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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, I sat in on a panel that raised an interesting question in the insecure big data world that we live in. Ian Amit
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At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, I sat in on a panel that raised an interesting question in the insecure big data world that we live in. Ian Amit
Nowadays PCs are protected much better than before. The up-to-date Windows 8.1 comes with a built-in firewall and a type of anti-virus protection delivered via Defender. Browser developers continue to
We talk a lot about phishing and how dangerous it is. At times we feel like we may talk about it too much to where people simply say, “yeah, yeah.
April 15 is a day that lives in infamy in the hearts of Americans. Now this date is not significant for any holiday, but rather the day that the Tax
Kaspersky Lab discovered Asacub, a banking trojan which started actively attacking Android users in January. Our experts managed to track its evolution step-by-step. A banking trojan is a type of
If you sit and think about it for a second, online phishing is not that far from actual fishing. The one major difference is that the online fishermen are criminals.
Nearly everyone has faced a cyber criminal’s activity at one point or another. You have probably received a magical SMS that read something like: “You are the winner!!! Your Ferrari
Do you consider yourself cyber-literate? Have you been so immersed in the online life so you can tell what’s real and what’s fake? We recently decided to test our reader’
When you hear adults saying, “kids are helpless,” it makes you angry, right? You bet it does even if you are the most self-sustained teen in the history of your
How much time do you spend scrolling through your friends pages on Facebook? You can obviously tell a lot about their lifestyle and pastime thanks to all those check-ins, selfies
Why would cyber-criminals want to control your Facebook account? At the very least, they could “like” weird things and promote questionable goods and services on your behalf. However, Facebook is
An online password manager can make your life much easier by automatically entering individual passwords for each website and service you visit. It is a very convenient tool – unless
Unwanted email has long stopped being just a source of advertising services or products. The time it takes to erase all spam messages from your inbox is not the only
Recently Kaspersky Lab experts have found a sly method that allows fraudsters to steal personal information without access to the user’s login and password. The cyber criminals do not try
In theory, it’s common knowledge that “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, but when it comes to practice, some forget about the ‘free lunch’ proverb and prefer another
The Carbanak APT group managed to steal a total of $1 bln from dozens of banks worldwide
Gaming is enormously popular. Thus, it’s an easy target for cybercriminals looking for a never-ending source of money.
We have constructed a list of promises that you should make to yourself this year to stay safe both online and offline.
Anyone who goes online could be hacked. During Christmas time, this possibility doubles as we make a number of purchases and get so excited that we forget about security.
Kaspersky Lab revealed a cyberspy campaign, Darkhotel, which had been active for seven years in a number of luxury Asian hotels.
Let’s take a look at the security features in the new version of Mac OS X – Yosemite. Apple certainly makes a decent effort.