Kaspersky Lab experts have detected a sharp increase in phishing activities from criminals offering users various romantic goods on the eve of St. Valentine’s Day. The total number of user attempts to visit fraudulent websites […]
By Igor Kuksov Our interaction with technology could soon be predominantly voice-based. To ask for something out loud and hear the answer is literally child’s play: Just take a look at how effortlessly kids use voice […]
By Leonid Grustni Parting with employees is part of business. But in some cases it can be painful. Aside from fraying the nerves of managers, disgruntled ex-employees can also cause reputational and financial harm while trying […]
By Tatyana Shcherbakova All holidays involve some fuss and bother, and Christmas and New Year are probably the fussiest of all: You have to buy gifts, plan gatherings, cook food a week in advance, and remember […]
The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions: cybercrime groups have used new infiltration techniques, and the geography of attacks has become more extensive. According to […]
By Maria Vergelis Spam and phishing often go hand in hand: Fraudsters send mass mailings in an attempt to phish information from recipients. For them, users’ personal data remains a highly prized and desired asset, as evidenced by both […]
By Alex Perekalin Using one password for everything is convenient, but it’s also dangerously insecure. We examine the case of Mark, a young designer. Mark is a regular guy. He has e-mail, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, eBay, […]
By Ilja Shatilin Almost every ISP offers an option to use a public IP address. Other names are “static IP,” “Internet-routable IP,” and sometimes “real IP.” Some people buy this option having a specific purpose in […]
By Andrey Evdokimov How do people working in a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position or its equivalent view cybersecurity? Which problems do they face? To learn the answers to those questions, Kaspersky Lab surveyed 250 […]
A new study of mid-size businesses and consumers reveals that many are confused and lack trust when it comes to the privacy and security of their online data and behaviour. The research, which covered six […]
By Kaspersky Team Privacy is such a fickle concept — and doubly so, online. Many of us are quite happy to share what we ate for dinner (Instagram), where we’re going on holiday (Facebook), when […]
By Alex Drozhzhin In the past couple of years, the concept of two-factor authentication (2FA), long the preserve of geeks, has found its way into the mainstream. However, the talk is still largely confined to using […]
By Nikolay Pankov Bill doesn’t like morning calls. It’s not that he’s lazy; he just thinks that work should begin once one’s emotional balance has been restored after the mayhem of the morning commute — and […]
By Sarah Pike Reading a recent post about a stolen iPhone and the importance of two-factor notification, I had a mortifying realization. I’d happily enabled 2FA for pretty much all possible accounts — banks, Google, if they had the […]
By Nikolay Pankov When a company wants to understand how its infrastructure is vulnerable, it orders a cybersecurity assessment. Our colleagues in the Security Services department assess dozens of businesses each year, sometimes finding rather […]
By Kaspersky Team When you visit a website, you can open your computer to a lot more danger than you might think. All sites load their own content, some load ads served by an ad network, […]
Industrial and energy enterprises, as well as transport and logistics companies, have different opinions regarding the negative effects of cyberattacks on their industrial networks according to Kaspersky Lab’s State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2018’ (ICS) survey. […]
By Marvin the Robot Many people think that Android devices do not need an antivirus solution at all, but countless kinds of malware exist for the mobile OS, some on official stores such as Google Play. In […]
By Alex Perekalin Massive data breaches, marketers tracking your every step online, shady people exploring the photos you shared in social networks – the list of digital annoyances goes on and on. However, it’s not […]
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return. By creating fake websites for the free generation of […]
By Alex Perekalin Pickpockets started targeting mobile phones pretty much as soon as the devices appeared. The newfangled devices didn’t come cheap, so reselling them was fairly lucrative. Sadly, thieves continue to thrive in today’s smartphone-dominated […]
By Oleg Gorobets Ongoing digital transformation has carried us right into the data-centric age: personal data is everywhere. Data subjects do not always realize how their data is handled, or who has access to it. What […]
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones Dear Mr. Dorsey and […]
By Anna Markovskaya Possibly the most common advice for avoiding computer viruses is to avoid adult sites. You’ve probably heard the tropes — dogs, fleas, porn, viruses. But is there any truth to them? Let’s investigate. […]
Amir Kanaan, who was until recently the GM of Kaspersky operations in Middle East, has been promoted and will now oversee the IT security firm’s operations in Africa, Middle East and Turkey (META). (TOP: Amir Kanaan, […]
By Alex Perekalin Authenticating with your face seems like a natural choice when it comes to smartphones. Talk about convenience — you were going to look at the phone anyway, right? The smartphone industry as a […]
Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a sophisticated threat used for cyber-espionage in the Middle East and Africa from at least 2012 until February 2018. The malware, which researchers have called ‘Slingshot’, attacks and infects victims […]
Many of these breaches were in fact the result of human error. They demonstrate that to compete in the emerging digital world, businesses must not only build robust security perimeters to protect themselves against cyber-attacks, […]
By Anna Markovskaya Few people are fond of Internet advertising. That’s hardly surprising: it’s annoying having a tacky picture splashed over half the screen when you’re engrossed in a really interesting article, or worse, a blast […]
By Dirk-Jan (DJ) Koeman Symantec recently reported that 60 per cent of consumers think their information is safe when they are using public Wi-Fi – completely unaware of the danger, or of its severity. The US software […]
By Yaroslava Ryabova Let’s be honest, when most people see a little green lock with the word “Secure” to the left of a URL, they think the site is safe. Ditto for spotting the words […]
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