Press Releases
15 February 2022Global cybersecurity and privacy company Kaspersky and IT distributor LEADER have struck a new partnership across Australia & New Zealand, commencing February 2022.
14 December 2021 Kaspersky has uncovered a previously unknown IIS module (a piece of software aimed at providing additional features to Microsoft web servers) they have since dubbed Owowa that steals credentials entered by a user when logging into Outlook Web Access...
9 December 2021 Kaspersky researchers analyzed the lifecycle of phishing pages and discovered that one third of phishing pages cease to exist within a single day, making the first hours of a page's life the most dangerous for users. This is the moment when a vast...
7 December 2021 Incident response (IR) is when companies call in a team in the aftermath of a breach to limit the damage and prevent an attack from spreading. At Kaspersky, IR is handled by the Global Response Emergency Team (GERT) and is reserved for mid-size to...
8 November 2021 When compared to Q3 2020, the total number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks increased by nearly 24%, while the total number of smart attacks (advanced DDoS attacks that are often targeted) increased by 31% when compared to the same...
27 September 2021 Kaspersky researchers have discovered an advanced Trojan, dubbed the BloodyStealer, sold on darknet forums and used to steal gamers’ accounts on popular gaming platforms such as Steam, Epic Games Store, and EA Origin. With features to avoid analysis...
2 September 2021 The number of users attacked with QakBot – a powerful banking Trojan, in the first seven months of 2021 grew by 65% in comparison to the same period in 2020 and reached 17,316 users worldwide, demonstrating that this threat is increasingly affecting...
25 August 2021Kaspersky analyzed anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Privacy Checker, a website that contains helpful advice on privacy settings for various internet services and platforms.
3 August 2021Kaspersky has achieved ‘Champion’ status, for the second consecutive year, in the 2021 Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix by Canalys, a renowned global technology market analyst firm with a distinct channel focus.
2 August 2021A recent global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, explores the role of dating apps and the current state of technology and relationships
28 July 2021In the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, and by 6.5% in comparison to the previous quarter in 2021.
26 July 2021 No More Ransom – the initiative started in 2016 by law enforcement and IT security companies to help victims of ransomware restore their files – turns five today. The anniversary is marked by more than 900 million US dollars of illegal profit...
14 July 2021Kaspersky experts have uncovered a rare, wide-scale advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign against users in Southeast Asia, most notably Myanmar and the Philippines.
13 July 2021 Kaspersky’s international study on dating and the impact of technology on relationships has found that the majority of users positively perceive the role of smart algorithms in dating services – 44% would trust the matchmaking choice of AI, and 64%...
12 July 2021Anonymized data, voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android users, has shown which messenger apps are the most popular among phishing scammers.
7 July 2021Kaspersky has been tracking Milum—a malicious Trojan used by WildPressure, an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor active in the Middle East—since August 2019.
6 July 2021New global survey, commissioned by Kaspersky, explores the role of dating apps and the current state of technology and relationships
28 June 2021Kaspersky and ownCloud today announce the start of their technology partnership to integrate Kaspersky Scan Engine with the ownCloud Enterprise collaboration platform.
25 June 2021Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, and Fnatic, the high-performance esports brand, announce a global partnership.
21 June 2021Kaspersky has improved and expanded its list of available VPN Secure Connection capabilities.
17 June 2021Kaspersky Password Manager has implemented several improvements across all platforms and enhanced control over password strength.
14 June 2021 23% of employees have previously had a dispute with IT staff about the importance or frequency of updating their work devices. Surprisingly, IT teams tend to agree with such demands and let two-thirds (64%) of staff skip installing updates on...
10 June 2021Kaspersky has made a power station scenario available to play in virtual reality (VR), in its strategic business simulation game.
7 June 2021Kaspersky has saved one of its clients $1.7 million – representing a 135% return on investment (ROI) – through using the Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks.