privacy

Our personal implementation of the cloud security model is called Kaspersky Security Network. And here we’ll explain how it actually works.

Five lessons from the story of the Enigma cryptographic machine which are still relevant.

During WW2 modern cryptography principles were often coupled with ‘amateur’ ciphering methods. Curiously, the latter ones often proved to be equally reliable

New research demonstrates that it is possible to hack and hijack devices used to perform remote surgery

Big data helps to catch child abusers, drug dealers, and terrorists, and allegedly it also helped to locate Bin Laden.

An annoying story of ‘free’ WiFi hotspots by St. Petersburg-based Smart WiFi. Nothing is for free, though, as you end up paying with your vk.com credentials

A New York artist made an exhibition out of making a single private and anonymous cell phone call outside the scope of government spying. Here’s how he did it:

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.

#BionicManDiary Entry 003 – The one where I bypassed the smartphone’s password protection whereas had intended to do a completely different thing

Kaspersky Lab created a mobile app to find a stolen or lost phone, remotely lock it, or delete sensitive data in case of device theft.

Let’s identify the main IT security and protection trends at MWC 2015.

During my first two weeks of the biochip experience I had time to mull over a lot of things. In this post I’m going to touch upon the subject of form factor.

Cyberbullying is one of the unpleasant effects of hyper-socialization that the Internet as a whole – and social networks in particular – bring us. Learn how to protect your children from it.

When it comes to Mobile OSes, every 3rd option conversation these days mentions the need for some “true openness”. But do we really need this kind of openness?

New allegations against the NSA claim the group hacked into the network of the world’s largest SIM card provider, stealing encryption keys to millions of devices.

The story of how a biochip was implanted into my hand and why I needed it.

It turned out that Lenovo’s laptops had been shipped with an adware called Superfish. It possibly allows eavesdropping on encrypted connections

There is a flood of appliances which could be connected – and some are connected – without a second thought as to whether or not it’s necessary or secure.

Let’s talk about the dangers of cross-border payments with plastic cards and security flaws in payment systems architecture.

Buried in Samsung’s terms of service is the admission that spoken words are picked up and passed along to third parties by voice recognition.

WhatsApp has finally released a Web version of its popular mobile messaging service. We take a look at it from the security perspective.