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Know your sysadmin and what to expect from him. Don’t forget to congratulate the guy, today is Global Sysadmin day!

Spam levels have dropped globally and it’s not a seasonal fluctuation. There is indeed less spam now in e-mail traffic. Can spam ever be beaten altogether?

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

A new version of file-encrypting malware hides its sever inside an anonymous TOR network, making it safer for criminals to extort money from victims.

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

Most free apps are not actually free. They monetize on displaying ads to you ― and sometimes it is very annoying.

Gameover ZeuS botnet is a 3-y.o. headache for security experts and users alike. It took a global operation to dismantle its C&C servers, but experts acknowledge that the botnet will most likely be back in a few weeks. Why is it so hard to beat this Hydra?

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

Igor Soumenkov, a Kaspersky Lab contributor to the Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs script assessment, explains how close to real life the game world is.

“Trojan” in computing is a misleading shortening from the self-descriptive “Trojan horse”, the ubiquitous and probably the most dangerous sort of malware.

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

Wireless networks are often insecure, and are notorious havens for attackers, who hang out in coffee shops, hotel swimming pools and anywhere else people congregate to the closest Internet connection, as they are easy targets to breach systems anonymously and steal personal data.

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

Making a case for password reuse, Google hiring hackers to fix the Internet, Apple bolsters security across its services with strong Crypto, plus various fixes and more.

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

It’s like spammers aren’t even trying anymore. Still, be on the lookout for some of these typical tricks.

Any new technology can be rough around the edges. The consequences can be complex and there’s high chance for human error, especially when it comes to security.

The next page of The Сyberworld Survival Guide. The entire guide can be found here: http://www.kaspersky.com.au/blog/tag/securityIS

Backdoor is a very graphic term, but does it explain the tech behind it? We try to shed some light.

As ISPs push to make Wi-Fi more widely available outside the home, users are increasingly vulnerable to attacks that rely on rogue and malicious hotspots