John Snow

Ded Cryptor ransomware is based on EDA2 — an open-source cryptor. EDA2 was created for educational purposes, but then things went horribly wrong.

Mobile ransomware is on the rise. We discuss the most popular ransomware families, speculate on some statistics, and suggest the best means of protection. 


The Kaspersky Riga Masters professional snooker tournament is over. Let’s talk about snooker — what does it have to do with us?

Database with millions of Twitter accounts is being sold on the Darknet. At least 32 million of them are unique and probably active. What you need to do is change your password ASAP!

Kaspersky Lab RakhniDecryptor utility updated to help decrypt files encrypted by previously invincible versions of TeslaCrypt.

All files encrypted with TeslaCrypt ransomware can now be decrypted … thanks to its creators

The Petya ransomware installer now includes another ransomware called Mischa that complements it.

CryptXXX ransomware encrypts files, steals data and bitcoins. Sounds serious, but we have a solution!

Aggressive moral crusaders search for porn actresses accounts on VK.com and cyberbully them along with their friends and families.

Check this out to know if you want to fall for one of the latest Facebook scams

WhatsApp has just adopted the end-to-end encryption based on Signal Protocol. Kaspersky Daily explains, why it’s the good news and what are the real benefits for all of us.
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A pirate app store that has tricked Apple and passed its code review is now stealing user’s credentials using FairPlay Man-in-the Middle attack.

Cryptolocker was bad, CTB-Locker was even worse, and new Petya ransomware is a freaking disaster.

Triada is a modular mobile Trojan that actively uses root privileges to substitute system files and uses several clever methods to become almost invisible

Shodan and Censys are the search engines for the Internet of Things and this duo is capable of wreaking havoc in a lot of different ways

Acecard is one of the most advanced banking trojans. It’s capable of overlaying more than 30 banks’ and financial systems’ apps and is spread via Google Play.

At SAS 2016 Sergey Lozhkin revealed how he hacked his friend’s hospital and medical equipment.

At The SAS 2016, Kaspersky Lab researchers discussed the newly discovered Poseidon Group. A custom APT boutique chasing commercially valuable data

Researcher shows that using data from motion sensors built into a smartwatch one can recognize numbers you press on a numpad. How can that affect your security?

Kaspersky Lab discovered a new banking trojan called Asacub, which had evolved from a simple phishing program into a nearly ultimate threat.

A renovated version of TeslaCrypt ransomware has recently affected numerous devices in Japan and Nordic countries.