Threats

Kaspersky Lab adds decryption for Crysis Ransomware.

Cybercriminals consider Black Friday and Cyber Monday a great time to steal your money. Here are a few tips on how to stay safe and still have fun.

You can catch a Trojan even if you visit only legitimate websites. This post explains how it happens and what you should do to protect yourself.

FAQ about ransomware: types, origins, dangers, and how you can stay safe

Ransomware research shows that paying ransom is no guarantee you’ll get your files back.

An unwitting army of connected devices caused an insane disruption of major Internet sites. IoT users need to wise up.

Key facts about ransomware and how to avoid it.

ATMs will soon use fingerprint readers and iris sensors to identify customers. But is biometric authentication as secure as advertised?

Three months in, we report on the development of No More Ransom and the goals we’ve already achieved.

Everything you need to know about mobile banking Trojans and how to fight them.

We explain three important concepts underlying antivirus action: signatures, the nature of viruses, and how antivirus solutions remove malware.

The DressCode Trojan was found in more than 400 apps on Google Play.

That free Spotify gave some users malware.

Polyglot, aka MarsJoke, had aspirations. It was trying to be the next CTB-Locker — but we developed a cure.

i-Dressup, a community for teenage girls, is actively leaking passwords in plain text.

We have more bad news from the Yahoo hack: Even without a yahoo.com account, you may be at risk.

Malicious USB devices left in mailboxes.

Security researchers claim that they have managed to remotely hack an unmodified Tesla Model S with the latest firmware installed.

We discovered a Pokémon Go Trojan in Google Play. It had already been downloaded 500,000 times.

Fantom ransomware displays a fake Windows Update screen while encrypting your files.

Some Android Trojans can write reviews and rate apps on behalf of users, but without their consent.