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Fraudsters hacked Skype and tricked people from a contact list to send them about $5,000 over the course of a few days. Skype support, local banks and the police refused to do anything.

A Trojan malware called Podec uses popular Russian social network VKontakte, and other channels, to infect Android phones. Beware: It can bypass CAPTCHA.

A malware that cannot be wiped from the victim’s hard drive does exist. However, it’s so rare and expensive, that you probably won’t ever encounter it.

The top privacy data leaks in 2014 include: data breaches at Target and Home Depot, hacks of JP Morgan and Barclays banks, and leaks at Orange and Dropbox.

Researcher discovers that Progressive Snapshot tools lack any real security controls and could be exploited by attackers to hack cars.

We have constructed a list of promises that you should make to yourself this year to stay safe both online and offline.

For the second time in three years, Sony is the main character in a massive and humiliating cyberattack.

One morning when I was in a hurry to get to work, everything went wrong in an instant: an SMS message alerted me to an $80 charge to my credit card for a purchase that I never made.

Using a trojan malware with the Russian name, Tyupkin, hackers made cash withdrawals without so much as accessing bank accounts.

The final month of summer wasn’t full of cybercriminal stories, but law enforcement groups around the world still found and punished some evildoers.

A survey reveals the motivations behind hacker attacks, showing that they are not afraid of consequences.

Learn how to avoid becoming a victim of the wireless hack and how to control additional protection measures in our new product.

Don’t want your private photos or credit card posted somewhere on the web? You should rethink your approach to cloud services then.

The story of a researcher who wanted to see how vulnerable he actually was.

Data breaches have become a routine. It can happen to any site, any day. You can’t prevent it, but there is a way to minimize the damage.

July is over and that means it’s time to look back and observe the latest results of the battle between cybercriminals and prosecutors.

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

The first summer month brought us news about the eternal confrontation of law enforcements and cybercriminals. Let’s see who was busted in June.

Kaspersky Lab’s recent research demonstrates that cyber-stealing is a very profitable and well-organized crime.

There was a lot of interesting news about hackers and other cybercriminals, so let’s see who has been busted in May.

Hack your way through the smart city of the future in the upcoming Watch_Dogs game. Reality checked by Kaspersky.