.

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that organizations will face a new ransomware attack every two seconds by 2031, up from every 11 seconds in 2021. While the top priority for IT and security teams has historically been securing and restoring critical infrastructure, such as servers and business applications, the accelerated adoption of ‘work-from-anywhere’ has significantly expanded the potential ransomware attack surface – and in turn, has increased the need to extend preparedness and recovery efforts to end user devices.

“The reality is that, while organizations are very concerned about the time to recover from ransomware attacks, they often solely focus on prevention tools, without planning for the worst-case scenario: falling victim to an attack,” said Eric Hanselman, Principal Research Analyst at 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in a recent webinar. “By building a plan and improving their preparedness and simplifying the endpoint recovery process for their organizations, they can accelerate businesses’ ability to recover and resume operations.”

“Ransomware is more prevalent, more sophisticated, and more capable of disruption and damage than ever and organizations need to plan for ‘when,’ not ‘if,’ they are successfully attacked,” said John Herrema, EVP of Product & Strategy at Absolute. “When a ransomware attack occurs, organizations are often forced to weigh the risks of cutting off all communication with an infected device, losing the ability to restore or recover it, or leaving the door open for…

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