threats

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.

Along with economic benefits, any new technology also comes with a certain number of problems. Cryptocurrencies are no exception.

This versatile mobile banking Trojan morphs into ransomware on detecting a removal attempt.

One of the most popular porn sites in the world was serving malware through ads to millions of its users.

Every Wi-Fi network using WPA or WPA2 encryption is vulnerable to a key reinstallation attack. Here are some more details and means of protection.

How well do you know the world of cybersecurity?

Several months ago, our experts found a bunch of vulnerabilities in Android apps that allow users to control their cars remotely. What has changed since then?

Fraudsters make a fortune mining cryptocurrencies — on your computer, at your expense, and without your knowledge.

Android users have the largest selection of mobile apps, but that means they are also exposed to the most threats. Avoid mobile malware by following some basic security rules.

How mobile Trojans exploit WAP billing to steal money, and how to protect yourself.

What should you do if your antivirus detects something it calls “not-a-virus”? What kind of applications are behind this message, and what is all the fuss about?

Android Trojans have been mimicking banking apps, messengers, and social apps for a while. Taxi-booking apps are next on the list.

Living online is more comfortable than ever — do you really still need a helmet?

Major pain: Critical infrastructure objects are among ExPetr’s (also known as NotPetya) victims.

Just a few hours ago, a global ransomware outbreak began, and it looks to be as big as the WannaCry story that broke not so long ago.

A lot of ads on the Internet promote easy ways to earn money. They tend to lead to fishy places — say, a post from an alleged mother of three

A few days ago saw the beginning of the Trojan encryptor WannaCry outbreak. It appears to be pandemic — a global epidemic. We counted more than 45,000 cases of the

If you’ve been following along on our blogs or our social media accounts, you probably know that we take a lot of pride in our annual conference, The SAS, hosted by Kaspersky

Last week at Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit (the SAS), there was a lot of cool research that made you think. Although a lot of talks centered on deep APT research and

Back in 2015, a 47-year-old man from the Netherlands became one of the first people to be diagnosed with “digital hoarding disorder.” The man took thousands of digital pictures daily and

Last week, a coworker shared an interesting article with me from the BBC. It reported that Germans were being told to destroy a connected children’s toy because of hacking concerns.