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Kaspersky pushes more stringent cyberdefence

Firm urges regional state cooperation

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it detected more than 4.7 million web threat attempts on the computers of Kaspersky Security Network participants in Thailand in the second quarter.

“Overall, 20% of Thai users faced this type of threat,” the company said in a statement.

Kaspersky is urging the Thai government to work with neighbouring countries and the private sector to level up cyberdefence in their nations.

Genie Gan, head of public affairs and government relations for Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Kaspersky, said while Thailand’s cybersecurity landscape is “distinct” from other Asean countries, it is interconnected to the region.

“This is why we encourage government regulators to begin boosting their cyber capacity-building and cooperation efforts. These two are…

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