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In late January, Kaspersky Lab had accumulated about 200,000 unique samples of mobile malware, up 34% from November 2013, at which time we had recorded only 148,000 samples. This can’t compare

Kaspersky Lab’s third annual Industry Analyst Summit is an exclusive invite only event held on February 5-7, 2014 in the Dominican Republic.  The event has grown steadily each year and

The longer you own a computer, the more exposed it is to malware threats on the Internet. You know that. Which means that if your computer isn’t brand-new, you probably

Perhaps you never thought of it, but a virus scan resembles a biathlon in some ways. In a biathlon, you can hit all the targets and not be the first

Another month has passed with exciting security news and helpful tips to manage your online safety provided by Kaspersky Lab. We’ve rounded up the best posts from January in case

The year has just begun, but law enforcement agencies around the world have already caught a number of major cybercriminals. As in the past, we continue to closely monitor the

Readers who follow our information security digests may have already noticed several exotic incidents and malware campaigns, which took place over the past three months. Some of them deserve special

The days of nasty pop-ups and overlays, flashy GIFs with saucy content, auto-playing video commercials and other less-than acceptable, intrusive and distracting advertisements are gone. One of the most popular

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue rounds up the latest security news from the month of January 2014. Download podcast for offline listening    

A new version of Facebook for Android drew some media attention because of the SMS reading permissions it requires, raising users’ concerns regarding privacy. Developers do have a reasonable explanation,

It appears that PCs are not only able to spy on you via cameras, but they’re also able to listen in on you on as well, and in a discreet

Online payments have remained one of the most vulnerable sections of the IT perimeter. Most banks and payment systems now have two-factor authentication. However, not all of them have instituted

If you have been following our blog for a while, you might already know how to block games by age rating, how to limit children’s access to specific applications, and

While the breach itself seemed only to impact those of us in the United States, chances are you’re aware that the American retail giant Target suffered an enormous data breach

To summarize Costin Raiu, the director of Kaspersky Lab’s research arm, the vast majority of malicious files are what he calls crimeware — computer programs deployed by cybercriminals seeking to

Gartner has just released their 2014 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.  I’m very pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row, Gartner has included Kaspersky Lab

About 39% of commercial companies in the past two years have experienced information security incidents generated by vulnerabilities in legitimate software. This data is presented in the survey “Global Corporate

You might be aware that public transportation is the most likely place to get your valuables stolen. Your wallet is not the only target for pickpockets, they also aim for

Learn step-by-step instructions on how to protect your device from theft.