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Phishing used to be an exotic threat, but that was years ago when malicious worms dominated the arena. Much has changed since then, and today phishing routinely hits hard – especially

As cybercrime keeps focusing on profit, the share of plainly malicious spam, spreading out Trojans, phishing links, etc., will grow.

Figures show that just 58% of Android-based smartphones and 63% of Android tablets are protected by any kind of an anti-virus solution, while 31% of smartphones and 41% of tablets are not even password-protected.

While it would be obvious to say that DDoS attacks are “bad for business”, the threat is often underestimated, overlooked, or neglected. Surveys show less than 40% of companies take

Losing a phone is always a bit of a nuisance, especially if it’s an expensive piece of hardware. With smartphones conquering the world with authority, losing a phone means also

Crouching Yeti, last year’s widely publicized APT campaign, is apparently still active, although the operator might have switched infrastructure, techniques, and targets.

A four year old Flash patch did not properly resolve a vulnerable Flex application, and attackers can exploit the bug, which is said to affect some 30 percent of Alexa’s top 10 most popular sites in the world, which threatens the integrity of the businesses behind these sites.

A large-scale “pharming” campaign targeting home routers took place in South America, the latest in a trend Kaspersky Lab’s experts have been monitoring for awhile. Home routers are frequently used

A cryptolocker variant is coming after online gamers, and there is more to this story than meets the eye. Looks like cybercriminals found a great way to get to the

The world of ubiquitous connected devices is almost here, and it’s so eagerly anticipated that it becoming a reality seems inevitable. Anticipation, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that we are going

Cybercriminals go at great lengths to throw researchers off their scent, but just like in the “offline” crime world they make errors and leave peculiar traces behind, making them look a bit silly, while the cyber-forensic experts get happy.

Kaspersky Lab announced the immediate availability of Kaspersky Security System. The new platform is launched as an embeddable OEM component to manufacturers and vendors of comprehensive IT solutions.

On February 16th and 17th in Cancun, Mexico, the Fourth annual Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit took place. Here are several chosen moments from the keynotes presented there.

Today we discuss the most important news on information security from January.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered the first APT campaign launched by Arabic speakers, operating in the Middle East.

Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered what is possibly should be called “mother of all APTs”: the Equation group has already been compared to Death Star in the APT universe.

Kaspersky Lab has discovered an ultra-massive money-stealing campaign codenamed Carbanak APT with total losses summing up to $1 bn so far.

We are now halfway through the first day of Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit, a security conference taking place in Cancun, Mexico.

While fast and convenient, electronic payments are a risky matter if not secured properly.

It’s always nice to see high marks and awards from independent testing labs. The latest roundup shows that Kaspersky Lab’s product performance is consistently great over the time.