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Ransomware in general is not exactly the nastiest malware out there, but a new variant – called CryptoLocker – is particularly worrisome because it actually does what most ransomware merely

Bitcoin is a digital crypto-currency. It’s distributed. It’s peer-to-peer, meaning that is controlled by the people that use it. There is no central authority controlling it. There are no international

Brace yourself – I am going to share the most shocking and counterintuitive discovery I’ve made this year about electronic games. Free games bring more revenue than gaming consoles and console

Android malware now has a well-established track record of monetary theft, which is typically accomplished by sending text messages to premium rate numbers. At the end of summer we wrote

Kaspersky Lab is proud to announce our new strategic partnership with Vertu, the luxury mobile phone vendor. Thanks to our new deal, all Vertu customers will receive 12 months complimentary

Thousands of new viruses, Trojans, and other malicious programs appear every day. The information about these threats and ways of neutralizing them is contained in the databases of Kaspersky Internet

The safety and security of your personal computer is almost certainly something you’ve been dealing with for a long time. If you keep your anti-virus software updated and establish strong

This weekend we had a memorable date. It marked 25 years since the publication of the first computer malware that was widespread enough to be featured in the news. The

It’s that time of month again when we catch you up on anything you may have missed in October. So take a peek at some of our top posts from

Non-stop cat and mouse We all need a vacation or at least a weekend to catch our breath a little and get going again. Only the criminal world works non-stop.

Kaspersky Lab’s Brian Donohue rounds up the latest security news from the month of October 2013. ] Download podcast for offline listening  

The only thing scarier than a computer virus with the power to destroy your system or steal  all of your precious data stored on it  are viruses that do so

Cyberthreats come in many forms in today’s world. Make sure you know what types of attackers you are up against.

All of us have heard a lot about numerous ways of stealing pin-codes for bank cards, so now we almost automatically check for key sheets, spy cams, etc. before we