http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/news.rss?title=Virus News&newsType=Virus News Virus News http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Number_of_the_week_69_of_users_prefer_not_to_pay_to_keep_their_data_safe Most PC and laptop owners want to keep their digital data safe and sound: in the modern world losing this information means losing a part of one’s personal identity Virus News 2012-09-18T02:35:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/New_investigation_points_to_three_new_Flame_related_malicious_programs_at_least_one_still_in_the_wild Research conducted by Kaspersky Lab in partnership with ITU’s IMPACT, CERT-Bund/BSI and Symantec reveals Flame platform dates back to 2006 and is still being developed Virus News 2012-09-17T04:23:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Number_of_the_week_62_of_users_never_heard_of_the_most_dangerous_threats Stuxnet, Duqu, and Zeus are the names of the most dangerous online threats, and have been reported even outside of the specialist computer press Virus News 2012-09-12T01:26:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Every_third_computer_in_Western_Europe_and_North_America_attacked_while_online_in_the_first_half_of_2012 An in-depth analysis of the nature of cybercrime in North America and Western Europe in the first six months of 2012 by the experts at Kaspersky Lab found that the computers of 33.4% of Internet users in Western Europe and North America were attacked at least once while browsing the web Virus News 2012-09-11T03:45:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Companies_are_more_concerned_about_their_employees_performance_than_IT_security Keeping employers off certain sites and blocking the launch of third-party applications are among the most popular ways of ensuring IT security, a survey has found Virus News 2012-09-11T01:13:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Number_of_the_week_34_use_primitive_and_easily_brute_forced_passwords_to_protect_their_data A brute-forced or stolen password can give access to a user’s every last detail – starting with personal photos and finishing with credit card details Virus News 2012-09-05T03:20:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/The_top_Internet_dangers_for_kids As the Internet plays an increasingly prominent role in children’s lives, parents are getting increasingly worried about the ease with which undesirable content can be accessed online Virus News 2012-08-31T12:43:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_Publishes_New_Research_about_Wiper_the_Destructive_Malware_Targeting_Computer_Systems_in_April_2012 In April 2012 a series of incidents were publicly reported about a destructive malware program, codenamed Wiper, which was attacking computer systems related to a number of oil facilities in Western Asia Virus News 2012-08-29T04:24:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Number_of_the_week_50_of_users_cannot_recognize_phishing_message The standard data theft method is social engineering – a potential victim is lured onto an infected web-page or is duped into opening a file attached to an e-mail Virus News 2012-08-29T04:04:00 http://www.kaspersky.com/au/about/news/virus/2012/Over_40_of_companies_worldwide_are_not_prepared_for_cyber_threats According to research conducted by B2B International in July 2012 in collaboration with Kaspersky Lab, companies already recognize cyber-threats as one of the most pressing business problems Virus News 2012-08-27T01:15:00