Press Releases
August 4, 2022Today Kaspersky has announced the launch of early access to its new, simplified consumer solutions portfolio, available on a subscription basis
August 3, 2022 During Q2 2022, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks reached a new level as the share of smart attacks and average duration saw steep increases. Compared to the previous year, the average duration of a DDoS attack rose 100 times, reaching...
July 29, 2022 Kaspersky’s Endpoint Security for Business has been awarded the Leader position in peer-to-peer review platform G2’s 2022 Summer Awards. This recognition spans Endpoint Protection Suites both for enterprise and small business. The Kaspersky solution...
July 28, 2022 In the second quarter of 2022, Kaspersky researchers witnessed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors increasingly targeting the cryptocurrency industry. Using cryptocurrency-related content and warnings from law enforcements as bait, the actor...
July 26, 2022No More Ransom, the initiative launched to help victims of ransomware decrypt their files, celebrates its six-year anniversary today.
July 25, 2022Kaspersky’s researchers have uncovered a rootkit developed by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor that stays on the victim’s machine even if the operating system is rebooted or Windows is reinstalled – making it very dangerous in the long run.
July 20, 2022 Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a new ransomware group that further underlines the trend of ransomware actors turning to cross-platform functionality. The group, dubbed Luna, employs the use of ransomware written in Rust, a programming language...
July 19, 2022 AV-TEST, the independent IT security institute, has recognized Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Small Office Security as standouts in its Advanced Threat Protection test for ransomware protection. The assessment found that both...
July 13, 2022 The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for Kaspersky’s “System and method of blocking advertising on computing devices”. In contrast to some previously used methods, this technology does not reduce the battery life of the device or...
July 11, 2022 On TikTok, a prank where people call their friends using an automated answering machine voice to tell them that a large amount of money is about to be debited from their account is gaining popularity. Kaspersky experts warn that this trend is a real...
July 8, 2022A new six-part documentary series, co-produced with Kaspersky and devoted to online gaming, esports and the pertinent security issues around them, will premiere on Euronews, Europe’s leading international news channel, on July 9.
July 7, 2022Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows has received an ‘Approved’ certificate from AV-Comparatives, the independent testing organization, for its ability to protect kids from pornographic content.
July 4, 2022Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 1000 is the company’s latest Cyber Immune product for organizations embracing digital transformation, helping them to accelerate business value from new streams of industrial data.
June 30, 2022 Kaspersky experts have brought to light a poorly detected SessionManager backdoor that was set up as a malicious module within the Internet Information Services (IIS), a popular web server edited by Microsoft. Once propagated, SessionManager enables...
June 27, 2022 Phishing simulator data from Kaspersky Security Awareness Platform shows that workers tend not to notice pitfalls hidden in emails devoted to corporate issues and delivery problem notifications. Almost one in five (16% to 18%) clicked the link in...
June 22, 2022 Kaspersky has become a shareholder of Motive Neuromorphic Technologies, a company specializing in neuromorphic computing technologies, with a 15% stake. The organizations’ joint development efforts are aimed at creating new opportunities for machine...
June 21, 2022 Kaspersky researchers reported an ongoing campaign carried out by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed ToddyCat, which focuses on compromising multiple Microsoft Exchange servers using two malicious programs – Samurai backdoor and Ninja...
June 16, 2022 Committed to providing its customers and partners with security assurance on its products and practices, Kaspersky has opened three additional Transparency Centers worldwide — in Japan, Singapore, and the United States. The new facilities expand...
June 15, 2022 With the rise of cybercrime as a service business model, the information necessary to organize an attack is in demand among cybercriminals. Kaspersky’s experts analyzed nearly 200 posts on the dark web offering to buy information for initial access...
June 14, 2022Kaspersky has updated its Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) product for enterprises with mature IT security processes.
June 10, 2022 Kaspersky delivered stable business growth in 2021 and increased its global non-audited International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) revenue to a total of $752 million*, representing a 6.5% YOY increase*. Following the second year of the...
June 9, 2022 A new report from The Radicati Group has placed Kaspersky among the top companies for endpoint security aimed at business of all sizes, naming it a “top player” in its “Endpoint Security - Market Quadrant 2021.” Gaining even higher scores for both...
June 8, 2022Routers are essential for Wi-Fi connections, with millions of new devices set up daily in homes and workplaces. According to analysis conducted by Kaspersky, over 500 vulnerabilities were discovered in routers in 2021, including 87 critical ones.
June 2, 2022 Kaspersky researchers have discovered that malware dubbed WinDealer, spread by Chinese-speaking Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor LuoYu, has an ability to perform intrusions through a man-on-the-side attack. This groundbreaking development...