malware

It’s been years since we’ve last heard of any large worm epidemics. Does it really mean that malware epidemics have gone away for good?

Like it or not, your children are going to be on the web. Kaspersky’s award-winning parental controls let you monitor their activity and block them from any sites that you choose.

A curious story about a cyber-investigation of fraudulent activities, which our GERT group had recently conducted on behalf of one of the company’s clients. The attackers were quite thoughtful, but not good enough.

Malvertising is an ambiguous term referring to malicious online advertisements; some cause malware infection while others track user behavior.

Expert reviewers are declaring KIS 2015 the best version yet, and one of the best AV products on the market.

Malware using Tor for communication with C&C servers is a novelty; it may not make the malware itself more dangerous, but eradicating it becomes a much more serious problem.

According to a recent Kaspersky Lab and B2B International survey, 21% manufacturing businesses lost their intellectual property to security breaches. In most cases malware was the cause, although other problems were named.

Kaspersky Lab has just released a new report on the evolution of threats in Q2. Banking Trojans grow in numbers (and the level of danger they pose), while Russia remains the most malware-attacked country.

In the news: Microsoft’s No-IP takedown fiasco, Chinese APT groups curious about U.S. Iraq policy, Verizon says the government wants locations data, and Microsoft denies backdoor insinuations.

The same code base of Windows for various devices means also that the same malware can hypothetically attack all of them.

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.

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

The list of highly touted devices that have been launched in recent years with embarrassing flaws – security and otherwise – is long and distinguished.

We hear a lot about so-called MITM attacks, but what is it in a nutshell? Let’s look at the “layman” explanation.

A Brazilian cybercriminal scam targeting a popular payment method known as Boletos is costing that country billions. How can you protect yourself?

Criminals invented Cryptolocker, spying malware and Zeus banking Trojan. We have new protection against them.

Microsoft moves against a malware-supporting webhosting company, NoIP, causing collateral damage in the process. The Miniduke APT campaign returns.

Microsoft hit hard at No-IP.com, a dynamic DNS service which was in active use by cybercriminals. However, the “collateral damage” toll appeared to be a little too high.

Free antivirus programs offer basic protections, but in order to be protected against phishing attacks that can steal your personal and financial data you need an Internet browser security program.

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

Many of the websites that claim to be World Cup streaming services will harm your system and can steal your credit card information, if you let them.